Former Mercury general counsel Susan Skaer has taken a lot of the heat for the stock option backdating scandal at Mercury Interactive. But according to a complaint in a shareholder derivative action made public recently, Skaer's former employer -- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati -- deserves some of the blame. The complaint -- filed by Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins -- suggests that Skaer began practicing backdating techniques while a senior associate at Wilson assigned to Mercury.
February 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Former Mercury General Counsel Susan Skaer has taken a lot of the heat for the stock option backdating scandal at Mercury Interactive Corp.
But according to a complaint in a shareholder derivative action made public last weekend, Skaer’s former employer — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati — deserves some of the blame.
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