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Business Crimes Bulletin

September 2009

Federal Courts Adopt Narrow Constructions of Sarbanes-Oxley Legislation

Recent Decisions May Be a Harbinger of Federal Courts’ Approach in Future Legislation

By Robert S. Reder and Matthew A. Thiel

Complex and systemic, the current financial crisis is nearly certain to yield extensive legislation regulating everything from the financial markets to mortgage brokers to ratings agencies. Any such legislation may raise interpretive issues similar to those that have arisen in recent Federal Court decisions interpreting section 304 and section 1514A(a)(1) of the sweeping Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX").

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