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Shareholders Sue Over Stock Option Backdating Scandals

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Hewlett-PackardThe below companies are just a sampling of the dozens of companies that have been sued recently by their shareholders. These shareholder suits are called "shareholder's derivative suits," and are used by shareholders to fight alleged corporate fraud and malfeasance. Most of the below suits involve options "backdating," a process which allows corporate exectuves to inflate their personal earnings at the expense of their shareholders.

Shareholders are not the only ones inivestigating these companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission has also launched probes into many tech companies. For more information, please see "Tech Options Probe Expands" [offsite link].

If you own stock in any of the below companies, or if you own stock in any of the scores of other companies that are being investigated, please contact our firm to learn about your legal rights.

  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Apple Computer
  • Applied Micro Circuits
  • BEA Systems
  • Electronics for Imaging
  • Sigma Designs
  • Verisign
  • Electronic Arts
  • Foxhollow
  • Openwave Systems
  • Altera Corporation
  • Juniper Networks
  • McAfee

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