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Webinar #1:
Analyst Webinar on Risk and Compliance Management: Learning from Leaders and Steps You Can Take

Abstract:
Join Forrester Research Analyst, Chris McClean, for learning what leading companies are doing for effective risk and compliance management and steps you can take today. While Risk managers in all industries are grappling with the problems of performing real-time risk measurement and mitigation, an additional complexity due stringent compliance and regulatory requirements, like SOX, FCPA, HIPAA, AML, GLBA, FERC, NERC and many more, add an additional layer of challenges for them. As a result, companies are looking to systematically identify, measure, prioritize and respond to all types of risk in the business, while ensuring compliance to federal and state regulations.

This presentation will look at steps that leading organizations are taking to maintain consistency, reduce overhead, and streamline their efforts; offering attendees recommendations they can use to improve the performance of any risk or compliance management program.

• Defining an effective framework for risk and compliance management that ties into the corporate objectives
• Rationalization of controls to manage compliance and risk better
• Effective communication, certification and updates to regulatory requirements
• Risk and compliance program design - success factors, useful metrics, pitfalls to avoid
• Role of internal audit in sustaining compliance
• Risk based approach to compliance and audit management

When: November 18th
What time: 09:00 AM Pacific | 11:00 AM Central | 12:00 PM Eastern

Webinar #2:
Sarbanes Oxley Revisted - 8 CPE credits in Auditing for just $75! (www.ceworkshops.com)

Abstract:
In this ever evolving post-SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) implementation world, it is vital for all organizations (both public and private) and auditors to be well versed in the fundamentals of internal control. This course will provide a timely primer on internal control.

Participants will acquire a valuable framework for sorting through and making sense of the authoritative guidance available on this topic. Our guest speaker will review and explore recent guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations.

When: November 14th, 20th, or 21st
What time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Speaker: James D. Hallinan, CPA, CIA, CFSA, CBA
Cost: $75
Prerequisites: None
Program Level: Basic
Preparation: None

Please be advised that webinar instructions will be sent via email 24-48 hours prior to the scheduled event.

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ASSET RECOVERY - DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY–By Brian Mahany

A recent article in Asset Recovery Watch discussed how lawyers often rush to U.S. courts when trying to recovery monies that are hidden in foreign countries. Unfortunately, in my experience the author of that article is quite correct. Every case is different, but when dealing with fraudsters and foreign assets, trying to get a quick judgment from a local court is often a bad decision. Although a local U.S. court may have jurisdiction to hear the case, American courts have little ability to enforce their judgments on foreign soil.

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