CPE Session 2: Saturday, August 6, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sarbanes-Oxley Microsoft® Accelerator Forensic Accounting,
Expert Witness Testimony, and Computer Litigation Support
Description/Objectives:
Sarbanes-Oxley Microsoft Accelerator Forensic accounting workshop demonstrates how Accounting academics and practitioners can use Microsoft Share Point Team Services and Share Point Server to assist an internal audit team in implementing, investigating, and improving compliance audit services. It describes how to become an Accounting Expert Witness and how to provide Expert Witness Testimony, with an emphasis on HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability), Sarbanes-Oxley, and Basel II Compliance Forensic Accounting.
We will discuss R&D for experienced expert witnesses, including the issues of dealing with the forensic team of professionals. This workshop focuses on using forensic accounting techniques in general, and providing Computer Litigation Support in particular. The workshop objectives include helping experienced expert witnesses to review their skills and upgrade them, while demonstrating to prospective expert witnesses the nature of the work, its intellectual challenges and financial opportunities and rewards. We plan to meet such objectives, by lectures, role playing, demonstrations, and most importantly active participation of the audience as well as discussions and arguments of pros and cons of various issues.
Format/Structure:
DVDs for litigation support, including the pros and cons of different standards such as DVD+/-RW/VR (Digital Versatile Disk, Read Write, and Video Recording), DVD-RAM (Random Access Memory), HD (High Definition)-DVD, Blu-Ray DVD, DVD Copying, dubbing, burning, and recording, focusing on the technical and legal facets.
Intended Audience:
This study targets practicing and academic litigation and litigation support team members, including lawyers, economists, accountants, auditors, doctors, engineers, corporate executives, expert witnesses, plaintiffs and defendants, as well as students and others interested in the topic. This workshop will review the financial opportunities for expert witnesses, fee structures, relationship with the legal profession, opportunities for students that want to specialize in the area of forensic accounting and litigation support, and/or combine the study of accounting and law, and computer information systems.
Presenters:
Sara Rushinek, University of Miami
Avi Rushinek, University of Miami
Sponsor:
Teaching and Curriculum Section
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