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Backdating options -- the scandal within a non-scandal
As noted earlier here, the mainstream media-driven scandal over the fairly common practice of backdating stock options has been more about demonizing the unlucky businesspeople who engaged in the practice more than anything else. Inasmuch as there is nothing inherently...
Rabinowitz on the mob in the Duke lacrosse team case
I've written frequently about how a mob mentality took hold in a case familiar to Houstonians and led to a grave injustice for a large number of businesspersons, particularly two men and their families (examples here, here and here). The...
Uncommon common sense to close out the year
Several items making uncommonly good sense in financial matters caught my eye on the final day of the year. First, Don Boudreaux noticed the following letter to the Financial Times from Larry Ribstein's colleague at the University of Illinois College...
Is the backdating options scandal "the Enron of 2006?"
Yes, in an observation made yesterday during a Senate committee hearing that should send shivers up the spine of anyone concerned about the increasing criminalization of business in the United States, that's how Senator Robert Menendez (N.J. Dem) characterized the...
What's driving the latest business scandal?
As noted in this previous post, the mining of claims in regard to the widespread corporate practice of backdating options as a method of executive compensation is in full gear despite the relatively straightforward nature of the legal issues related...
Understanding the next business scandal
Covering local business scandals and all, there has not been much time to address certain regulators and media members' attempts to make the apparent widespread practice of backdating stock options (see this WSJ ($) chart of companies that engaged in...
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