This book provides a comprehensive approach to Corporate Governance, Audit Process and Risk Management. Furthermore, it provides an analytical and comprehensive approach of the issues facing governance directors, internal and external auditors, risk managers, and public officials conducting assessments based upon the Report on Standards and Codes.

Accountants' Negligence and Liability covers all the main areas of accountants' legal liabilities, including audit liabilities to clients and others, tax and insolvency work and conflicts of interest. Accountants' negligence claims are often complex with claimants alleging negligence in relation to statutory and non-statutory audits, accounting advice, specified procedures reporting, due diligence reports and corporate finance reporting. Accountants' Negligence and Liability covers the difficult legal issues including the scope of losses for which the accountant may be liable with detailed reference to case law as well as money laundering and regulatory issues as they affect accountants. The book looks at accountants' negligence in relation to claims against accountants acting for corporations and accountants acting for individuals covering topics and case law of relevance and is aimed principally at accountants' professional legal advisers, lawyers advising on claims against accountants and accountants. Accountants' negligence cases in the book include: Equitable Life v E&Y (2005), Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd (2009) and Assetco PLC v Grant Thornton UK LLP (2013). Contents: Audit liability - to whom? Audit liability - for what losses? Audit liability - for what conduct - standard of care - watchdog/bloodhound or some other dog? Audit liability - procedural aspects; Tax liabilities including regulatory risks; Insolvency liabilities; Other liabilities - due diligence, valuation, forensic work, expert witness work etc; Conflicts of Interest and confidential information; Relationships with regulators and potential liability therefrom; Limitation - time bar; Contributory fau

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.