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Experts Discuss Impact of Law Designed to Keep Corporate Accounting Honest.

By Keith Benman, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 4--The perp walks are sputtering out. The brakes have been put on corporate meltdowns. Shocking revelations about self-enriching executives have faded in the rear view mirror.

But the federal law passed one year ago to prevent such occurrences, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, is looming large in the forward view of those who drive the nation's investment machine.

"I personally believe Sarbanes-Oxley is benefitting the investing public," said Edward Nusbaum, chief execut

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