The Cost of Being a Public Company in Light of Sarbanes-Oxley and the Federalization of Corporate Governance

Upon invitation from the Subcommittee on Capital Markets of the House Financial Services Committee, John Berlau, senior fellow at CEI, will be testifying in a hearing entitled “The Cost of Being a Public Company in Light of Sarbanes-Oxley and the Federalization of Corporate Governance” on July 18, 2017, the 15th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

For more information on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and related finance regulation issues, see the following research from John Berlau:

• Five Key Financial Regulation Reforms (2017)
• First Steps for the Trump Administration: Restore Financial Freedom (2016)
• Free Smaller Companies to Go Public by Rolling Back Burdensome Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Rules (2011)
• SOXing It to the Little Guy: How Sarbanes-Oxley Hurts Small Investors and Entrepreneurs (2007)

WHEN:

Tuesday, July 18, 2017
10:00 AM

WHERE:

2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

WHO:

John Berlau
Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute