Lawsuit: Ex-Broadcom CEO used drugs, prostitutes
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A civil lawsuit accusing Henry Nicholas III, the former president and CEO of Broadcom Corp., of mistreating employees, using illegal drugs and paying for prostitutes, has reportedly caught the attention of U.S. law enforcement officials investigating stock options backdating at the company.
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A man who was fired by International Business Machines Corp. for visiting an adult chat room during the workday is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.
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By Mary Ann Milbourn, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Dec. 18--Chipmaker Broadcom Corp. announced today that it cancelled more  than $37 million in stock options for three former employees after finding  that they actively selected the grant dates after the fact.
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Dec. 12--In the latest round of an ongoing legal battle between the  wireless chip makers, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled yesterday  that Qualcomm is infringing on a patent held by rival Broadcom.
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Google's chief legal officer was fined by the SEC for overstated revenues when he was CFO at a former company.
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U.S. regulators sued the former general counsel of Juniper Networks and KLA-Tencor, making her the first person targeted for fraudulently backdating stock options at more than one company.
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The former bodyguard and chauffeur to  Liza Minnelli accuses the singer of forcing him to have sex  with her and is seeking more than $100 million in damages,  according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday.
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A federal jury found Qualcomm Inc.  guilty of infringing three patents owned by smaller rival Broadcom Corp.  and it awarded Broadcom $19.6 million in damages on Tuesday, the companies said.
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An independent audit committee assembled by network technology provider Broadcom in the wake of the industry-wide SEC options backdating scandal, has found that stock options granted to executives and employees for a nearly five-year period were improperly accounted for.
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Criminal charges were filed Tuesday against a former executive at Network Associates Inc., alleging he illegally profited from advance knowledge of a massive sales shortfall in 2000.
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Broadcom has named Scott McGregor, the former head of Royal Philips Electronics&#39; semiconductor division, chief executive of the company.
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By The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 17--A federal investigation into stock options issued by Broadcom  Corp. has driven a wedge between the Irvine semiconductor company and its  chairman, Henry Samueli.
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A Massachusetts businessman who resold Cisco Systems Inc. networking gear was arrested on charges he defrauded the technology company out of millions of dollars by cheating its program to replace broken or defective hardware.
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NEW YORK: The former bodyguard and chauffeur to Liza Minnelli has accused the singer of forcing him to have sex with her and is seeking more than $US100 million in damages, according to court papers.
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A Massachusetts businessman accused of bilking the company out of millions of dollars worth of networking gear faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. By the Associated Press.
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Former WorldCom CEO Bernard J. Ebbers has been charged with conspiracy, securities fraud and making false regulatory filings in connection with a US$11 billion accounting fraud at the company, the largest in US history.
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This is, after all, the man who once said &quot;to heck with Janet Reno&quot; during the early days of the company&#39;s antitrust saga, and who more recently has called Linux a &quot;cancer&quot;.