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- SEC, Apple's former lawyer settle
- The former top lawyer for Apple agreed to settle federal charges against her that she helped to fraudulently backdate stock-option grants to Apple CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives, regulators said Thursday. Nancy Heinen, Apple's former general counsel, did not admit or deny guilt. But...
- Research articles 2008-08-15
- Ex-Apple official settles with SEC
- WASHINGTON -- The former top attorney at Apple Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she altered company records to conceal improper backdating of stock options for senior executives including Steve Jobs. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement...
- Research articles 2008-08-14
- Corporate governance litigation: 2007 review: report from Delaware: a spotlight on several court rulings that moved the governance needle
- THE HARSH CONSEQUENCES of being a faithless fiduciary were evident in 2007, when increased efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorneys' Offices resulted in a wave of indictments, convictions, and guilty pleas. In May 2007, the former general counsel of Comverse Technology became the first executive to...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Ex-Broadcom exec charged with stock-option backdating (Electronic News)
- Nancy Tullos has agreed to pay more than $1.3 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest. She further agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000. The Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov SEC has charged Nancy M. Tullos, Broadcom Corp's www.broadcom.com http://www.broadcom.com former...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Ex-Maxim executives charged
- WASHINGTON -- Securities regulators on Tuesday sued Maxim Integrated Products Inc., a Silicon Valley semiconductor company, and two of its former executives for allegedly falsifying financial information by improperly backdating stock option grants to employees and directors. Maxim's net income was inflated by more than 10 percent...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- Maxim Integrated is hit with fraud charges
- Federal regulators filed fraud charges Tuesday against Maxim Integrated Products and two of the company's former top executives, continuing the government's two-year-long crackdown on stock-option backdating. The Securities and Exchange Commission, in a civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, alleged that Silicon...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- Zions' way of valuing stock options OK'd
- WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a market-based method for valuing employee stock options, which could make the popular perks worth less and reduce the expense to companies. Financial services company Zions Bancorp said Monday the SEC's chief accountant had given final approval to its...
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Backdating, Spring-Loading Cases Have Legs
- SHAREHOLDER SUITSProsecutors in options backdating and spring-loading cases have the wind at their backs, and they know it. Just ten days after the stunning conviction of Gregory L Reyes, former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., on one count of conspiracy, four counts each of securities fraud and lying to...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Ex-CEO, CFO charged in backdating cases
- Federal officials stepped up their crackdown in the nationwide stock-option backdating scandals, announcing civil and criminal charges Wednesday against former executives of a major Silicon Valley company and a Maryland-based software firm. In San Francisco, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Kenneth Schroeder, former CEO of...
- Research articles 2007-07-26
- Legal niceties color backdating cases; There hasn't been a huge wave of class-action suits triggered by the scores of investigations and allegations of improper stock option backdating. One big reason: legal technicalities that make derivative suits more
- A funny thing has happened on the way to the courthouse in the wake of scores of stock option backdating indictments and investigations: the threat of a tidal wave of class-action lawsuits is breaking apart, even as another type of suit is flourishing. Much...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Apple Inc Cleared by the SEC.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 June 2007-FINANCIALS: Apple Inc Cleared by the SECC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a stock...
- Research articles 2007-06-18
- Investigations underway into stock-option backdating
- DENVER -- More company executives may face criminal charges as a result of ongoing federal investigations into stock-option backdating, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox said Friday. "We have a substantial number of investigations under way including cases that are maturing to the point of potential criminal...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- Stock options cloud lingers over Bay Area companies
- Investigations into backdating of stock options have swept across corporate America, engulfing 264 U.S. companies in probes either by their own boards or the government, ruining the careers of 89 executives and wiping $5.3 billion out of the stock market value. The Securities and Exchange Commission is...
- Research articles 2007-05-13
- Shareholder options actions proceed against directors.(Delaware)
- The intentional backdating or "spring-loading" of stock options by corporate directors, if proven, would be a breach of the good-faith element of the duty of loyalty sufficient to rebut the business judgment rule, the Delaware Court of Chancery has held in two shareholder derivative lawsuits. (Ryan...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Are firms' internal inquiries too cozy?
- On a cool, blustery day in March at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Washington, skeptical shareholders fired questions at UnitedHealth Group executives and their outside attorney. UnitedHealth, a $72 billion health insurer, was the largest company entangled in the stock-option backdating scandals. Prosecutors and regulators were...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- SEC files backdating charges against former Apple CFO, general counsel (Electronic News)
- The U.S. government's ongoing crackdown on stock options backdating http://www.edn.com/article/CA6338353.html?partner=enews hit home this week for two former senior executives of consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. http://www.apple.com http://www.apple.com/ The Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov SEC on Tuesday filed charges accusing Apple's former general counsel Nancy R....
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Ex-Apple execs charged
- Securities regulators Tuesday filed civil charges against two former top Apple Inc. executives, the first legal fallout from stock options backdating that has placed a cloud over the company and Chief Executive Steve Jobs since last year. The action was expected and was anticipated to largely clear...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
- 2 ex-Apple execs named in SEC suit
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges Tuesday against two former Apple Inc. officers over their alleged roles in backdating stock options. One of them immediately settled the case and cast some blame on Apple's CEO Steve Jobs. Former Chief Financial Officer Fred...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
- Former Apple CFO settles over options
- SAN JOSE, Calif. --Securities regulators Tuesday settled charges related to options backdating against former Apple chief financial officer Fred Anderson, while charging former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen with fraud for her alleged role in backdating stock-option grants to Apple executives and CEO Steve Jobs. The...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
- Ex-Apple execs charged
- Securities regulators Tuesday filed civil charges against two former top Apple Inc. executives, the first legal fallout from stock options backdating that has placed a cloud over the company and Chief Executive Steve Jobs since last year. The action was expected and was anticipated to largely clear...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
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