Now that the securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has finished its rulemakings on how internal and external auditors have to behave under Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), it is turning its attention to lawyers. In-house attorneys are at the center of the "noisy withdrawal" rules that were the subject of a February hearing at the House Financial Services Committee. Both Democrats and Republicans on the Committee seemed to be unhappy with the direction the SEC appears to be heading.
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