I don't know. The fact is, Julian did tell Anna that Ric was his boss. Alexis will find that out sooner or later, making Julian's hair-splitting moot, I think. I also think that once she calms down about Ric, she'll be mad that Julian didn't tell her Ric was his boss. Julian knows Ric is her ex. He said he didn't when Ric supposedly first approached him, but that was then.
When does anyone learn anything on this show? It's one of my bigger pet peeves. But in this case, Carly will use the age-old excuse that she wasn't saying anything to protect Michael. It wasn't about Sonny, it was about Michael, that fragile little snowflake. He was already reeling from AJ's death; did he really need to know one father shot the other? Ugh.