Filed In News

In-House Counsel Win Battle in War Over Accounting

by Law.com on October 18, 2008

In-house lawyers, legal organizations and law firms won the first round of a fight with the Financial Accounting Standards Board over a plan calling for greater disclosures of lawsuits and other loss contingencies on financial statements — but they’re girding for a longer battle. After a flood of complaints from lawyers, but support from investors, the accounting board decided that it would develop an alternative plan and test the new and existing plan to see which works better.

In-House Counsel Win Battle in War Over Accounting

Similar Posts:

  • Technology brings longer hours but corporate lawyers like it
  • Improving Your Professional Skills
  • New Battle Brews Over UCITA, Software Licensing Terms
  • Angry In-House Counsel & The Perfect Storm of 2008
  • New Survey Suggests In-House Lawyers Are Poised to Hire
  • Leave a Comment

    Previous post: Top Corporate Lawyers Are Split Between McCain and Obama

    Next post: In-House Counsel See Litigation Spike in Next Year