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15 Years Of Sarbanes-Oxley: What's Included In The Law?
Saturday, December 2, 2017 - 10:33am | 364It's the 15th anniversary of one of the most important financial regulatory laws of this generation: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The SOX Act was enacted back in 2002 to protect investors from the types of fraudulent and deceptive behavior that occurred at companies such as Enron, WorldCom...
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Greenspan's Laissez Fairy Tale
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 8:37am | 2636We continue to witness remarkable developments in the intersection of the related fields of economics, finance, ethics, law, and regulation. Each of these five fields ignores a sixth related field – white-collar criminology. The six fields share a renewed interest in trust. The key questions...
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Dodd-Frank Act, aka The 2010 Full Employment Act for Lawyers, Accountants, and Consultants
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 10:07am | 568NEW YORK TIMES -- "Call it Dodd-Frank Inc. A year after Congress passed the broadest financial overhaul since the Great Depression, the law has spawned a host of new businesses to help Wall Street comply — and capitalize — on the hundreds of new regulations. Besides the lawyers, there are legions...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Ruling Update
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 2:18pm | 76More news has come out surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley ruling earlier today by the Supreme Court, changing previous coverage of the case. It appears that the court only overturned one portion of the law, the way members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were appointed. The ruling...
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Parts of Sarbanes-Oxley Ruled Unconstitutional (TYC)
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:38am | 337In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court struck down key portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which created a national entity to supervise auditors of public companies. The case is known as Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 08-861. The court ruled...
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Sarbanes-Oxley Violates the Constitution's Separation of Powers Mandate, Says The Supreme Court
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:14am | 18The Supreme Court rules 5-4 that Sarbanes-Oxley violates the Constitution's separation of powers mandate, according to the WSJ.