Recently, New Jersey.s Committee on Attorney Advertising ruled that advertising done by lawyers in “New Jersey Super Lawyers” violates attorney professional conduct rules. New Jersey is the first state to make such a rule about “Super Lawyers”. The Super Lawyers […]

The [tag]American Institute of Certified Public Accountants[/tag] ([tag]AICPA[/tag]) has been losing ground ever since the accounting scandals that started in 2001. Now, they may be headed for even more problems. The organization decided this year to move many of its […]

Chewco, one of the special purpose entities (SPE) that Enron used to enhance its financial statements, was under examination by the Arthur Andersen accountants. Specifically, they came across a letter that indicated that six million dollars from JEDI (another SPE) […]

Wisconsin recently enacted a law which prohibits companies from implanting tiny computer chips under employees’ skin, also known as [tag]RFID[/tag] (Radio Frequency Identification) michrochip implant. The small chips are used to track the movements of people, and may have been […]

In order to prevent the kinds of fraud and abuse that went on after Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it distributes emergency aid. The changes include the following:

The partners at Arthur Andersen were having another argument about the management of the Enron account. As usual, Enron executives were throwing their weight around and trying to dictate who could be involved on their engagement. Specifically, they didn’t want […]

John Maloney, a former Green Bay police officer who was convicted of killing his wife, Sandy Maloney, in 1998 is seeking a pardon from the governor. The defense strategy used by Attorney Jerry Boyle in the 1999 trial was to […]

Mary Ellen Wilson, a former office manager at Gentle Family Dentistry in New Berlin, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for stealing over $350,000 from the dental practice. Her [tag]prison[/tag] term will be followed by 5 years on extended […]

CBS Corp. filed an appeal of the Federal Communications Commision’s (FCC) fine against 20 CFS stations for the airing of the flashing of Janet Jackson’s breat during the 2004 Super Bowl. Each station has been fined $27,500, and the total […]

Spivak & Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel break an interesting (but sad) story about Milwaukee’s inept District Attorney’s Office. On July 22, Sidney Gray alleged burglarized a home and killed Frank Moore II, a neighbor who was trying to […]