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Litigation

Feb. 28, 2013

Former Mercury Interactive general counsel settles one of the last SEC backdating cases

On the eve of her trial, the final defendant in a stock options backdating case against Mercury Interactive LLC executives - former general counsel Susan Skaer - reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


On the eve of her trial, the final defendant in a stock options backdating case against Mercury Interactive LLC executives - former general counsel Susan Skaer - reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Skaer was one of the few general counsel who faced a government lawsuit in the wide-scale crackdown on stock options backdating, a formerly common practice throughout Silico...

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