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Litigation

Dec. 15, 2004

Sarbanes-Oxley Helps Firms Cut Off Frivolous Allegations

Focus Column - Litigation - By John S. Adler - The first federal court challenge to the constitutionality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been heard and decided, leaving the statute intact. In a ruling in late November, a federal judge in Birmingham, Ala., rejected arguments that the act is unconstitutionally vague in a case arising within the context of a pending corporate fraud criminal prosecution.

        
Focus Column

Litigation

By John S. Adler
        
        The first fede...

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