âThe Court may set aside a default, and if a final judgment consequent thereon has been entered, the Court may set it aside in accordance with Rule 1.540(b) of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.â. So we then turn to Florida Rule of Civ.
The most notable company to crash was Enron, followed by Global Crossing (parent of MCI,) and Xerox; later, almost one thousand publicly traded companies restated their financial statements (Lasher, 2008, p. 187). This resulted in almost $6 trillion of stock market value disappearing (Lasher, 2008, p. 187)! In response to these events, Congress drafted and passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002. Next, we look to the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to see how they impact the way firms prepare their financial statements. The first and most major way the SOX Act impacted financial reporting was that it ended self-regulation of the public accounting industry (Lasher, 2008, p. 190).
The act had a profound effect on corporate governance in the United States. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires public companies to strengthen audit committees, perform internal controls tests, set personal liability of directors and officers for accuracy of financial statements, and strengthen disclosure.he Sarbanes-Oxley Act changes management's responsibility for financial reporting significantly. The act requires that top managers personally certify the accuracy of financial reports. If a top manager knowingly or willfully makes a false certification, he can face 10 to 20 years in prison.