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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was supposed to help investors, not sink companies.

But Section 404 of the sweeping law - certifying the integrity of corporate internal controls - may be threatening the financial health of smaller public companies. And Auditing Standard No. 2 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - on auditing internal controls - hasn't made the situation any easier.

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