Event Title
SOX and Criminal Enhancements
Start Date
19-10-2007 2:00 PM
End Date
19-10-2007 3:30 PM
Description
SOX not only enhanced criminal penalties and sentences for violations of various securities and federal laws, but also played a role in the increased prosecutions of white-collar crime more generally. This panel brings together academics with prosecutors of white-collar crimes to address SOX's impact on criminal enforcement efforts and the extent to which these efforts will be sustained in the long-term. This panel also will discuss the proper role of criminal sanctions in the corporate environment.
SOX and Criminal Enhancements
SOX not only enhanced criminal penalties and sentences for violations of various securities and federal laws, but also played a role in the increased prosecutions of white-collar crime more generally. This panel brings together academics with prosecutors of white-collar crimes to address SOX's impact on criminal enforcement efforts and the extent to which these efforts will be sustained in the long-term. This panel also will discuss the proper role of criminal sanctions in the corporate environment.