Sealed is the fate of Comverse Technology’s former general counsel, William Sorin, for his role in that company’s backdated stock options. An uncertain future, however, still potentially awaits many more GCs caught up in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s web of backdating investigations.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...