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Friday Footnotes: EY Gets Extra Empathetic; Broke KPMG Partner Sues; Auditor Pay Cuts? | 5.27.22

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Bankrupt former KPMG partner sues law firm over job loss [ Financial Times ] A former KPMG partner who went bankrupt after investing in French ski chalets is suing law firm Herbert Smith Freehills for allegedly causing him to lose his job by tipping off the accounting group about his debt problems when he asked for legal advice.

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Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23

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PwC offers cutting edge AI technology with ContractPodAi [ ERP Today Magazine ] PwC has entered into an alliance with ContractPodAi, allowing the firm to offer a cutting edge AI-powered legal contract management platform. and overseas” seeking further explanation about the auditor’s opinion. I can imagine it.

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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Partner Scammed By Other Deloitte Partner; Big 4 Legal Grows; A $3.5 Billion Error | 2.17.23

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.” Big Four: EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC step on law firms’ toes increasing legal revenue to £1.25bn [ City A.M. ] The Big Four accounting firms – EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC – are capturing an ever-larger share of the global market for legal services.

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Friday Footnotes: Client Hid ‘Damning’ Audit; Predictions for the Profession; Accounting Firm Gets Compromised | 4.15.22

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Accounting watchdog investigates Deloitte over Go-Ahead audits [ The Guardian ] One of the UK’s biggest accounting firms, Deloitte, is under investigation by regulators for its audits of Go-Ahead, after the bus and rail operator was embroiled in a scandal for wrongly withholding £50m of taxpayers’ money. As a result, U.S.-based

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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As a firm we have had to be proactive in our response to attracting candidates, addressing workforce planning and aligning our recruitment strategy to reflect this.” Colorado Springs accounting firm to open Denver office [ Denver Business Journal ] Stockman Kast Ryan and Co., 1, 2024, the Financial Accounting Foundation said.

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Friday Footnotes: They Really Screwed Up That PCAOB Cheating Thing; Better Not Get Burned Out; Uber of Audits | 3.8.24

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Deloitte Legal Chief Sees Opportunity in GCs’ Need to Modernize [ Bloomberg Law ] GC = general counsel The new global head of Deloitte’s legal services arm said he’s focused on delivering more integrated consulting to general counsel while acknowledging the Big Four’s entry into legal services has gone slower than many anticipated.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Cancels Christmas; A Very Sucky PwC Report; Should We Tax Robots? | 12.23.22

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The KPMG Law business has experienced a tremendous period of growth, with revenue growing by in excess of 80% in the last two financial years. It recently revealed an ambitious investment programme to double in size over the next two years by taking on a further 220 legal professionals, including 45 new Partners and Directors.

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