Discipline
Oct. 8, 2004
SEC's Attorney-Conduct Rules Stand Jurisprudence on Its Head
Forum Column - By Keith Paul Bishop - In August 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission's new attorney conduct rules took effect. Adopted as part of the massive and needlessly rushed rulemaking obligations thrust on the commission by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules are a morass of double negatives and interlocking definitions. Even proponents of the rules readily admit that the rules all but invite litigation.
By Keith Paul Bishop
In August 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission's new attorney conduct rules took effect. Adopted as part of the massive and needlessly rushed r...
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