Client Alert
Dodd-Frank Act Permanently Exempts Non-Accelerated Filers From SOX Auditor Attestation Requirement
July 29, 2010
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law last week, permanently exempts smaller public companies (those with a public float below $75 million) from the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Act also directs the SEC to conduct a study to determine how the burdens of compliance with Section 404(b) can be reduced for other public companies.
Click here to read our client alert discussing this provision of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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