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Sarbanes Oxley
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Jeff Skilling to remain in jail
The poster boy of the crime-doesn't-pay, post-Enron era was Jeff Skilling, the hard charging CEO of the firm who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for fraud.
Blast from the past: Kozlowski to stay in jail
Dennis Kozlowski was once a fixture in the financial news--for all the wrong reasons. In one of the signature trials of the era that produced Sarbanes-Oxley, he was convicted of all kinds of financial shenanigans in 2005 and then sentenced to 8 to 25 years.
Do accountants really lose out on JOBS act?
Compliance professionals used to joke about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as a "full employment act" for accountants and financial professionals.
Professional whistleblowers possible
Harry Markopolos rocketed to fame as one of the rare "winners" in the Bernie Madoff scandal.
BATS agrees to split CEO, chairman position
BATS has agreed to split the CEO and chairman positions.
Dodd-Frank's cost-benefit analysis problem
We've suggested that opponents of Dodd-Frank have identified a powerful legal weapon in their fight to overturn or emasculate the law: A legal claim that the SEC failed to perform adequate cost benefit analyses as to the effects of the many provisions.
JOBS bill's big reaction from pro-Sarbox crowd
The JOBS bill has generated strong bipartisan support in Congress. But others are concerned that some of provisions of the bill will roll back essential shareholders protections.
State of financial reporting trickery
In the wake of the financial crisis and subsequent clean up, a debate has simmered about whether Sarbanes-Oxley did what it was supposed to do.
Deloitte's role in Diamond scandal
Yet another Deloitte controversy has erupted.
Dodd-Frank: Sarbox redux?
Recall that the recent 10 year anniversary of the passage of Sarbanes Oxley was “celebrated” with lots of commentary, either extolling or vilifying the controversial act. Everyone has an opinion.
