Jeffrey Harfenist

Jeffrey Harfenist | UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

Mexico has recently topped the news as a result of widespread violence and corruption within the government. It is speculated that the violence is the natural response to increasing efforts by the Mexican government to confront home grown corruption. The reports relate largely to corruption...

Jeffrey Harfenist | UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

The causes of this economic crisis are myriad: the Community Reinvestment Act; subprime loans; extremely low interest rates; adjustable rate loans; over-building; loan defaults; predatory lending; auction-rated securities; bank deregulation; the failure of the auctions; securities fraud; complex...

Jeffrey Harfenist | UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

Nothing keeps in-house counsel up at night like uncontrollable risk. Nothing keeps a CEO up at night more than a significant investment sold to the board based on carefully considered risks and returns over which he or she has little control. International trade is a reality. Companies that are...

Jeffrey Harfenist | UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

Last fall, we wrote a two-part article in this publication predicting, in part, that more U.S. companies would be implicated and sued by foreign countries and foreign-owned companies in an effort to reduce corruption. These actions are heavily encouraged by international conventions and countries...

Jeffrey Harfenist, Chris Lozier | UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.

Through the centuries of international business, bribing government officials to influence or secure a positive result has been a common and accepted way of conducting business. Until recently, bribes were even tax deductible in France and Germany. Today we enounter a very different story....