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Oct. 19, 2006

Another General Counsel Leaves Job in Options Scandal

SAN JOSE - Another general counsel has lost his job, as two more Silicon Valley technology companies blamed their lawyers for improperly backdating option grants to top executives.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN JOSE - Another general counsel has lost his job, as two more Silicon Valley technology companies blamed their lawyers for improperly backdating option grants to top executives.
      Stuart J. Nichols, general counsel at KLA-Tencor, resigned, while a retired general counsel at Altera Corp. was blamed for backdating stock option gran...

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