Intellectual Property Client Alert: Disclosure Controls and Procedures
1/31/2003
On July 30, 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which has been described as the most significant change in securities and disclosure regulation since the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Among the many areas of concern for companies seeking to ensure compliance with the Act is the mandatory requirement that processes be established by which public companies collect, marshal and prepare information about their business, including intellectual property information, for inclusion in disclosure documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The attached advisory discusses the new procedures required by Sarbanes-Oxley.
