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ARB Holds Sarbanes-Oxley Act's Whistleblower Protections Apply to Employees of Contractors to Publicly Traded Companies, Rejects First Circuit Decision to the Contrary
Posted on 9 Jun 2012 by Williams Mullen

BY: IGOR M. BABICHENKO In yet another decision expanding whistleblower protection, the Administrative Review Board ("ARB") recently held that Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") affords whistleblower protection to an employee... Read More

Tags: contractor , Administrative Review Board , Sarbanes Oxley Act , publicly traded , Williams Mullen , whistleblower

Increase In Accounting Class Action Securities Filings Fueled By Chinese Reverse Merger Cases
Posted on 24 May 2012 by Kevin M. LaCroix

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the enactment of The Sarbanes Oxley Act, Cornerstone Research has released a study of the filing trends and settlements of securities class action lawsuits involving accounting allegations. The May 2012 report entitled... Read More

Tags: Kevin LaCroix , Sarbanes Oxley Act , Litigation , accounting class action , D&O Diary , Cornerstone Research