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Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Urged to Hear Case With Potential to Alter Materiality Standard for Alleging Securities Fraud Against Auditors

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The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to hear a case that could have significant implications for auditors, law firms, and other professional services companies that assist public companies. Amicus briefs filed on...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Cigna Derivative Suit Over Failed Anthem Merger; The PCAOB Sanctions Former KPMG Vice Chair Of Audit For Failure To Supervise Senior Members Of KPMG's Audit Practice; Ninth Circuit Affirms...more

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AICPA Issues Statements on Standards Amending Concept of Materiality

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Auditing Standards Board issued Statement on Auditing Standards No. 138 and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements  No. 20 to amend the concept of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Related Party Transactions under PCAOB AS 18 Audits: Experiences from the First Year

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The 2015 audit was the first one for most companies under the PCAOB’s Auditing Standard 18, Related Parties. This Auditing Standard created new and expanded audit procedures for related party transactions; significant unusual...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

The PCAOB’s Enhanced Auditor Performance Standards–Be Sure You’re Ready

A little over a year ago the PCAOB issued new Auditing Standard No. 18, which enhanced auditor performance standards in three significant areas of a company’s audit: - Company relationships and transactions with related...more

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PCAOB Launches Audit Committee “Dialogue”

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As part of its audit committee outreach efforts, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has established a webpage called "Audit Committee Dialogue" focusing on recurrent areas of concern identified by the PCAOB over...more

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