Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
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Bar Exams, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Celebrities, Crime, DUI / DWI, Eric Holder, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 11.06.14
* “Perhaps Congress should have called this the Sarbanes-Oxley Grouper Act.” Based on the justices’ reactions during oral argument, it seems like SCOTUS isn’t taking the bait in the Yates case. [WSJ Law Blog]
* It seems that President Obama still hasn’t made a decision on who he wants to replace Eric Holder as attorney general. Maybe the results of the midterm election made him change his mind. [Legal Times]
* Jay Z may have 99 problems, but this champagne deal ain’t one because Cooley helped to seal the deal. If Armand de Brignac is good enough for Queen Bey, it’s good enough for this Biglaw firm. [Am Law Daily]
* Students at the University of South Dakota School of Law are wondering whether they’re receiving a good legal education considering they’re being trained to pass the “easiest [bar] in the nation.” [The Volante]
* Kenneth Desormes of Connecticut was charged after trying to eat the results of his breathalyzer test. He may be the same Kenneth Desormes who tried to get his law school to admit to fraud. [Hartford Courant]
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Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Election 2012, Eric Holder, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Harvard, John Roberts, Politics, Richard Posner, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Job Searches, John Edwards, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New York Times, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, Small Law Firms, Trials, Twittering
Morning Docket: 04.24.12
* Low prices. Every day. On everything. Except bribes. The NYT handed the feds an FCPA case against Wal-Mart on a platter, but the discount superstore might soon have a SOX problem to worry about. [Reuters]
* The John Edwards campaign finance trial is already off to a dramatic start. It seems that the prosecution’s key witness is just as shady as the former presidential candidate is alleged to be. [Boston Herald]
* Career services offices might not know how to find law students jobs at small law firms, but luckily, it seems like they’re finding them just fine on their own. At least in New York. [New York Law Journal]
* An “abuse of process”? Looks like it’s time to #OccupyTwitter. A New York judge has approved a subpoena for tweets belonging to an Occupy Wall Street protester. [Bloomberg]
* And I am telling you, I’m not going — to help your case. Yesterday, Jennifer Hudson testified at the trial of the man accused of killing her relatives. Wonder if she took some tips from her fiancé, David Otunga. [CNN]
* “I decided to become a kidney donor to my boss, and she took my heart.” A lesson in why you should reconsider donating organs to your boss: you might get fired before the wound heals. [New York Post]
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Enron, Law Professors, Music, Rap, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
Because Sometimes You Just Need to Rap About the Law
It’s the end of October, and you know what that means: law school finals are lurking. As law students begin to hunker down and make sweet, sweet love to their outlines and flashcards, others are busy thinking up more clever ways to study the same materials. Visual learners think that drawing pictures will help them […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX
House Rules: Moving From Litigation to Transactional Work
Welcome to the inaugural installment of House Rules, a column for in-house lawyers by our newest writer, David Mowry. David's column will appear on Wednesdays. Of course, all good stories must have a conflict; David's was that he was taking a job as a transactional lawyer.... -
Accounting / Accountants, Brett Kavanaugh, Going Concern, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wall Street
Will the Supreme Court Knock SOX's Socks Off?
Is the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board unconstitutional? This admittedly boring-sounding entity has the important task of overseeing accounting firms, who in turn keep an eye on the balance sheets of corporate America, through such mechanisms as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. The constitutionality of SOX and the PCAOB is at issue in Free Enterprise Fund v. […] -
Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, Paralegals, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, SCOTUS
Morning Docket 5.19.09
* A word of advice to the new summer associates: Paralegals can’t be trusted. [Legal Intelligencer] * SCOTUS dismissed the lawsuit that sought to punish top Bush officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, for detaining Muslims that were not involved in 9-11. [Christian Science Monitor] * Military commission trials for Guantanamo detainees present many […]
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Brett Kavanaugh, D.C. Circuit, Sarbanes-Oxley / Sarbox / SOX, Wall Street
The Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Board: Not Long For This World?
The constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, was recently upheld — decision available here (PDF) — by a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit. But those who challenged the Board’s legitimacy are fighting on. The appellants will either seek rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit […]