(Olmos Decl., ¶ 3).įor his part, Lancaster has asked the court to stop the proceedings of Apple’s civil lawsuit “pending resolution of the Santa Clara Investigation.”
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has also assigned a veteran prosecutor to the case. The warrant applications asserted probable cause to believe the information sought was stolen or embezzled, or evidenced the commission of a felony. The warrants also sought forensic images of information contained on two computers used by Lancaster. Subsequently, Lancaster also learned that at least four search warrants had previously been executed by the State with respect to certain online accounts held by Lancaster. The criminal investigation included search warrants by the state looking into Lancaster’s online accounts and two of his computers. Raber, dated Octo(“Raber Decl.”), ¶¶ 4-5 Olmos Decl., ¶ 2). The day after the parties’ Initial Case Management Conference, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office first informed Lancaster’s counsel that he was the subject of a criminal investigation (the “Criminal Investigation”) into the alleged theft of trade secrets. Now in new legal documents, it’s surfaced that the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office has an open criminal investigation into Lancaster regarding Apple’s claims.Īnother legal proceeding in the Apple vs Lancaster case is set for November 18, 2021, and ahead of that, fresh public court documents seen by 9to5Mac have revealed new details. We learned back in May this year that Apple filed a lawsuit against its former materials lead, Simon Lancaster for allegedly stealing trade secrets about “Project X,” leaking them to the media, and more.
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