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Mitigating Conduct Risk in Crisis Situations

August 17, 2020
Seismic shifts in remote working are inevitably impacting culture, leadership and the way different parts of companies interact, potentially affecting the way employees conduct themselves and exhibit self-control. As leaders begin to look beyond the crisis itself, and toward recovery, the stakes remain extremely high.
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Using Machine Learning to Fight Money Laundering

August 12, 2020
In a recent video interview “Using Machine Learning to Fight Money Laundering,” by Information Security Media Group (ISMG), Alvarez & Marsal Managing Director and data risk and compliance expert Andy G. Gandhi discusses the significant role machine learning technologies can play in mitigating financial crimes and fraud risk.
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Reprieve or Pitfall? The Executive Order on the Employee Portion of Social Security Taxes

August 12, 2020
On Saturday, President Trump issued four executive orders, one of which directs the Treasury Department to defer to use their authority to provide a grace period with respect to the withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee portion of Social Security taxes on wages paid for the period beginning September 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020.
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The Pressures of Stressed Carve-Outs for Private Equity

August 11, 2020
The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has negatively impacted company performance across many sectors. Businesses are faced with addressing an unprecedented ‘triple whammy’ of simultaneous liquidity, operational and strategic shifts.

How Private Schools Can Use Their Independence to Thrive in Crisis

August 7, 2020
Accelerated demographic shifts and dwindling populations are some of the triggers leading to detrimental enrollment loss in private schools across the U.S. In wealthier neighborhoods, private schools face increasing competition from their host public school districts, some of which spend over $20,000 per year to educate a single child. 
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How the Coronavirus is Changing Software & Technology Deals

August 7, 2020
The Software & Technology (S&T) sector has been somewhat insulated from the negative financial and operational impact of COVID-19, however, the virus has brought about certain risks and altered the way we perform due diligence for most S&T deals.
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Whose Convenience Generates State Income Tax Withholding Headaches?

August 6, 2020
With lock-down orders and social distancing rules in effect, many companies have transitioned their workforce out of the office and into working from home or other remote locations. While initially thought to be a temporary phenomenon, many companies are starting to consider more liberal remote work location policies as workers have proved that a more geographically dispersed workforce is not necessarily the hindrance to business operations that it was once thought to be.
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Will COVID-19 Redefine Market Access in the Life Sciences Sector?

August 4, 2020
In this article A&M are looking at market access itself. They will examine new vulnerabilities in the long and difficult process of getting a drug or treatment to market. They will also investigate ways in which life sciences companies can respond to these challenges and create new, innovative solutions that work for patients and other stakeholders.