Thursday, November 22, 2007 "I still hear a lot of complaint and blame, mixed in with a good deal of praise for the law," said Oxley, the Ohio Republican, now a non-executive vice chairman of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and a counsel with law firm Baker Hostetler. The Securities and Exchange Commission is currently looking to placate critics of the law, known simply as SOX, with a set of new ideas on how to adapt to it. And the accounting industry is preparing this fall for lighter, cheaper and more focused audits to avoid the criticism that the law was too exacting on companies. Sarbanes-Oxley turns 5 amid mixed results Labels: sarbanes oxley Previous articles GAO Flunks SEC's Internal Controls
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