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Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Cara D. Little, Hayden M. Baker
Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Cara D. Little, Hayden M. Baker
SMU Annual Texas Survey
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Myth Of The Attorney Whistleblower, Carliss N. Chatman
Myth Of The Attorney Whistleblower, Carliss N. Chatman
SMU Law Review
Notwithstanding the political grandstanding and legal regimes put in place to prevent the next Enron, this article explores whether attorney whistleblower provisions provided in the Standards of Professional Con- duct for Attorneys Appearing and Practicing Before the Commission in the Representation of an Issuer and in the Model Rules of Professional Con- duct are effective. When faced with attorney involvement in Enron, Congress passed § 307 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (Sarbanes), which required the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend its standards governing the conduct of attorneys practicing before the SEC. In response, the SEC and the American …