In Case You Hadn’t Heard….Forensic Accountants and Justin Timberlake Have More in Common Than You Thought

June 4, 2013 by Rebekah Smith

The recent headline, “The S.E.C. is ‘Bringin Sexy Back’ to Accounting Investigations” caught my eye.  Of course it did.  I’m a forensic accountant and while I (and maybe I’m the only one) think it’s a very interesting occupation, I understand that [...]

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In Case You Haven’t (But of Course You Have) Heard… About all the Sports Scandals?

February 5, 2013 by Rebekah Smith

Perhaps my brain just works a little differently than other people… or perhaps I just have work so constantly on the brain that whenever I hear sensational news stories, my mind always tries to make a connection to economic damage [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard… We Want to Hear from You!

January 18, 2013 by Rebekah Smith

A few weeks ago we held a seminar titled Accounting for Lawyers: Understanding Financial Statements and Tax Returns.  It was a rousing success in both our Cincinnati and Columbus offices.  Now, as we look to schedule our 2013 CLE calendar of events, [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard… We’re Hosting a Seminar

December 11, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

Almost all of the cases we work on require the ability to read financial statements and tax returns.  And a lot of the attorneys we work with say, “I just don’t understand financial statements!” which is both good and bad [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard….The Last Step in the Shoe Wars

September 6, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

So not the most clever blog title ever, but for those of you who have been following my posts on the Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) v. Christian Louboutin battle of the soles (as in shoe soles, not souls like immortal [...]

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GBQ to Host Fraud Prevention, Cyber Crime and Embezzlement Seminar with Huntington

August 30, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

We at GBQ are exceptionally excited to partner with Huntington Bank on September 10th for a Fraud Seminar at the Creekside Conference & Event Center in Gahanna.  The featured speaker will be Mr. Greg Litster, President of SafeChecks.    Topics [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard… Daubert Challenges Were Down in 2011

May 24, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

PwC just issued their annual Daubert Challenges to Financial Experts: A yearly study of trends and outcomes.  Always an interesting study to read, here are a few excerpts from the report, which you can download for free if you follow the [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard…GBQ expands South!

April 30, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

The Reds, Skyline Chili, The Flying Pig Marathon, The Bengals, WKRP, and now, GBQ!!!   What do all of those things have in common?  As of last week, you can find them all in Cincinnati, Ohio! All of us here at [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard…Jurors Shouldn’t Facebook Parties in a Litigation

February 24, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

In November, I wrote a post about how divorce attorneys were using Facebook and other social media sites to research parties in litigation.  In my previous post I referenced an article where the attorney said that, “People are stupid.” when [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard…Ohio Supreme Court upholds tort reform provision

February 17, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law that requires the courts to bifurcate tort lawsuits into separate proceedings, at the request of the defendant.  The proceeding is divided into two stages.  In the first stage, the defendant’s [...]

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