Audit finds slipshod cybersecurity at HealthCare.gov
The government stored sensitive personal information on millions of health insurance customers in a computer system with basic security flaws, according to an official audit that uncovered slipshod practices. The Obama administration said it acted quickly to fix all the problems identified by the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office. But the episode raises […]
Audit: Workers put in hours for 2 jobs at once
ALBANY — An audit of public workers with more than one job found routine abuses that resulted in inflated paychecks for hours not worked, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday. Auditors found more than a fifth of the 345 employees examined regularly violated time and attendance policies, costing taxpayers $413,277 for hours not worked. This […]
Bonadio Group reports clean audit
The Bonadio Group has received a clean audit report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies. The PCAOB conducts regular, periodic inspections of hundreds of its registered firms to assess compliance with certain laws, rules and professional standards in connection with a […]
Audit says NY agency wasted millions
ALBANY — State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli accused the state Office for Technology on Tuesday of favoring certain companies in purchases that wasted millions of dollars, while landing a job for a former administrator’s girlfriend at a company seeking to do business with the state. Auditors accused the agency of once having “a culture, emanating from […]
Dems ask for UTC audit docs
In the wake of a New York State Comptroller audit of the Upstate Telecommunications Corporation (UTC) released last week, critical of the circumstances surrounding the formation of the Local Development Corporation (LDC), Democrats in the County Legislature have asked County Executive Maggie Brooks ...
NY dentists overbilled $1.6M
Some dentists have been taking a bigger bite out of dental benefits payments than they’re entitled to, according to a state audit. A recent audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ...
Want to get audited? Apply for homebuyer credit
WASHINGTON — Here’s a good way to get audited by the Internal Revenue Service this year: claim the new homebuyer tax credit.
Ex-official’s estate work questioned
NIAGARA FALLS — A state audit is raising questions about a western New York public official’s handling of estate assets.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
Law News
- Appeals court upholds conviction
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith