Though the stock-options backdating scandal is well into Year Three, it’s still making headlines. The latest: the SEC has charged Broadcom founder and former CEO Henry Nicholas III of participating in a scheme to backdate employee stock-option grants between 1998 and 2003. Three other men were named in the suit: current chairman Henry Samueli, current [...]

Disney's Pixar is the latest company to be accused of improperly backdating its awards of stock options.

Here's what happens when a judge uses some independent thought in reviewing the adequacy of a settlement. Turns out paying attorneys' fees and making some token changes to corporate goverance won't always suffice.