Law Offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of Companies Related to the Back-Dating of Stock Option Grants -- UNH


BALA CYNWYD, Pa., June 5, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The law offices of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a lawsuit has been filed against certain officers and directors of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) relating to allegations that the defendants manipulated the price of certain stock option grants. The lawsuit contends that such stock option grants allowed the defendant executives to earn millions of dollars that rightfully belong to UnitedHealth Group. Presently, Brodsky & Smith, LLC is investigating certain companies which are either under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and/or the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), have announced their own internal investigation or where media reports have raised questions regarding this type of conduct. These companies include:



   Company                   Ticker   Company                   Ticker
   -------                   ------   --------                  ------
 Affiliated Computer Services   ACS   Medarex                     MEDX
 Analog Devices, Inc.           ADI   McAfee                       MFE
 Alkermes, Inc.                ALKS   Millennium Pharmaceuticals  MLNM
 Altera                        ALTR   Marvell Technology Group    MRVL
 Applied Micro Circuits Corp.  AMCC   MicroStrategy               MSTR
 Amkor Technology, Inc.        AMKR   Maxim Integrated            MXIM
 Asyst                         ASYT   Novellus                    NVLS
 Boston Communications Group
   Inc.                        BCGI   NYFIX                    NYFX.PK
 Brocade Communications        BRCD   Openwave Systems Inc.       OPWV
 Broadcom                      BRCM   Power Integrations          POWI
 Brooks Automation             BRKS   Quest Software              QSFT
 CNET Networks, Inc.           CNET   Rambus                      RMBS
 Delta Petroleum               DPTR   RSA Security                RSAS
 F5 Networks, Inc.             FFIV   Sycamore Networks           SCMR
 Fresenius                      FMS   Sepracor                    SEPR
 Jabil Circuit                  JBL   SafeNet                     SFNT
 Juniper Networks, Inc.        JNPR   Semtech                     SMTC
 KLA - Tencor                  KLAC   Trident Microsystems        TRID
 Linear Technology             LLTC   UnitedHealth Group           UNH
 Meade Instruments Corp.       MEAD   Zoran                       ZRAN
 M Systems Flash Disk
   Pioneers Ltd.               FLSH

If you were a purchaser of any of these stocks and want to discuss your legal rights, you may e-mail or call the law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC who will, without obligation or cost to you, attempt to answer your questions. You may contact Marc L. Ackerman, Esquire or Evan J. Smith, Esquire at Brodsky & Smith, LLC, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 602, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, by e-mail at clients@brodsky-smith.com, or by calling toll free (877) LEGAL-90.

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