AS LAWSUITS and government investigations against companies with suspect stock-options backdating practices pile up, some plaintiffs’ lawyers are eyeing corporate law firms that advised companies as a new class of defendants.
Several plaintiffs’ firms say that their corporate law firm brethren will be on the hook if they knew about fraudulent options practices, and they’re gearing up to scout for wrongdoing as they prep for discovery.
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