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Litigation

Apr. 25, 2007

Lawyers for Apple Counsel Go on Offense

Lawyers for former Apple Inc. general counsel Nancy Heinen took the offensive Monday, bracing for a civil case from the Securities and Exchange Commission over stock-options backdating, which sources say could come any day now. Former Apple CFO Fred Anderson, meanwhile, is expected to settle with the SEC.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN JOSE - The Securities and Exchange Commission has not filed civil charges against former Apple Inc. general counsel Nancy Heinen, but her lawyers already were on the attack Monday.
      "Nancy did not backdate stock options, and she did not deceive anyone inside or outside the company," Miles Ehrlich, a partner at Ramsey & Ehrlich in Berkel...

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