Wall Street Journal/Associated Press

Big Law Firms Find Backdating Probes Good for Business

July 19, 2006

By Peter Lattman

..."In many ways, the end of sensational financial fraud cases like Enron also seemed to signal that the luster might be coming off white-collar practice," says Thomas McNamara of La Bella & McNamara, a white-collar defense boutique in San Diego. "The options-timing investigations have changed all that. Once again, scores of big-firm white-collar departments are working full throttle."...