No Pseudonymity for Accountant Challenging Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Disciplinary Proceedings

Free Speech No Pseudonymity for Accountant Challenging Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Disciplinary Proceedings Eugene Volokh | 6.10.2026 11:46 AM From yesterday's D.C. Circuit decision in Doe v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Justin Walker, and Bradley Garcia): Plaintiff John Doe—an accountant facing disciplinary proceedings before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board—brought suit in district court, raising wide-ranging challenges to the Board's structure and operations. As part of that action, Doe sought leave to proceed under a pseudonym. The district court denied the motion. We affirm….

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