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May 28, 2023

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PCAOB

The Person At the PCAOB Who Auditors Feared the Most Is Now Their Friend

by Jason Bramwell

In an interesting turn of events, Claudius Modesti, who was the head enforcer at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for 14 years before leaving last May, will now be defending audit firms that run afoul of the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange Commission in his new role with law firm Akin Gump Strauss […]

Audit

The PCAOB Knows You’re Monkeying Around with Documents

by Caleb Newquist

The PCAOB's Director of Enforcement and Investigations, Claudius Modesti, is on to your little game. You know, the one where you get all shifty with your audit workpapers once the word spreads around your office that inspectors will giving your ticks and ties the stinkeye. Oh? Not familiar with anything of the kind, you say? This […]