The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused two former executives of a San Francisco technology firm of backdating stock options to employees for four years and concealing payments of $14.6 ...

The chief executives and CFOs of companies accused of backdating stock options for their top executives were likely to lose their jobs and have trouble finding another one, according to a new study.

A review of stock-option grants at a dozen large banking companies over the past decade found scant evidence of backdating, and governance experts say the growing scandal is unlikely to reach into the ...

The feds have fired their first official salvo in the stock-options backdating scandal, filing criminal and civil charges against executives at San Jose's Brocade Communications Inc. on Thursday. What ...

Attorneys are regularly asked about or faced with the request to backdate a document or set of documents. We are also at times asked about the acceptableness of a document that has been backdated.

With the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California confirming that it’s investigating Apple’s backdating of stock options, it’s clear that the issue won’t fade away any time soon.

Is it possible that what started as a way to lure talent to tech start-ups may end as the hammer that quashed innovation? The Securities and Exchange Commission probes into stock-options backdating ...