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Tuesday, 01/23/2007 8:53:45 AM

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:53:45 AM

08:41 Shakeup in U.S. Attorney's office may delay options probes - MercuryNews.com

MercuryNews.com reports the recent shakeup in the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco could lead to delays in the office's wide-ranging backdating investigation, legal experts say. The turnover -- which includes the departure of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan -- comes as the govt's scrutiny of options backdating at Apple appears to be heating up.

Federal prosecutors and SEC officials interviewed Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs last week as part of that investigation, according to a person close to the probe (See 6:36 comment). But the departure of Ryan and the lead prosecutor in the office's case against former top execs at Brocade Communications (BRCD) will likely lead to delays in some cases and ongoing investigations, potentially including that of Apple, say defense attorneys and former prosecutors. More crucially, the change may well influence which cases the office decides to pursue and how it goes about investigating them, they say.