Given how much this blog addresses issues relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the following announcement is timely:

[Stephen Bainbridge’s] Complete Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley is now shipping from Amazon.

Amazon’s Product Description:
Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to major corporate and accounting scandals–and many consider the act to be the most significant change in corporate governance and securities regulations in the past seventy years. SOX requirements have brought about far-reaching changes for public corporations, private corporations, and nonprofits. Every manager and director should be aware of how the business landscape will be affected.
The Complete Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley answers in nontechnical language such questions as: What does SOX mean to me now? Do I have to worry about it? How much legal and accounting help do I need? What information technology requirements will I face? If you’re a business owner, you need The Complete Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley!

As SOX turns 5, this up-to-date guide gives you a complete picture of how the statute has been implemented and continues to evolve.

Given Professor Bainbridge’s insight on SOX, any attorney or auditor providing advice to public companies on corporate governance or accounting issues would be well-advised to read this book and have it handy as a reference resource.