In the wake of high-profile corporate meltdowns like Enron Corp. and Refco Inc., attorneys and other professionals who advise public companies are concerned over what they see as their widening exposure when shareholders sue the companies they counsel.
Many in the securities defense bar say this concern stems in part from plaintiffs finding creative ways to implicate outside lawyers and secondary participants as primary violators in schemes to defraud investors.
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