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...
Litigation Articles
PCAOB Senior Positions to Be Filled by Year-end, Chairman Duhnke Says
PCAOB Chairman William Duhnke expects to fill the vacant posts at the head of the regulatory board's various offices before the end of the year. "I can't give you a specific date. But our goal is by the end of the year to have all our senior...
The Connection Between Movement Disorders and Trauma
Much attention has been devoted to concussion and related forms of brain trauma that produce symptoms such as headaches, memory difficulties, and pain in various parts of the body. A little known but very problematic consequence of a brain injury...
What Millennial Clients Expect When Working With Attorneys
Millennials have surpassed baby boomers to become the largest age group in the United States. Pew Research Center anticipates the group will continue growing and peak in 2036 at 76.2 million. Don’t make the mistake of imagining millennials are too...
“Hard” Tools for Controlling Discovery Burdens in Arbitration
Arbitration (and American arbitration in particular) has received increasing criticism, based largely on the contention that arbitration too closely resembles conventional litigation, producing undue burden and costs. Chief among the criticisms is...
Legal Issues Involving Electronic Medical Records
VI. LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS A. Admissibility of Electronic Medical Records Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6) deals with the admissibility of electronic medical records and makes them an exception to the hearsay rule if the...
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...
SCOTUS Turns A Blind Eye to Law Student’s Plight
Remember the logic portion of the LSAT? It included logic games, most of which -- as every LSAT Prep company will tell you -- need to be resolved using diagramming techniques. In other words, in order to solve the problem, you need to be able to...