Michael Doan

Supreme Court Says PCAOB Is Valid

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board which was established with the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. However, the court was concerned with the tenure of the board members and in a 5-to-4 split decision, it gave the Securities and Exchanged Commission the authority to fire any of the PCAOB board members without cause. Before the ruling, the SEC could only fire a board member when there was good cause.

Posted via email from Michael Doan

6 July 2010

Posted in Accounting

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