BACKDATED STOCK OPTIONS
 

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP Now Investigating Stock Options Backdating Practices By Autodesk

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP is currently investigating stock options backdating practices at over 100 companies, including Autodesk.

Regarding Autodesk, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, "On Aug. 17, 2006, the San Rafael, Calif., design-software company didn't release full results for the second quarter as it said it is conducting a voluntary internal review of its past practices for granting stock options. On Sept. 5, Autodesk said it faces an informal SEC probe into its options practices.  On Oct. 6, the company said it had discovered measurement dates for certain option grants differed from the recorded grant dates. Autodesk expects to record additional noncash stock-based compensation expense related to the grants, but said it isn't yet able to determine the amount of the charges.”

If you are a current stockholder in Autodesk and would like to learn about your legal rights in seeking to remedy improper options backdating at the company, please click here or call 800-287-8119 to contact our paralegal, Victoria Bird.  Our initial consultation and case assessment will be done at no charge or obligation to you.

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP is a leading force in bringing lawsuits on behalf of shareholders who own stock in corporations implicated in the rampant and ongoing stock options backdating scandal.  Led by attorneys Edward F. Haber and Michelle H. Blauner, our firm has already filed numerous cases, in both state and federal courts, concerning the improper backdating of stock options granted to officers, directors, and executives who appear to have used backdated stock options to create for themselves tens, or even hundreds, of millions of dollars in profit and unrealized gain at the direct expense of their corporations.

To learn more about our efforts targeting unlawful corporate stock options practices at corporations nationwide, please click here to view our main stock options backdating webpage, which contains detailed explanations of stock options, option backdating, and why option backdating can be illegal.  Also featured are complaints filed by our firm in other stock options backdating cases, as well as a full list of all the corporations we are currently investigating.