“Paul Devine, the Apple Inc. manager accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company information, agreed to a court order protecting Apple’s trade secrets in any document exchange during pretrial negotiations,” Bloomberg News reports.
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“The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco filed the protective order Sept. 9, saying discovery in the criminal case may produce documents, tapes, diskettes, hard drives or other media containing material ‘that is intended to be kept secret and is trade secret information belonging to Apple,'” Bloomberg reports. “Devine agreed to procedures about how the data will be handled during pretrial bargaining, without giving up his right to challenge how such information may be used at trial, according to court documents.”
Bloomberg reports, “Devine, 37, a global-supply manager, was accused of money laundering and wire fraud in a 23-count indictment unsealed Aug. 13. He pleaded not guilty to charges that he took at least $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers.”
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[Attribution: AppleInsider. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
He’s REALLY not going to like having a last name like Devine in prison.
I thought Devine was the big fat guy that was in all those John Waters films….
just my $0.02
We’ll have to take you’re word for that Jim.
A rat is a rat. Damage control ineffective. Nail him.
Didn’t he already promise not to divulge company info when he was hired???? Yeah….I trust him.
What’s a “diskette?”
A diskette is a CD containing the top
songs of The Ikettes.