law and accounting
Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on Public Companies
White Paper The Act is in response to the recent events regarding accounting issues at large public companies and the ensuing calls for action to prevent repetition of these abuses. On July 30, 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "Act") became law. [03 Jul 2008]
The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Privately Held Companies
White Paper In addition, many of the concepts found in Sarbanes-Oxley may eventually be brought to bear on privately- held companies through state regulation, changes in delivery of accounting and auditing services, adaptation of bank lending covenants... [03 Jul 2008]
Fulfilling Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements Gets Help From XBRL Solutions
White Paper Most observers would agree that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) is the single most important piece of legislation affecting corporate governance, financial disclosure, and the practice of public accounting since the US securities laws of the early... [03 Jul 2008]
Sao Paulo State Secretary of Education Taps Lotus LearningSpace for a Visionary e-Learning Network
White Paper Sao Paulo is the largest developed area of all of Latin America, covering more than 248 square kilometers and accounting for 22 percent of the Brazilian population. A mandatory federal law issued in 1996 requires that all elementary school teachers... [03 Jul 2008]
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Issues
White Paper Compliance issues have always plagued financial businesses, but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) of 2002 increased the level of concern companies face concerning accounting and reporting regulations. The law, which applies to all firms that issue... [19 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment What manufacturers are most concerned about is that charges to compensate copyright owners could cost the technology industry as much as €1.5bn per year, with mobile phone levies alone accounting for €500m annually. [18 Jun 2008]
Compliance: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
White Paper Congress in 2002 in the wake of serious accounting scandals perpetrated by major U.S.corporations. It affects the accounting, financial reporting, and tracking of sales activities for large and small public companies alike, and also for privately... [15 May 2008]
The Early Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Finance and Accounting Outsourcing
White Paper In the latter half of 2002, finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) took an unexpected turn. Prompted by several major corporate accounting scandals, American lawmakers passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which imposed new rules regarding a... [10 Apr 2008]
UK a hotbed for cyber crime
News The IC3 2007 Internet Crime Report revealed the UK ranked second globally behind the US for the number of perpetrators of e-crime - accounting for 15.3 per cent of the global total - and third for victims, with 1.1 per cent of the total. [08 Apr 2008]
Acting on Business Information: Solution Provider Helps Professional Firms Tackle Data Management Using Power of Desktop Software
White Paper The company, which began in 2000, builds solutions that help employees in professional firms get easy access to Line-Of-Business (LOB) information such as legal research, documents, financial and accounting data, calendars for court dates, and... [29 Feb 2008]
Client Management: Developing More Profitable Relationships
White Paper This paper discusses the unique challenges that professional services organizations (PSOs) such as law practices, consultancies, and accounting firms face in acquiring and retaining profitable clients. [29 Jan 2008]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment Excel can be used to supplement an accounting system but accounting functions within funds require capabilities to perform other tasks such as tracking each fund's investment performance and allocations of costs, revenues and capital to partners... [20 Aug 2007]
Legislation Affecting Bank Security: Ensuring Integrity and Trustworthiness of Electronic Data in Compliance with GLB/OCC Requirements
White Paper The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,600 national banks and 66 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States, accounting for 58 percent of the nation's banking assets. [11 Jul 2007]
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
News But setting up in a relatively undeveloped offshore location such as Romania also comes with its challenges, particularly around employment law, accounting practices and setting up legal entities. Online betting and gaming company Betfair has set... [28 Jun 2007]
Apple to take $84m hit in stock options saga
News Apple also said that while Jobs was "aware [of] or recommended the selection of some favourable grant dates, he did not receive or financially benefit from these grants or appreciate the accounting implications". [02 Jan 2007]
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