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PLI's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act


Your single-volume resource for understanding this monumental legislation. Written in clear, jargon-free language.

The effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related reforms now permeate U.S. corporate and financial life. Learn all the new requirements useful to business professionals and others who do not need to become experts, but want to understand the myriad new rules and regulations.

Written in language void of legal jargon and technical references, this practical guidebook seeks to explain the new requirements concisely enough to be an effective business tool.

Subjects covered include:

public disclosure of financial information and regulation of insider conflicts

  • corporate governance matters
  • regulation of auditors
  • new rules for attorneys
  • remedies and penalties
  • responsibilities of ancillary gatekeepers
  • such as research analysts
  • record keeping

    In addition, subject-oriented checklists and references to the SEC rules and official Web site commentary are provided.

    Designed For: Designed for business professionals and others who do not need to become experts but who want to understand the myriad new rules and regulation.

    Product Code: PMPLISOX05

    Vendor: Practising Law Institute

    About the Author: John T. Bostelman is a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, where he directs the firm's securities law practice. He has a wide-ranging financial and corporate practice, including the areas of public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, investment management and broker-dealer regulation.

    Mr. Bostelman is a leading national expert on Sarbanes-Oxley and the author of The Sarbanes-Oxley Deskbook (PLI), a two-volume discourse on the act and related reforms. He has been a speaker for numerous organizations, including the Practising Law Institute and committees of the American Bar Association. He serves as chair of the Securities Registration Subcommittee of the ABA Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities.

    Format: Paperback

    Price: $20.00 members, $24.95 non-members