Warren Neel quoted in Cleveland Plain Dealer article "Conflict or Assess, or Just Too Much."

Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 17, 2006

Joe Carcello appears in Compliance Week's October 31, 2006 exclusive report called "Revenue-Recognition Weaknesses, Blame Dispersed Guidance, Poor Training."

Compliance Week (subscription only), October 31, 2006

Ken Lay's conviction is revoked but that doesn't mean he is not culpable, says Joe Carcello ("Judge Revokes Lay's Conviction," The Washington Post, October 18, 2006).

The Washington Post, October 18, 2006
Free Internet Press, October 18, 2006

Warren Neel and Paul Lapides discuss changes in the role of the board directors in the Wall Street Journal's special report on Corporate Governance ("Move Over, CEO: Here Come the Directors," The Journal Report, Monday, October 9, 2006).

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), October 9, 2006

CT Communications Inc. hires investment bank Stifel Nicolaus & Co as stock prices soar. Joe Carcello comments on why companies might hire investment banks.

Charlotte Business Journal, August 18, 2006

Ford and GM both struggle financially, but their CEOs face different threats to their job security. Warren Neel discusses implications.

Charleston Post & Courier (subscription required), August 21, 2006
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA, August 20, 2006
Kansas City Star, August 19, 2006
Charlotte Observer, August 17, 2006
The Washington Post (free registration required), August 16, 2006
Baltimore Sun, August 16, 2006

Joe Carcello comments on the SEC's decision to allow small firms more time to prove internal controls are sound in "SEC Moves to Postpone Deadline on Safeguards," The Wall Street Journal (David Reilly), August 10, 2006

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), August 10, 2006

Warren Neel contributed to the Autumn 2006 edition of Corporate Secretary in "Guilt by Association" by Carolyn Iglesias. (Electronic version is not yet available; visit the Web site for Corporate Secretary for more information.)

Warren Neel explains changes in the corporate governance paradigm after the fall of Enron under the leadership of Ken Lay and other business-world scandals.

Tribune Chronicle, July 13, 2006
Hartford Courant, July 11, 2006
AZ Central, July 9, 2006
Arizona Republic, July 9, 2006
Online Athens (subscription required), July 8, 2006

Mark W. Olson is named chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Joe Carcello comments on the role the PCAOB plays in enforcement.

"Accounting Cop Takes the Beat at Pivotal Time,"
The Wall Street Journal Online
June 24, 2006
(subscription required)

As the accounting industry contemplates its responsibilities in identifying client practices of backdating employee stock options, Joe Carcello points to a bigger problem: allegations that auditors knew about the practice and counseled their clients to do it.

"Backdating Woes Beg the Question of Auditor's Role,"
The Wall Street Journal Online
June 23, 2006
(subscription required)

Business Finance's "2006's Influencers: 60 Authoritative Voices" names Joe Carcello a leader shaping domestic accounting and financial reporting. Carcello is one of only two academics named to the 2006 list and has been named to the list for the past three years.

"2006's Influencers: 60 Authoritative Voices,"
Business Finance Magazine
January 2006 Edition

Survey shows growing benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Joe Carcello comments on changes in the compliance process.

"Oversight Systems Survey Identifies Growing Benefits to SOX Compliance,"
PRWeb
January 30, 2006

Companies--faced with new disclosure rules--may be pressured to go back to the basics in their compensation packages, says Warren Neel.

"SEC Pay Disclosure Plan May Push Some Benefits Out of Style," Dow Jones
January 12, 2006

New companies might consider Advisory Boards for specialized business areas, says Oversight Systems' CEO Patrick Taylor. His company "reached out to accounting professors who are experts in risk management and corporate governance," including Joe Carcello and Dana Hermanson from UT's Corporate Governance Center.

"Building a Board," Forbes.com
January 11, 2006