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Firm News
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RW is very pleased to announce the following promotions:
Senior Associates
Mark Agostini
Kevin Baldwin
Brooke Caringi
Daniel Roche
We appreciate their efforts and the many contributions they have made towards the firm's success.
Roman Matatov, CPA, CVA, CFE, has successfully completed the certification process and has received his Certified Public Accountant New York State license. He has also completed his certification with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analyst (NACVA) to earn his designation of Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA).
Congratulations!
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On January 9th, Managing Director Paul C. Pershes, CPA, ABV, CVA, and Senior Associate, Roman Matatov, CPA, CFE, CVA, held a teleconference to TAGLaw, a global alliance of law firms and TIAG (The International Accounting Group) on Valuation of Intangibles: The Essentials and Then Some.
Director Phillip Kleckner, CPA, CFE, ABV, will be speaking for the New York City Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners on January 30th at Forlini's restaurant in Little Italy, NYC, on his "Case of the Month."
Attorneys interested in speaking to the New York City Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners may contact the Chapter Training Director, Roman Matatov at rmatatov@rosenfarb.com or (347) 503-5808.
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The 2008 NYSBA Annual Meeting will be held at the Marriott Marquis on January 28th through February 2nd. RW will be attending and will be exhibiting for the week. Stop by and visit us, we will be located on the 7th Floor.
On January 26th, RW will be exhibiting at the NJ-ICLE (Institute for Continuing Legal Education) 2008 Family Law Symposium from 9 am - 4:30 pm at the Sheraton in Iselin, NJ.
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RosenfarbWinters, LLC is an independent member of The International Accounting Group (TIAG), an association of accounting and management consulting firms. TIAG and TagLaw have over 350 offices operating worldwide.
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Articles
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Embezzlement: Everything You Need to Know
Who, What, Why and How? Detection & Prevention!
by Stephen A. Linker, CPA, DABFA
Back by popular demand, this 3-part series on Embezzlement has been condensed in this month's issue.
So "what" exactly is embezzlement? Here are some pertinent definitions.
First let us define Fraud. Black’s Law Dictionary states that fraud is “a generic term, embracing all multifarious means, which human ingenuity can devise, and which are resorted to by one individual to get advantage over another by false suggestions or by suppression of truth, and includes all surprise, trickery, cunning, dissembling, and any unfair way by which another is cheated.”
Next, White Collar Crime – According to Black’s Law Dictionary: Nonviolent, unlawful conduct committed by corporations and individuals including theft or fraud and other violations of trust committed in the course of the offender’s occupation.
Bear in mind that blue-collar workers can also commit so-called white-collar crime. Blue-collar workers have access to non-cash assets, such as supplies, tools, inventory, and equipment.
Now Embezzlement is one type of fraud. According to Black’s Law Dictionary: The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To “embezzle” means willfully to take, or convert to one’s own use, another’s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason of some office or employment or position of trust.
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Who Could Get Sued for Global Warming
Companies at risk for not telling shareholders enough
by Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer
It's not who you think. One report identifies a toymaker and cruise operator among firms most at risk for not telling shareholders enough.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A host of well-known companies are leaving themselves open to shareholder lawsuits because they're not telling investors enough about how much they contribute to global warming or what it might cost them to clean up, according to a recent report.
But the companies most exposed to lawsuits aren't the big utilities but a cadre of less obvious firms.
The corporate governance research group the Corporate Library ranked companies that both emit lots of carbon - either directly or through their major parts suppliers - and those that produce more emissions than their peers.
"The purpose of the study was to put up some red flags and say there are some things that look disturbing in our data," said Beth Young, a Corporate Library researcher and author of the report.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Computer Tips for Attorneys: How to copy and paste images from a .pdf into Word
by Lori Fryd
Inserting a picture of the document you are referencing can help bring your case to life.
Rather than merely citing to evidence, your readers can actually see the relevant portions of the document you are describing in Word.
If you can scan, you can paste images!
Here’s how...
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