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Sarbanes Oxley Act

Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Amendment To Exempt Small Firms Passes House Committee

Rolfe Winkler | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Enron, Regulation, Worldcom, Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Protection, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

An amendment that would permanently exempt small public companies from complying with a key provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act advanced in Congress t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

House Panel Votes To Permanently Exempt Small Firms From Part Of Post-Enron Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Worldcom, Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Enron, Obama Administration, Investors, John Adler, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

A House panel voted Wednesday to permanently exempt more than half of all publicly traded companies from a seven-year-old post-Enron measure designed ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Helps House Democrat Gut Post-Enron Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Obama Administration, Carolyn Maloney, John Adler, Paul Kanjorski, Consumer Federation of America, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Investor-Protections, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

With the White House's blessing, a House panel voted Tuesday to water down a key post-Enron measure designed to protect investors. In a voice vote, m...

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Shahien Nasiripour

White House Quietly Working To Weaken Investor Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, Investor Protection, Worldcom, Financial Reform, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Carolyn Maloney, Investors, Business News

The White House is quietly working to undercut a key post-Enron reform, significantly weakening protection for everyday investors and threatening the ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

House Democrats John Adler, Carolyn Maloney Move To Weaken Investor Protection Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, Worldcom, Financial Reform, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Investors, Carolyn Maloney, Business News

Two House Democrats are planning to introduce amendments Tuesday to exempt small- and medium-sized companies from a key post-Enron reform. Consumer ad...

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United States of America vs. UBS: A Step Too Far?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ubs, $780 Million in Fines, Swiss Government, Irs, Swiss Bank, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Finra, Taxation, Tax Fraud, Taxpayers, Switzerland Banks, Swiss Bank Accounts, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swiss Banks Secrecy, US Banks, Us-Taxpayers, Tax Evasion, Oecd, Nicolas Sarkozy, Switzerland, British Prime Minister Brown, Tax Havens, Politics News
Georges Ugeux

There is no winner when fundamental rule of law and customer loyalty are not respected. This will have major ramifications outside of Switzerland and the United States.

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Court Review of SOX Gives Hope for New U.S. Jobs

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Immigration Reform, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Tort Reform, Corporate Tax, Stock Exchange, Gary Shapiro, H1B Visa, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Supreme Court, Cea, Health Care, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Only American companies have to follow this expensive and intrusive law imposing huge costs on publicly traded companies. Thankfully, relief may be in sight.

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Arthur Levitt Should Just Shut Up About AIG

Francine McKenna | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Pricewaterhousecoopers, Aig, Arthur Levitt, Carlyle Group, Bloomberg, Auditor, Executive Compenation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sec, Iss, Subprime, Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Attorney General, Pwc, Rolling Stone, Taibbi, Business News
Francine McKenna

The esteemed Arthur Levitt Jr. was the longest tenured SEC Chairman (1993-2001). And now he's used as an expert on AIG and incentive compensation...That's for sure!

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Deloitte Agrees To Pay $1 Million Fine

New York Times | Flloyd Norris | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Big Four Accounting Firms, Deloitte, Deloitte & Touche, Business News

Deloitte & Touche, one of the Big Four accounting firms, agreed today to pay $1 million to settle accusations that it botched an audit of a pharmaceut...

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