Donald M. May, Ph.D., CPA, has joined the firm's Litigation and Corporate Financial Advisory Services Group. Dr. May brings global consulting and accounting experience in valuation, lost profits, opposing expert reports and deposition and trial preparation. He is also a former Assistant Professor of economics and accounting in the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In the latest Tax Alert, MP&S outlines rules of the 2010 Federal Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) taxes repeal and what it means for estate planning. In addition, the firm discusses President Obama's new measure that provides accelerated tax benefit for taxpayers making charitable cash contributions to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

On January 1, William M. Stocker III, CPA, the Partner-in-charge of the firm’s Professional Practices Group, began serving a two-year term as a member of the Transnational Auditors Committee (TAC) . In this global role, he represents the member firms of JHI, a leading worldwide association of independent accounting firms, business advisors and financial consultants. TAC is a committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).