Federal prosecutors whose stock options backdating case against two former executives of Broadcom Corp. imploded last month amid multiple findings of prosecutorial misconduct have taken steps to appeal a trial judge’s dismissal of the charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles filed notices of appeal on Thursday with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney’s dismissal of backdating charges against Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas and rejection of co-founder Henry Samueli’s plea deal. Also on Thursday, prosecutors dismissed a separate indictment alleging narcotics charges against Nicholas.
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