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The New York Times notes that more companies are worried that the information their auditors amass in the course of audits will somehow become public--to be used against them. In one suit recently, a Read more...

Does your company have a hefty travel and expense bill every month? If so, you need to be careful that your accounting for such expenses is up to the challenge. At a minimum, you need a way to Read more...

The worst job in the industry right now: Auditing the books of top banks, the likes of Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase. The stakes are really high. The New York Post notes that little-known law, passed Read more...

Most of the talk about AS5 has noted the many hoped-for benefits, a streamlined, less confused approach. But there is an obvious litmus test: audit fees. One would expect a fairly dramatic decline. Read more...

Small-companies are gearing up to comply with Sarbanes Oxley, and it could prove painful for those who are not prepared. Hoping to ease the transition, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Read more...

The ramp-up to Sarbanes Oxley compliance was painful for many companies. For many, the pain got even worse in subsequent years, as many companies were left flailing for standards and guidance. Are Read more...

The future of BDO Seidman is something that you have to question right now. A Florida jury hit BDO Seidman, a top five accounting firm, with a $351 million in damages for failing to uncover massive Read more...

The conventional wisdom, when it comes to large-ish companies anyway, has been that companies are getting more savvy about compliance and that the costs have plateaued. Well, the latest Foley & Read more...

A new report has found that companies are spending lots of money managing privileged passwords. Privileged passwords--which are not Read more...