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INA 214(b) :: Basis of Refusal Not Equivalent to Inadmissibility or Immigrant Intent
State Department Wire :: March 24, 2005 INA 214(b), Basis of Refusal Not Equivalent to Inadmissibility or Immigrant Intent

SECs Cox Tells House Small Bus Committee He Wants to Delay Sarbox External Audit Requirement for Small Cos by Additional Year
According to written testimony prepared for a hearing of the House Small Business Committee taking place right now, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox will tell the committee: ?I intend to propose to the Commission that we authorize a further one-year delay in implementation for small businesses? in the requirement that small bus provide their first external auditor?s report on internal control, currently due effective year-end 2008, ?in order to base our decision on final implementation of section 404(b) on the best available cost data...

Why audits are near worthless (yes, internal audit too)
Francine McKenna at re: The Auditors has an interesting post and set of comments about internal audit functions at public companies and the importance of internal auditors. External auditors look at a company’s financial statements and a small amount of underlying transactions in order to issue a report that the financial statements are properly presented...

Legal Theory Lexicon: The Internal Point of View
Introduction How can we look at a legal system? H.L.A. Hart famously deployed the distinction between external and internal perspectives on a legal system in his famous book, The Concept of Law...

What Counts as Experience for Women Who Wander Off the Partnership Track
If you've left the law to raise children, what counts as "work experience" when you seek to return? Is it part time work on a contract basis for other lawyers or teaching as an adjunct at a nearby law school?...

Current Research Questions on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Under Sarbanes-Oxley
from KPMG's "Audit Committee Insights" for March 5, 2008, originally published in the February 2008 issue of The CPA Journal.The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002's requirements regarding internal control over financial reporting requirements for management and auditors have had a profound effect on both public companies and public accounting firms...

Class 1 Recall of LIFEPAK CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators
LIFEPAK CR Plus Automated External Defibrillators Class 1 Recall Issued

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion

Antitrust
Price Fixing Could Cost Consumers up to $300 Billion Annually

Timberland
Unsolicited Text Messages Cost Company $7 Million

Lead Paint Violations
Cost Mattel, Fisher-Price $2.3 Million