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Signs Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 into law

President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, a major corporate reform law enacted in response to accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others.

Signs Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 into law

The law imposed new auditing, corporate governance, and disclosure requirements on public companies and created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, reshaping U.S. financial regulation and investor protections.

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