This CLE webinar will guide counsel for responding to external auditor inquiries concerning their client's litigation, claims and assessments, and related financial reporting and disclosures. The panel will explain best practices for providing information regarding "pending or overtly threatened" legal claims in audit response letters and updates without compromising the client's privileges and confidentiality. Speakers will review these and other key issues:  

• Latest trends in audit response letters
• The ABA Treaty regarding external audits of companies
• Attorney-client privilege concerns implicated by requests for information from counsel during external audits
• Best practices for counsel for responding to external auditor requests for information