Audit & Accounting

Recent network memberships, awards, new Web sites and more

The American Institute of CPAs has assembled a set of training courses and online resources to help auditors implement its new clarified auditing standards, which take effect next month.

Brad Benton has been chosen to lead the health care practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.

The increasing reliance of the Big Four accounting firms on their consulting and advisory practices may threaten the independence of their audit practices, according to some auditing experts.

GMI Ratings has compiled a second “Black Swan Risk List” identifying 40 North American companies with the highest risk of major drops in share prices within the next six months.

Online accounting community iShade said Tuesday it is adding two new directors as it prepares for the New Year.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update aimed at clarifying the scope of transactions that would be subject to disclosures about offsetting of assets and liabilities on the balance sheet.

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC gave five staff members the role of partner.

Mike Lynch, who founded the British software company accused by Hewlett-Packard Co. of falsifying finances, said that while he may have used some of the contested accounting and sales methods, they were all legal.

Recent network memberships, awards, new Web sites and more