Stephen Falanga

Stephen Falanga | Connell Foley LLP

Stated goal is to ease compliance burdens, particularly on smaller public companies, but questions remain if the revisions go far enough. In the closing days of 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission"), along with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB"...

Stephen Falanga | Connell Foley LLP

With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 1 ("Sarbanes-Oxley") , a new era of corporate responsibility and accountability for public corporations was born. In many respects, however, the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley was not a watershed event for banking institutions, whether public or private...

Stephen Falanga | Connell Foley LLP

Editor: Tom, please tell our readers about your role as in-house counsel. What is the nature of your company's business, and what types of legal issues typically arise in the industry? Sparno: I serve as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Evenflo Company, Inc.,...