This is not the first time. Channel stuffing is among the more frequent violations among Silicon Valley companies. As is company policy, Internet security firm Network Associates, Inc . Channel stuffing is among the more frequent violations among Silicon Valley companies.
Time is of the essence.
Tobacco and other plaintiffs have until February 27 to file. At that time, a judge is expected to pick a lead lawsuit that the others must follow. The judge usually picks the suit with the largest amount of plaintiffs who lost the most amount of money. The lead lawsuit could be a moot point anyway, says Tobacco, if the judge agrees with Network Associates and throws out the case on lack of evidence. In addition, the company announced that from now on it would book revenue only after software was shipped to end-users.