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September 22, 2023

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EY’s Top In-House Lawyer Just Quit

EY US Vice Chair & General Counsel Ann Cook is saying goodbye to the firm after just two years in the role and ten total at EY, an exit that Financial Times ties to the Great Cheating Scandal of 2019. We too shall find some red string and put it all together in a moment. […]

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Fuel Up the Bus, PwC Australia Has Named and Shamed Eight Partners Tied to the Tax Leak Scandal

When PwC Australia CEO Tom Seymour stepped down in May after it was confirmed he’d received tainted emails containing confidential government tax intel leaked by former partner Peter Collins, it seems the firm hoped sacrificing him was enough to settle the matter and move on. Spoiler: it was not. While us Yanks were picking up […]

Comcast: Let It Be Known That We Did Not Ask PwC to Fire That Guy

Here's the latest from the Comcast/PwC dogpile on Conal O'Rourke — Charlie Herrin, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience at Comcast wrote a brief blog post today apologizing to him:  What happened with Mr. O’Rourke's service is completely unacceptable.  Despite our attempts to address Mr. O’Rourke’s issues, we simply dropped the ball and did not make […]

Ernst & Young Admits That Some of Its Partners Were Running a Tax Shelter Factory

What a fine thing for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney to announce on a Friday afternoon that it had reached at settlement with Ernst & Young over its tax sheltering activities: Ernst & Young LLP will pay $123 million to settle a U.S. tax-fraud probe as part of a non- prosecution agreement, according to a statement […]