Accounting Law and Audit Law

Nonprofit organizations that sponsor retirement plans such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans are subject to two separate, but related, newly finalized U.S. Department of Labor regulations regarding disclosure of retirement plan fees that will become effective soon: (1) vendor-to-plan disclosure, and (2) plan-to-participant disclosure.

In the nearly seven years since the United States Bankruptcy Code was amended to include a new Chapter 15 to address cross-border insolvencies.

The IRS has finalized regulations (T.D. 9582) regarding whether the order in which a trust or estate distributes income to charity under its governing instrument will be respected for federal income tax purposes.

Kelsey Weeks, a Senior Associate at Ankura, navigated an unexpected yet fulfilling career path into forensic accounting. Although her academic background in accounting, marketing, and sports management.

While fraud investigation is integral to any forensic accounting practice, it is more chaotic than some other accounting pursuits. For example, a practitioner may utilize established audit checklists...

A U.S.-based brokerage firm suspected unethical activities and compliance issues at their India operations office specifically concerning the involvement of senior management...

Identity theft is the number one consumer crime in America, and still growing rapidly. In 2004, almost one in twelve households were victimized by some form of identity theft, and surveys indicate that approximately one fifth of Americans have been victims at one time or another. The total amount of identity fraud in 2004 reached a staggering $200 for every man, woman, and child in the US. Estimates of actual individual losses vary widely, but figures of approximately $500 average out-of-pocket

Assume a situation in which Party One in foreign country A asks his local bank to make a payment to the local bank of Party Two in foreign country B. Assume further that this transaction has absolutely nothing to do with the United States.

The guidelines offer a practical framework for organizations to reassess and amend existing codes of conduct, training programs, and corporate policies and procedures to create a culture of compliance

In Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund v. Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited (November 28, 2011)

On May 17, 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed Senate Bill No. 782 into law, thereby making Texas the fifth state to adopt a version of the 2010 uniform amendments to the 1998 version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("Revised Uniform Article 9").

On June 17, 2009, the Obama administration released extensive proposals to change the financial services regulatory regime in the United States.