If CA is working to <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2119614,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL042307EP39A">put its scandal-ridden past behind it</A> and move back into prominence, the recommendation by the company's Special Litigation Committee to sue former Chairman and co-founder Charles Wang for $500 million is not likely to speed the company toward that goal.

Just over a week before the start of CA's revamped user conference, CA World, the committee released its report, which laid the blame at Wang's feet for the company's former practice of holding its books open past the end of its fiscal quarters to improperly record new contracts to meet Wall Street expectations.