REQUIRING OUTSIDE AUDITORS TO DISCLOSE CAMS MAY HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES Generally accepted audit standards (GAAS) require an auditor to communicate significant findings from the audit to those charged with governance in the entity being...

After a year and a half of hunkering down, carefully quarantining, social bubbling, and generally acting like hermit crabs, the world—and the workforce—is slowly getting back on track. Just as the start of the pandemic was traumatic, reentry into...

Unlike common law states that have not historically favored the use of a single joint revocable trust for spouses (hereafter referred to as the Joint Spousal Trust or JST), the JST has long been the gold standard estate planning tool of choice in...

Being invited to serve on the board of a charity you care about is often a wonderful honor and an exciting opportunity. Nonprofit organizations are well served to include an attorney on the board who can help identify, among other legal threats,...

Legal counsel often retain specialized analysts to perform valuation, damages, or transfer price analyses. These analyses may relate to disputes involving taxation, shareholder rights, condemnation and eminent domain, bankruptcy, all types of...

There is an increasing supply of qualified candidates looking for their first board seat with a private company. Experienced directors understand how the process works, and what to expect. First-time candidates, however, are thirsty to learn how...

There have been many articles written about cross examination, but there is not much that covers direct examination. As a result, what I know about direct comes from virtually the only source I have found: the school of hard knocks. And for reasons...

Historically, lawyers, especially while still in active legal practice, didn’t serve on corporate boards. Boards typically preferred C-suite executives—whether retired or active—as directors. Attorneys were nonetheless often “in the boardroom” in...

In a very weird walk down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard for new clients and matters, members of the executive committee of Gale, Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion, LLP, a 100+ lawyer firm are chanting “Pandemics, Politics,...