Privilege issues are heating up in two high-profile SEC fraud prosecutions for stock option backdating.

On Monday, former McAfee Inc. General Counsel Kent Roberts will ask a federal judge to compel lawyers at Howrey to turn over notes from their internal investigation of the company. Armed with favorable precedents from courts in Delaware and San Francisco, Roberts claims the notes will show that other McAfee executives were behind backdating at the company.

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