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Lawyers' Responses to Auditors' Requests for Information

When responding to audit inquire letter, the lawyer must consider several questions, including the effect the answer might have on the attorney-client privilege. If you are preparing a response, here are some articles that may help you:

ABA Statement of Policy Regarding Lawyer's Responses to Auditors' Requests for Information.
31 Business Lawyer 1709 (1976)
ABA Statement of Policy Regarding Lawyer's Responses to Auditors' Requests for Information: Second Report of the Committee on Audit Inquiry Responses.
32 Business Lawyer 177 (1976)
Lawyers' Responses to Auditors, Some Practical Aspects.
James Fuld. 44 Business Lawyer 159 (1988)
Attorney audit letters; the argument against discovery.
Hodel, Matthew A.; Burke, Charles A., Los Angeles Lawyer, 14 n1 23(4) March, 1991
Responding to auditors' letters.
Lipman, Frederick D. Legal Economics, 15 n7 23(7) Oct, 1989
Audit inquiry letters and discovery: protection based on compulsion.
Shalit, Melissa D. Cardozo Law Review, 15 n4 1263-1311 Jan, 1994
Auditor's letter; understanding and responding to an audit inquiry letter.
La Garza, Leland C. Texas Bar Journal, 57 n1 22(5) Jan, 1994
Understanding attorneys' responses to auditors' inquiries.
Quinlivan, Stephen M. Journal of Accountancy, 172 n5 127(4) Nov, 1991
Discovery of attorneys' responses to audit inquiry letters.
Irvin, James K. For the Defense 31 n12 2-6 Dec, 1989
Coordinating attorneys' responses to auditors' inquiries.
Tanzler, Hans G., III; Stanford, Douglas G., Florida Bar Journal 60 n4 50(5) April, 1986
Audit inquiry letters...
Lund, Thomas B. Bench & Bar of Minnesota, 41 n2 30-32 Feb, 1984
Audit inquiry letters...
Whitlock, Robert B. Bench & Bar of Minnesota 41 n228-29 Feb, 1984
Assuring adequate attorneys' replies to audit inquiries.
Hall, Thomas W.; Butler, A.A. Journal of Accountancy, 152 n3 83-91 Sept, 1981
Lawyers' responses to audit inquiries and the attorney-client privilege.
Hooker, Arthur B. Business Lawyer, 35 n3 1021-1034, April, 1980
Who will tell what - the lawyer's responses to auditors' requests for information.
Deamer, Michael Utah Bar Journal, 10 n6 9-12 August, 1997
When professions collide - lawyers' responses to auditors' requests.
Lee, Charles D. Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 61 n2 27(6) Feb, 1992

 
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