Anthony J. Costantini, Partner, Duane Morris LLP to Speak at KC’s Event Internal Control Deficiencies: Assess/Report SAS 112 & 115

New York, NY, March 30, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Joining the notable panel of speakers for KC’s Internal Control Deficiencies: Assess/Report SAS 112 & 115 Live Webcast is the distinguished Anthony J. Costantini, Partner, Head, Professional Liability Practice of Duane Morris LLP.

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About the Event:

Title: Internal Control Deficiencies: Assess/Report SAS 112 & 115 Live Webcast
Date: November 16, 2011
Time: 3:00-5:00 PM ET
Type: Live webcast

About Anthony J. Costantini

Anthony J. Costantini concentrates his practice in the areas of professional liability, securities and commercial litigation, and he is the head of the Firm's Professional Liability practice. In addition, he represents clients in alternative dispute resolution, administrative hearings and governmental and professional association investigations. He also has considerable appellate experience, being admitted by eight of the federal appellate circuits.

Mr. Costantini formerly served as associate general counsel to KPMG Peat Marwick and as regional counsel to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

He is a member of the Professional Liability Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association and is also a member of the Commodities and Futures Committee and a former member of the executive committee of the Business Law Section of the same Association. Additionally, he has been a member of the Accounting and the Law Committee of the American Bar Association and the Litigation Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and is presently a member of the Corporation Litigation Counsel Committee of that same Association. He is also a courttrained mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and has mediated a number of cases. Recently, he was selected as a public member of the Auditing Standards Board, which sets U.S. auditing standards for the accounting profession.

Mr. Costantini is a 1972 graduate of Columbia University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review, and a graduate of the University of Detroit, with an engineering degree.

About Duane Morris LLP

Duane Morris LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 700 attorneys in 24 offices in the United States and internationally, offers innovative solutions to the legal and business challenges presented by today's evolving global markets.

For more information about Duane Morris LLP please visit: www.duanemorris.com

Event Summary:

The Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 115 to replace SAS No. 112. It aims to provide auditors of non-public companies with a more effective & reliable set of guidelines to enhance a non-public company's auditor with the ability to assess and verify the firm's financial story. This rule is required for fiscal year financial audits for periods ending on or after December 15, 2009. Both SAS 112 and SAS 115 introduce a number of changes, not to mention new sets of compliance rules. Internal controls, financial reporting & governance executives must be aware of these changes for consistent, accurate, and good governance practices.

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