The late James Hamilton was a Principal Analyst at Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of corporate and securities information. Jim has written and spoken extensively on federal securities law and has been cited as an authority by the Senate Banking Committee Report accompanying the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. His analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Manual: A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules, is considered a definitive explanation, and he was a co-author Dodd-Frank Act: Law, Explanation and Analysis. His other works include the popular guidebook Responsibilities of Corporate Officers and Directors under Federal Securities Law, the Guide to Internal Controls, and Informal Corporate Disclosure under Federal Securities Law. In addition, Jim served as a leading contributor to the industry-standard publication, CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter, as well as related publications SEC Filings Insight, PCAOB Reporter, Derivatives Regulation Law Reporter, Corporate Secretary’s Guide and International Securities Outlook .