If your
company’s accounting practices are questioned, what will you do?
Questionable accounting practices can subject management and
their professionals to close scrutiny. Under Armour’s accounting
practices are being probed. The announcement led to a drop in their stock’s
price, despite good third quarter earnings. Mattel has accounting problems,
too, and Thomas
the Tank has been implicated in a cover-up.
If your company uncovers accounting questions, or you
need a fresh look when a conflict arises, the professionals at Asterion can
assist you with your inquiries.
Does
your IP licensing program need a check-up?
One of the keys to an effective IP program is to monitor and
enforce licenses. The Department of Health and Human Services has sued Gilead for patent
infringement, alleging Gilead has refused a licensing deal. Uber may need to license
Waymo’s self-driving tech to resolve their litigation.
Asterion’s IP professionals can assist you to value and
establish license rates on the front end. On the back end, we can help quantify
or defend damage quantifications. Consider contacting us if you need
assistance.
FYI
Google’s Project Nightingale may be coming for your medical data, and law enforcement wants your genetic profile.
Trends
We’re Watching
Can AI-created
material be copyrighted?
On the Lighter Side: Unintended consequences.
Tariffs move American cheese front and center; drug dealers forget wild boars like to dig in the forest, too; and animals want to be more than half-time entertainment.
What’s Puzzling Us: Don’t you want to do these things yourself?
Do you really want to pay someone else to polish your marriage proposal or choose your friends? The Thread Recommends:De-stressing like the Dutch.
Go stand outside awhile. They say it’s that easy. (It worked for our parents. They sent us outside to play all the time.)
Services for Accounting Firm Conflicts
Asterion, Inc. has extensive experience in Forensic, Valuation and IP services in both dispute and transaction settings. We work with public accounting firms to assist their clients in situations when there are ethical or business conflicts.