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Responding To The Evolving Roles And Responsibilities Of Boards Of Directors And Audit Committees: The Importance Of A Compliance Risk Assessment - Part I
By now Boards of Directors, Audit Committees and management should be aware of the impact of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, NYSE Listing Standards, COSO Framework for Enterprise-Risk Management and PCAOB Audit Standard No. 2 on the evolving roles and responsibilities of Boards...
Read MoreCanada: Law Firms Canada - U.S. Cross Border Income Trusts and Income Securities: Going Public In Canada
Editor: Mr. Smith, please tell us something about your professional background. Smith: I am Canadian by birth but a U.S. securities lawyer by training. I am a partner at Winston & Strawn and practice in New York, but I am also qualified in Ontario and England, having practiced in both...
Read MorePro Bono - Law Firms Winston Staff Compiles Info On DNA Exoneration Cases
In a locked storeroom in the back offices of Winston & Strawn, boxes of trial transcripts and police reports fill the shelves lining the walls. They have been collected here to create a blueprint showing how criminal justice can, and sometimes does, go terribly wrong. On the third shelf on the...
Read MoreWinston & Strawn Partners Assume Leadership In Funding Of Legal Services For Low Income Illinois Residents
Four Winston & Strawn partners, Gov. Jim Thompson, Jennifer Nijman, Kimball Anderson and Peggy Davis, have assumed the leadership positions in the organizations that are most responsible for shaping and funding the loose-knit system for delivering legal services to low income residents in...
Read MoreProject: Corporate Counsel Part II (Compliance Readiness) - Law Firms Compliance Issues For Retirement Plan Trustees - Part II
Part I of this article appears in the July 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The PBGC is a quasi-governmental entity created by ERISA. The PBGC provides mandatory insurance coverage to defined benefit plans. PBGC imposes a variety of...
Read MoreCompliance Issues For Retirement Plan Trustees - Part I
Part II of this article appears in the August 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Congratulations! The financial services company for whom you work has made you responsible for its employee benefit trust business. The good news is that U.S. pension assets are estimated to be $5.5...
Read MoreMidwest Focus Winston & Strawn: A Chicago Foundation For A Global Presence
Editor: Governor Thompson, would you summarize for our readers the high points of your career? Thompson: I have been fortunate in always believing that the job I had at the moment was the best job I'd ever had. This is something that was as true at the time I was a young assistant prosecutor in...
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