Sentences with phrase «adopted by other firms»

Not exact matches

The Audit Committee has met with the internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplemented.

While «financial advisor» appears to be the title most commonly used by sales - based professionals, other firms have adopted variations that create a similar impression, states the report.

[5] However some larger firms have now adopted Roth 401 (k) plans, and this is expected to spur their adoption by other firms including smaller ones.

Section 433 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act commits new construction and major renovation of U.S. federal buildings to follow the 2030 Challenge targets for the reduction of fossil fuel consumption — the same targets adopted by 70 % of the top 20 architecture, engineering, and planning firms in the U.S., as well as the AIA, ASHRAE, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, many state and local governments, and numerous other professional organizations.

Many law firms have been slow to adopt the project management principles that were embraced by other professional services firms years ago, but that's how Thompson Hine differs.

The firm said it hoped that other firms would» demonstrate their commitment to addressing gender issues by adopting an equally transparent approach».

«We hope the government will provide greater clarity going forward on the inclusion of partner data, and that other professional services firms will demonstrate their commitment to addressing gender issues by adopting an equally transparent approach.»

If we can get a competitive advantage over other law firms by adopting or creating innovations, they we do so.

Indeed, most of the literature in the Australian press and issued by commentators and the competent regulatory bodies at the time the LPUL was adopted and then entered into effect in New South Wales and Victoria either does not refer to ILPs specifically, [28] or mentions them grouped together with other types of «law practices» (sole practitioners, law firms), without a specific focus on how or why the regulatory framework for ILPs has changed, or what the consequences of those particular changes may be.

He did this by adopting new and more efficient ways of working and developing a client base that is the envy of many larger firms, and completed eight successful acquisitions of other law firms.

Other platforms, like Google Android and Windows Phone, haven't been as widely adopted by businesses, so firms aren't as compelled to develop apps for them (yet).

In advocating a bias awareness approach, the authors suggest, among other things, that an integration - and - learning framework be adopted that includes empirical learning, consciousness raising and community building backed by concrete action that would «allow large law firms to become sites of inclusive community consciousness building.»

Firms that decide not to adopt the ABS solution for managers might find that their best managers are tempted away by others who are not deterred by the need for licensing.