Saturday, September 15, 2007 The Securities and Exchange Commission, which often brings charges and settles them on the same day, also said that 50 of the firms and partners had settled with the agency. There were no Big Four or major accounting firms among the 37 businesses involved. Yet the action was significant because it represented the S.E.C.’s first cases alleging violation of a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley law requiring accounting firms that audit public companies to register with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The law was enacted in response to the corporate scandals of 2002. S.E.C. Charges Accountants and Firms With Sarbanes-Oxley Violations Previous articles Wall Street moves on red tape as IPO exodus contin...
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