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securities class action litigation pending against the company and certain of its current and former officers and directors.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2481798092</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:05:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Comverse execs to pay $62M to settle suits (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091228/us_comverse_technology_settlement.html?.v=2</link><description>Former executives of Comverse Technology Inc. will pay $62 million to partially fund a class action settlement stemming from alleged stock option backdating. 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