Last Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the Free Enterprise Fund’s petition for rehearing en banc in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB, a challenge to the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, by a vote of 5-4. Chief Judge Sentelle and Judges Griffith, Kavanaugh, and Ginsburg voted for rehearing. Judges Henderson, Rogers, Tatel,
Garland, and Brown voted against. A copy of the order is here. The Fund’s attorneys at Jones Day and the Competitive Enterprise Institute promise a petition for certiorari is forthcoming.