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Improving Your Internal Controls to Protect the Firm's (and Your Clients') Money

Managing partners of law firms should ensure that there is an appropriate structure of internal controls in place at their firms to protect their firms and clients against fraud. With the economy in a recession, cases of employee fraud are on the rise, and in many instances better controls and more oversight are needed.

31 minute read February 26, 2009 at 03:56 PM
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Neil F. Scullion
Improving Your Internal Controls to Protect the Firm's (and Your Clients') Money

Managing partners of law firms should ensure that there is an appropriate structure of internal controls in place at their firms to protect their firms and clients against fraud.

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