Credible Fraudulent Transfer Advocacy
Appellate courts continue to use common sense when disposing of constructively fraudulent transfer appeals, as recent decisions show.
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FBAR Rules for Employee Benefit Plans
Marcia S. Wagner
Employee benefit plans and those with authority over their investment activities may be required, like other investors, to file an FBAR if plan investments involve foreign banks or securities accounts.
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Diversity Metrics
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Every law firm should strategically monitor its publicly reported diversity statistics to ensure their accuracy and to provide an opportunity to incorporate goals with regard to these measurements into daily operational decisions.
Succession in Leadership
William C. Cobb
This article discusses the issues and the approaches that a firm may take to make the transition from its founding leadership to a younger generationeffective and efficient with minimal disruption.
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Business Crimes Hotline
ALM Staff
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Law Journal Newsletters
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
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Alternative Business Structures for U.S. Law Firms
J. Mark Santiago
Law firms need a reliable source of sufficient financing. This article discusses how the innovative application of already-existing business models can help.
Ethics and the New Compliance Ethos
Jeffrey T. Green
All who are involved with compliance programs as advisers and counselors must take heed of recent developments at the U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Calling Witnesses Who Plan to Take the Fifth in Congress
Irvin B. Nathan
Federal appellate courts have repeatedly made clear that it is not improper for a prosecutor to call and examine a witness in the grand jury knowing that the witness likely will decline to answer the questions based on the privilege against self-incrimination.
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Deploying Countermeasures to the SEC's Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Awards
Toby J.F. Bishop
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Mohammed Ahmed
Section 922 of Dodd-Frank created awards of 10%-30% of monetary sanctions for whistleblowers who report to the SEC original information leading to securities law enforcement actions that recover more than $1 million. Here are 10 actions organizations might take to help mitigate the increased regulatory risk this change may create.
New Accounting Standard Moves Closer to Conclusion
William Bosco
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are jointly working on a replacement for the current lease accounting standards, FAS 13 and IAS 17, that will be followed by all companies worldwide.
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