The Standing Advisory Group ("SAG") will describe the possible effects of the inclusion of indemnification, limitation of liability, and other litigation-related clauses (collectively referred to as "Litigation-related clauses") in audit engagement letters. The paper will focus on how these clauses relate to the independence and objectivity of the auditor. This...
The draft of ISO 9001:2000 has eight clauses that define and detail the new standard's objective of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction. The first three clauses set the stage for clauses five through eight, which explain the standard's requirements. This article outlines the eight clauses in detail. The draft of...
Many of the clauses from ISO 9001:1994 are incorporated into ISO 9001:2000's section 7, Product realization. This article groups the requirements from the 1994 version's clauses. It also addresses process planning and customer communication and is the only section of the standard that allows exclusions to the requirements. The summaries...
The sue and labor clause is clearly a subject of keen interest for organizations seeking to recover some or all of the cost of making Y2K repairs, and a major concern for insurance companies. This article will attempt to explain both sides of the Sue and Labor clause issue and...
You've been offered that dream job but your employment contract says you can't start with a competitor during a non-compete period. It could keep you out of the workforce, sometimes for up to six months or a year. Is this restriction enforcable? Can these constraints be too rigid? Today Phil...
After being on the swim team at my high school for four years, I've noticed that some of the schools in my region don't exactly follow all of the rules. The Undue Influence clause of the UHSAA prohibits individuals from securing the transfer of students for participation in Association Athletic...
The dead cannot give consent. Nor can animals. That's why even those most passionately opposed to the Government's new offence of possession of extreme pornographic images have no quibble with a couple of the sub-clauses within section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. Few...
Judicial Watch, the public interest groupthat investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its2008 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list,in alphabetical order, includes: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Let's start with the fact that HillaryClinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State inthe...
Although stocks edged forward as our shortened trading session ended Dec. 26, the week ended in negative terrain. There was a bit of encouragement as GMAC, the financial arm of General Motors, was deemed qualified for government funds, but retailers found the Christmas holiday disappointing despite deep discounts to lure...
* Church of England proposes compromise to avoid acrimonious split THE CHURCH of England last night tried to avoid a split by watering down its plans for the consecration of women bishops, granting an opt-out to parishioners who refuse to accept the spiritual authority of female...
ROQUE SANTA CRUZ looks a strong contender to leave Blackburn Rovers, but the striker who has led the mini revival in Sam Allardyce's three games at the club yesterday warned him to beware of the false promise such a high-profile move might provide. Benni McCarthy, his own...
ROQUE SANTA CRUZ looks a strong contender to leave Blackburn Rovers, but the striker who has led the mini revival in Sam Allardyce's three games at the club yesterday warned him to beware of the false promise such a high-profile move might provide. Benni McCarthy, his own...
MOSCOW, December 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Depository Center NDC, Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announced today the results of a general meeting of NDC members held Dec. 23. The participants unanimously approved the following approaches to the...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Moscow International Airport Domodedovo has announced that on December 29th a special day of New Year Celebrations was held in the passenger terminal for young passengers and their parents. Father Frost was present, along with his colleagues from around the...
About midway into October I started missing my little kids. You know. The boys who dressed up like ninjas for Halloween parades and traced outlines of their hands with chubby crayons to make Thanksgiving turkeys and wrote letters to Santa Claus. Yup. Those were...
MOTOR RACING FERNANDO ALONSO has a secret agreement to join Ferrari for four years from 2011, the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported yesterday. The twice Formula One world champion has never hidden his desire to go to the Italian team...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-29 December 2008-NORAD selects Qwest network to track Santa ClausC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD selected Qwest International Inc (NYSE:Q), a US telecomms operator, and its fibre-optic network to help track Santa Claus on his annual flight on Christmas Eve. ...
A man who dressed as Santa Claus before driving to the home of his former parents-in-law and killing nine people who were seeing in Christmas together planned to escape to Canada, it emerged yesterday. Bruce Pardo committed suicide shortly after the killings, and was discovered by police...
