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Shutterstock The UK Government is considering whether to introduce something along the lines of SOX. Regardless of where we end up following the current consultation process, it will almost certainly not be the end of the debate on internal control. More than twenty years have passed since the corporate collapse of Enron. The response of the then US Government led to the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002 (SOX). One of the key features of this was to require Chief Executives and Chief...

The Hawaiʻi State Legislature has defined invasive species as the “single greatest threat” to our economy, natural environment and health of our communities. Once invasive insects and plants become established and widespread, there are very few tools that can effectively limit the unwanted impacts of those pests and weeds at a large scale. One way to combat invasive species is biological control, or biocontrol for short, the science of controlling a pest or weed by using another organism. ...

How should the legal profession navigate a post-COVID-19 world? ABA group has recommendations   Images from Shutterstock.com. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABA initiated one of the largest national surveys of its members, seeking to understand both how they had been affected and how they expected their practice to evolve in the future. Practicing Law in the Pandemic and Moving Forward: Results and Best Practices from a Nationwide Survey of the Legal Profession, published Monday by the Coordi...

Joining forces to develop a research agenda on intersections of violence against children and violence against women Format Aník Gevers, Elizabeth Dartnall, Alessandra Guedes, and Claudia García-Moreno (8 April 2021) There is growing global recognition of the intersections between violence against women and violence against children. Unfortunately, there is insufficient interaction between these fields and evidence on how interventions should respond is limited. It is vital to identify key k...

BLACKBURN with Darwen Councils chief executive Denise Park has taken over as chair of the body co-ordinating Lancashires public service response to the coronavirus pandemic as it moves from emergency status into recovery. She replaces her county council counterpart in charge of the Lancashire Resilience Forum (LRF) which is made up of representatives from including the emergency services, local authorities and the NHS. The switch was announced as it formally moved from its emergency respons...

ABA’s Practice Forward group puts focus on members needs, well-being   Image from Shutterstock.com. The challenges confronting the legal profession as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a prime focus of the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting. In the first CLE program Wednesday, the ABA Coordinating Group on Practice Forward provided a sneak peek at results of a new ABA survey seeking to better understand issues that have impacted lawyers at work and at home. In September and October, 4,400 pe...

ABA is on a ‘promising path forward,’ President Patricia Lee Refo says     ABA President Patricia Lee Refo addressed the House of Delegates remotely during their session at the midyear meeting. Since taking office, ABA President Patricia Lee Refo has maintained a schedule of events that wouldve once been unimaginable. She told the House of Delegates at the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting on Monday that in 2½ consecutive days last fall, she spoke at virtual events hosted by the Harvard Law Scho...

Albany arrest-diversion program favors fewer - and whiter - residents Is a policing reform initiative failing to address racial disparities? FacebookTwitterEmail 2of11 Black residents account for only 34% of the people diverted into an alternative treatment program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion. (Cathleen F. Crowley & Eduardo Medina / Times Union)Cathleen F. Crowley/Eduardo Medina/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 3of11 A year after Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins was sworn in, the num...

Meet 14 ABA members who inspired us in 2020 Year in Review     Throughout the year, the ABA Journal profiles exceptional ABA members in its Members Who Inspire series. In 2020, we featured attorneys from across the country whose important and influential work includes using visual storytelling for legal advocacy, bringing attention to the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, and combating racial injustice and inequity. LaToya Bell, an assistant public defender in Houston County in...

Inside the dia and other intelligence agencies enough so that he was forced out by senior intelligence leaders in the administration. >> the quote is that he had a contention management style jim shutdo. stand by. i want to bring in david gergen. talk the me and to our audience about the national security adviser. what role does he play among the presidents advisors. how important is temperament here? >> temp earnment is important. the gold standard is brent skull croft, who served under george ...