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As you know, former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling--the man perhaps most responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley--has been waging an all-out war to get his 24-year prison sentence reduced. While he's exhausted... Read more...

> Prosecutors: Skilling does not deserve new trial. Article> Dems nominate two for SEC commissioner openings. Read more...

The conventional thinking on stock options backdating cases was that prosecutors would have the best... Read more...

The plight of Gary Gerhardt, former CFO of Engineered Support Systems, is a cautionary one for anyone in the compliance arena. Is informing your auditor, in this case Read more...

The stunning Enron verdicts in some ways marked the high point for the historic wave of corporate prosecutions we've witnessed recently. There are some who think that we've hit another kind of... Read more...

The first instance of a foreign company sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sarbanes-Oxley has been settled. Ricardo Salinas Pliego agreed to pay $7.5 million and will not be able... Read more...

Where in the world is Kobi Alexander, who was hit recently with a raft of options- and Sarbox-related fraud charges? The hunt for the former CEO of Comverse, a once high-flying tech firm, has... Read more...

Is the hunt for options abusers going too far? The breadth of the SEC's probe has surprised more than a few people and we're starting to hear whispers that perhaps the prosecutors are going... Read more...

It's doubtful that prosecutors will pursue every company that backdated their options awards. So who will face the wrath of the government? For clues, look to the convictions of Comverse... Read more...

Larry Sonsini is perhaps Silicon's Valley's most powerful lawyer. In his 40-year career, he has served as legal counsel to some of the most prestigious firms and helped bring the likes of Google,... Read more...