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Litigation

Sep. 24, 2009

Former McAfee Lawyer Alleges Defamation

Kent H. Roberts, the former McAfee Inc. general counsel who was acquitted on charges related to stock options last year, has turned the tables on his former company, suing for defamation and malicious prosecution.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Most corporate executives who emerge from criminal and civil prosecution in white-collar cases with an acquittal or dismissal are content to have done just that.

Not Kent H. Roberts.

The former McAfee Inc. general counsel, who was acquitted on charges related to stock options last year, has turned the tables on his former company, suing for defamation and malicious prosecution. And, although he d...

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