A corporate governance group might not be a bad idea, said Mark Vecchio, of San Francisco-based Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. “It’s the flavor of the month.”

IN THE HOURS, days and weeks following Congress’ approval last month of the sweeping Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform bill, lawyers at the nation’s largest law firms scrambled to interpret the new laws and summarize them in memoranda and advisories sent out to both existing and prospective clients.