Andrew Countryman

Still dealing with fallout from the Enron scandal, federal securities regulators took steps Wednesday to require additional disclosures about a company's financial condition and to limit executive stock sales. The...

While federal regulators think they have enough evidence to file a civil suit against Martha Stewart for allegedly trading stock on insider information, securities lawyers say hers is an unusual...

To some experts, it's simple: Too many CEOs on a company's compensation committee equal the old-boy network at its worst. To others, it's not so simple: Chief executives bring valuable...

With an accounting overhaul on the way, shareholder activists are beginning to renew the bitter battle over CEO compensation. But they still face daunting obstacles. Audit and accounting issues were...

Amid growing unrest over corporate scandals and huge compensation packages, executives and board members at more than a third of the biggest public firms that have gone belly up this...

Looking to restore shaken investor faith in Corporate America, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday formally proposed a framework for an independent accounting oversight body--and quickly faced complaints that...