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More Than The Camel’S Nose: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act As Bad News For Lawyers, Clients, And The Public, Timothy P. Chinaris
More Than The Camel’S Nose: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act As Bad News For Lawyers, Clients, And The Public, Timothy P. Chinaris
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Business executives, accountants, lawyers, and the general public have shown great interest in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("the Act") that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. Designed as securities legislation, the Act reaches into areas of lawyer conduct, and the regulation of that lawyer conduct, that previously were the domain primarily of state supreme courts. Lawyers, law firms, and bar organizations have recognized that the concept of what it means to be an ethical lawyer has been altered by the Act. Related developments spawned by the Act's passage will continue to change …