Government agencies and Fortune 500 companies nationwide have supplier diversity programs that are intended to facilitate the establishment, growth, and success of small businesses that are majority-owned, controlled, and operated by one or more...
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Employee Benefit Plans of Tax Exempt and Governmental Employers
Washington, D.C., September 11, 2019. American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) has announced that its annual advanced conference, Employee Benefit Plans of Tax Exempt and Governmental Employers 2019, will be held on October...
Co-Directors of SEC Division of Enforcement to Speak at Upcoming Conference
ALI CLE | Accountants' Liability 2019: Strategies for the Profession in an Era of Heightened Enforcement | October 17 - 18 2019 | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., August 21, 2019. American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE) has...
Exec Comp Expert Arthur Kohn Surveys Late-Breaking Developments at ALI CLE Conference
Clawbacks, advance legal fees, and director compensation were among the topics covered by Arthur H. Kohn, Esq., a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, in his annual survey of late-breaking develop- ments in executive...
Issues in Representing Smaller Accounting Firms
Certain recurring issues, some of which are avoidable and others of which can be mitigated, present themselves in representing smaller accounting firms. These firms generally, though by no means exclusively, tend to represent non-publicly held...
Planning to Succeed: Developing and Implementing a Family Business Succession Plan
So, what makes me, a lawyer who is not trained in counseling or psychotherapy, think I am qualified to write or talk about the human side of succession planning? It’s very simple—I’m not. My opinions and ideas are borrowed and come from on the job...
SEC and PCAOB officials join attorneys in discussion on defense strategies
The American Law Institute CLE’s recent Accountants’ Liability Conference featured a panel discussion on substantive defense strategies in SEC and PCAOB proceedings starring representatives from both sides of the table. The panelists went over a...
Executive Compensation Excise Tax Guidance
Some questions about the new excise tax on nonprofit executive compensation — like how to treat employees from a company’s “predecessor” — might not make it into initial guidance. The predecessor question might not be a “first-round issue” given...
Senior PCAOB and SEC Staff Address Recent Agency Updates
The American Law Institute CLE (ALI CLE) has announced Accountants’ Liability 2018: The Profession in an Uncertain World will be held on October 18-19, 2018, in Washington, D.C. This annual conference...