Robert Cox

Former Senior Partners of Deloitte Turkey Sanctioned for Misconduct In Connection with a PCAOB Inspection and Investigation Today, the PCAOB announced sanctions against three former senior partners of Deloitte Turkey,…

On March 23, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the PCAOB infringed on a former EY partner's right to counsel by unreasonably barring his…

At the small firm level, the PCAOB continues to exercise its relatively new authority under Dodd-Frank to regulate auditors of broker-dealers. Most of the settled orders involving small firm auditors…

Audit regulators continue to focus on foreign affiliates of Global Network Firms and the work of outside auditors. On March 13, 2018, the SEC announced settlements with foreign affiliates of…

The PCAOB just made public its December 29, 2017 adjudicated disciplinary order imposing a two-year limitation on activities and censure on Melissa K. Koeppel, a Grant Thornton LLP partner who…

On February 28, DOJ announced a $149.5 million settlement with Deloitte & Touche LLP to resolve potential False Claims Act liability arising from Deloitte’s role as the independent outside auditor…

In April of 2017, the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets reported the terminations of six KPMG personnel, including the head of the audit practice, and the termination of…

Interesting article in Accounting Today regarding proposed legislation to be introduced in Hong Kong's Legislative Council on January 24 giving the Financial Reporting Council the responsibility to investigate and discipline auditors.…