Comments on: Can the SEC Exempt Small Companies from Sarbanes-Oxley 404? (Part 2) http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:51:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Update on the SEC’s Authority to Exempt Small Issuers from Section 404 Compliance http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Update on the SEC’s Authority to Exempt Small Issuers from Section 404 Compliance Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:48:36 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/#comment-1491 [...] The momentum seems to be building among legal academics that the SEC may lack the authority to exempt small companies from SOX 404 compliance.  As many may recall, Bill previously analyzed this issue in the inagural post of this blog and concluded that the SEC most likely did not have the requisite statutory authority (he provided a follow-up analysis here).  Larry Ribstein shares this sentiment.  Apparently, they are not alone.   [...] [...] The momentum seems to be building among legal academics that the SEC may lack the authority to exempt small companies from SOX 404 compliance.  As many may recall, Bill previously analyzed this issue in the inagural post of this blog and concluded that the SEC most likely did not have the requisite statutory authority (he provided a follow-up analysis here).  Larry Ribstein shares this sentiment.  Apparently, they are not alone.   [...]

]]> By: Ideoblog http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Ideoblog Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:27:56 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/#comment-582 <strong>The trouble with SOX: it's not just small firms...</strong> There seems to be a myth going around that the problems with SOX can be solved by a simple amputation of small firms. The latest adherent is Bob Greifeld, head of Nasdaq and self-styled consistent supporter of the principles of... The trouble with SOX: it’s not just small firms…

There seems to be a myth going around that the problems with SOX can be solved by a simple amputation of small firms. The latest adherent is Bob Greifeld, head of Nasdaq and self-styled consistent supporter of the principles of…

]]> By: Kate Litvak http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Kate Litvak Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2006/02/27/can-the-sec-exempt-small-companies-from-sarbanes-oxley-404-part-2/#comment-496 I wonder if the SEC has the authority to exempt ALL companies from SOX if it concludes that doing so is “necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for protection of investors...â€? I wonder if the SEC has the authority to exempt ALL companies from SOX if it concludes that doing so is “necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for protection of investors…â€?

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