Frederick Lipman, Barry Genkin, and Yelena Barychev authored the "Audit Committees" portfolio, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

The handbook addresses:

  • The establishment and maintenance of effective audit committees after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as the historical development of audit committees prior to 2002.
  • The implications of two influential documents: the Report & Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees; and the study commissioned by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO Report).
  • The potential major policy and procedural issues facing today's audit committee as well as the functions and the responsibilities of a typical committee.
  • The particular situation of audit committees of insured depository institutions and not-for-profit entities is examined and the role of audit committee counsel.

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