Autonomy founder Mike Lynch extradition hearing to go ahead next year

The extradition hearing of Mike Lynch, a British billionaire software entrepreneur, is expected to go ahead in the UK early next year, a court in San Francisco heard on Wednesday. Dr Lynch submitted himself for arrest in February as part of his extradition over allegations of 17 counts of wire and securities fraud relating to the $11bn (£9bn) sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. Lawyers for Dr Lynch said he denies all the allegations and is opposing extradition on five different gr