Legal Fees Earned by Departed Partners in Now-Defunct Law Firms Determined Not to Be Property of the Bankrupt Firm
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USA, California, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Private Client & Offshore Services, Holland & Knight LLP, Bankruptcy
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued proposed amendments on June 26, 2013, to provide guidance about management's responsibilities in evaluating a company's going concern uncertainties in addition to the timing and content of related footnote disclosures. Even before a company’s liquidation is imminent, there may be uncertainties about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, about its going concern presumption (going concern uncertainties). Currently, there is no guidance in the U.S.