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Nonprosecution agreement ensures Dull testimony in Broadcom case

By Richard Binder

David Dull, the former general counsel of Broadcom Corp., is expected to reach a nonprosecution agreement with the government following prosecutorial misconduct claims.

U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California in Santa Ana granted immunity to Dull at the request of William Ruehle's lawyers. Carney also granted immunity to Henry Samueli, the co-founder of Broadcom. Both Dull and Samueli had indicated prior to the immunity order that they would plead the Fifth Amendment if called to testify.

According to press reports surfacing after Carney's order, James Asperger, co-chairman of the white-collar group at Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, told the judge that Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Stolper had called him in an attempt to negotiate his client's upcoming testimony and had warned that Dull should not give the same testimony he had to the SEC.

Full story at NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).