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SEC Approves PCAOB’s ‘Quality Control Standard’ for Audit Firms

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Last week, the SEC approved the PCAOB’s new quality control standard – QC 1000 – that establishes a risk-based quality control framework for independent auditors to follow....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

In Split Decision, SEC Approves New Audit Quality Control Standard QC 1000

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On September 9, 2024, three of the SEC’s five Commissioners voted to approve the new PCAOB Quality Control Standard QC 1000 A Firm’s System of Quality Control. The new standard will substantially revise and refine public...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Compliance Auditing & Monitoring Workshop - November 21st - 22nd, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Learn the keys to effective compliance auditing and monitoring - The auditing and monitoring process is critical to a compliance program’s success, in that it provides ongoing assessment of processes, procedures, and...more

BakerHostetler

SEC Approves PCAOB’s Rule Expanding Contributory Liability

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For nearly two decades since its enactment in 2005, PCAOB Rule 3502 prohibited any “person associated with a registered public accounting” firm from taking or omitting to take an action knowingly or recklessly in a way that...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | 2024 Emerging Trends: Delaware Unclaimed Property VDA and Multistate Audits

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Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Jordan Goodman recently joined BDO for a discussion of trends around state unclaimed property enforcement measures, including audits, voluntary disclosure agreements, and other outreach...more

Cooley LLP

At open meeting, SEC approves new PCAOB quality control standard

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Yesterday, the SEC approved, by a vote of three to two, a new PCAOB quality control standard, QC 1000, A Firm’s System of Quality Control, and related amendments to its standards, rules and forms. According to the press...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - November 18th - 21st, Boston, MA

Ideal for practitioners who want to build strong foundational knowledge of compliance program management in a healthcare setting and how to apply that knowledge in practice. Attendees will come away better prepared to...more

DLA Piper

SEC Approves PCAOB Rule Amendment That Expands Individual Auditor Enforcement Liability

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposed amendment to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Rule 3502. The amended rule expands enforcement liability for associated persons who...more

Perkins Coie

SEC’s August 20 Open Meeting: Commissioners Approve Updated Audit Rules

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Yesterday, the SEC held its third open meeting of the 2024 calendar year, at which the commissioners considered several proposals regarding auditors and the audits of public companies. Two of the proposals may be of...more

Cooley LLP

SEC approves new PCAOB proposals

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Yesterday, the SEC held an open meeting to consider a number of PCAOB proposals addressing the “general responsibilities of an auditor conducting an audit as well as technology-assisted analysis and contributory liability...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance Auditing & Monitoring Conference - September 17th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

For a compliance program to be successful, it's essential to monitor performance on an ongoing basis, and periodically stop and audit your efforts. Join us on September 17, 2024 for the Compliance Auditing and Monitoring...more

DCI Consulting

NYC Local Law 144: Choose Your Auditor Wisely

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Overview - Readers of DCI blogs know all about New York City’s (NYC’s) Local Law 144 (LL-144). Briefly, this law applies when an Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) is used to hire or promote individuals for a job...more

Vedder Price

Highlights from 2024 ALI-CLE Accountants’ Liability Conference

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The annual ALI-CLE Accountants’ Liability Conference occurred in Washington, D.C. on May 16 and 17, 2024 and was co-hosted by Junaid A. Zubairi, Chair of Vedder Price’s Government Investigations and White Collar Defense...more

WilmerHale

PCAOB Releases Summary of 2023 Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs

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One of the stated goals of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is to preserve external audit quality. To further this priority, the PCAOB regularly invites public company audit committee chairs to have...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NY Medical College Clashes With OIG After Audit Questions $7.5M, PI Salaries, ‘Illegible Signatures’

New York Medical College (NYMC) officials thought the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit was wrapping up in December 2021, based on what “the original senior auditor” told them. But the auditor retired and work...more

Hogan Lovells

Auditors’ liability – English case casts doubt on effectiveness of disclaimers in negligence actions

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A recent English case may cause concern amongst Hong Kong auditors hoping to protect themselves from liability towards third parties by the inclusion of standard disclaimer wording in their engagement agreements. The decision...more

Cooley LLP

SEC Chief Accountant issues statement on tone at the top

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In this statement, SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter discusses the importance of setting the tone at the top. According to Munter, “academic research has ‘long stressed the crucial role that tone at the top, set by...more

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Auditor problems are not just auditor problems

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On Friday, SEC Enforcement charged audit firm BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers, with “massive fraud” involving “deliberate and systemic failures” to comply with PCAOB standards in auditing and reviewing...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Whistleblower Awards for Auditors are Key to Meeting OECD Guidelines

According to the Institute of Internal Auditors “Politics of Internal Auditing” (2015), 55% of chief audit executives were directed to commit important findings from their audit reports. 49% of chief audit executives were...more

McDermott Will & Emery

TTB Ramps Up Tax Audits and Enforcement

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The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) Office of Field Operations is responsible for ensuring industry members comply with the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, the Internal Revenue Code and all related...more

Troutman Pepper

PCAOB's NOCLAR Proposal in the Hot Seat

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On March 6, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) held a virtual roundtable to discuss its June 6, 2023 proposed rule: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards Related to a Company’s Non-Compliance with Laws and...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Compliance Auditing & Monitoring Workshop - August 1st - 2nd, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm CT

The auditing and monitoring process is critical to a compliance program’s success, in that it provides ongoing assessment of processes, procedures, and potential escalation of risk. Designed as an intermediate-level learning...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Settlement against Auditing Firm Serves as Reminder of Important Independence Rules

On February 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it settled an administrative proceeding against Lordstown Motors Corps’ former auditor, Clark Schaefer Hackett and Co. (CSH)—the same day that...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

In This Month’s E-News: March 2024

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) are among a handful of groups “urging the Biden administration to rescind a policy proposal that would threaten the American...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

English High Court Sheds Light on the Scope of an Auditor’s Duty in Ickenham Travel Group Limited v Tiffin Green Limited

The High Court recently dismissed a claim by Ickenham Travel Group Limited (ITG) against its former auditor, Tiffin Green Limited. The decision sheds light on how English courts are likely to approach audit negligence...more

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