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Securities

Sep. 14, 2010

Broadcom Founders Head to Court

Exposing the company's two billionaire co-founders to a round of fresh liability, a federal Los Angeles judge ruled Monday that a shareholder suit stemming from stock option backdating will go to trial.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A U.S. judge ruled Monday that a long-pending shareholder law suit against Broadcom Corp.'s two billionaire co-founders over their role in a stock option scandal will go before a jury, exposing them to hundreds of millions of dollars in new liability.

Company leaders had hoped to dismiss the case, which is the only remaining legal fallout from Broadcom's 2007 $2....

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