On August 21, 2007, there was a significant court decision made possibly impacting future Sarbanes-Oxley Act decisions in “CENTRAL LABORERS‚Äô PENSION FUND v.INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES INC; HERBERT ALLEN; WILLIAM W REYNOLDS; JEFFREY PUGH”
Posts Tagged ‘Sarbanes Oxley’
Judge Finds Officers Not Accountable for SOX Report Errors
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Laws, Standards, Mapping, and HIPAA
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Today is the last day of Norwich University’s Masters programs residency week; this afternoon is graduation.
It has been a great week…I have loved chatting with the students and faculty, and I’ve compiled a page full of topics I want to research and blog about!
SEC Approved Multiple Compliance Guidance and Rules Documents For SOX, SMBs and Credit Rating Agencies
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Yesterday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new guidance documents for SOX Section 404 compliance, modernization of smaller company capital — raising and disclosure requirements, and voted to adopt final rules to implement the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.
Inefficient Compliance Activities Costs $$: Survey Says SOX Compliance Costs Were Down In 2006, But They Should Have Been Down More
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007On May 16 Financial Executives International (FEI) announced the results of their sixth Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance survey, based upon a poll of 200 companies subject to SOX. They’ll charge you $99 for the report if you aren’t an FEI member.
However, they give you some teasers on their site:
SOX Amendment Defeated: Information security and SMBs
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007SOX Compliance: Fraudsters Posing as Officials Selling “Compliance Solutions;” *NO* vendor Product Can Make an Organization 100% Compliant With ANY Regulation
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Something that has irritated me for a very long time are vendors who see a chance to make a quick buck off of worried organizations, afraid they are not going to be in compliance with new laws, and create junk products to sell to them using fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). FUD products.
I saw a lot of HIPAA FUD back when that regulation went into effect, and saw way too many people spending way too much money for so-called HIPAA security and privacy certifications offered by vendors who did not even have anyone on staff with any type of healthcare provider, payer or clearinghouse practitioner experience. Not to mention HIPAA compliance solutions.
PCAOB Formally Proposes New Auditing Standard for Section 404 of SOX
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006Yesterday the SEC issued a press release regarding a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposal for a new auditing standard for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. The goal of the proposal will be to strengthen investor protection while getting rid of what is referenced as the “unduly expensive and inefficient auditing standard under Section 404.”
Sarbanes Oxley: More Speculation on Rehaul
Sunday, December 10th, 2006For those of you who are always looking for opinions on SOX, Pierce McNally wrote an opinion piece that appeared in today’s (Sunday’s) Minneapolise-St. Paul Star Tribune about how SOX needs to be reformed or it will cost companies needless amounts of millions of dollars in annual compliance costs.
Nothing really new, just more speculation that there is going to be a SOX overhaul sometime soon. However, perhaps something to add to your archives.
