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19 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Rena Steinzor
This misguided theory rests on the myth that Arthur Andersen failed after Enron imploded because it was prosecuted for shredding documents and not because its clients ran for the hills when its role in a disastrous, multi-billion Ponzi scheme was exposed. [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 11:10 pm
However, the Olis' defense at trial was limited when Dynegy quit funding it as a result of the government's threat "to go Arthur Andersen" on the company. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 3:06 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
But as any former partner at Arthur Andersen LLP — once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms — could attest, an outside professional (and especially an auditor) whose corporate client experiences a rapid or disastrous decline in fortune precipitated by insider fraud does not skate away unscathed. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 11:06 am
  It's a criminal fraud trial over the collapse of Peregrine Systems, a software developer; three executives and the company's (former) Arthur Andersen accountant face charges. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 11:03 am by John Hopkins
It is actually surprising that we have not come all that far since the Arthur Anderson case, when the ABA held a conference with the description of one of the panels as: “Enron, Arthur Andersen, Sarbanes-Oxley, flash drives . . . all contribute to concern about what documents to create and retain. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 9:05 pm by Aharon Mohliver
For example, adoption of backdating among the client pool of one of Arthur Andersen’s local offices would exhibit an upward sloping s-curve from 1992 to 2002, while at the same time, the adoption curve for clients of a different office of Arthur Andresen would be downward sloping. [read post]
• “[W]e recognize that the base lodestar figure amounts for most of the relevant Arthur Andersen(30) considerations. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 11:13 am by admin
  Of course, if BP America is felling stubborn and ornery enough, it could try this, figuring that it has as little to lose as did Arthur Andersen. [read post]
28 Aug 2010, 12:45 pm by AdamSmith1776
It was also the firm that came within a whisker of merging with Arthur Andersen in a deal that clearly unnerved the magic circle until the big five accountant walked away at the 11th hour. [read post]
21 Jun 2022, 5:01 am by Daniel Richman
For the statutes at issue here, however, there are textual bases for mens rea, like the reference to “corruptly” in the obstruction of Congress statute—a word that, in Arthur Andersen v. [read post]
11 Aug 2006, 8:57 am
Last year I wrote about the Arthur Andersen case, in which the Supreme Court wrote a ridiculous opinion letting Arthur Andersen off the hook for its dishonest misconduct. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 7:29 pm by Andrew Perlman
Fox responded by bringing up Arthur Andersen's experience in serving as auditor for Enron, which he described as the best argument against changing Rule 5.4. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 9:53 am by MOTP
While claiming to merely “clarify” its prior precedents on the matter, and acknowledging no major break with the longstanding Arthur Andersen fee-factors framework, the Texas high court will have accomplished much more. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 2:00 pm by tahminawatson
  He has extensive work experience with the Big 4 public accounting firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen, where he specialized in international taxation and taxation for high-net worth individuals. [read post]
9 May 2010, 2:59 pm by Tamara Piety
Sounds awfully close to an argument that the company, qua company, can never commit a fraud because it can never have specific intent.That certainly turned out to be the Achilles heel of the prosecution of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm in the wake of the Enron scandal.I actually think there may be something to this argument and it is part (not all) of the problem I see with imposing criminal liability on entities like corporations. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 5:00 am by Kollias & Giese, P.C.
  In this case, the wife had historically been the primary wage earner as a consultant and partner at firms such as Arthur Andersen, KPMG, and eventually Deloitte, while the husband had been a touring rock musician. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 2:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Prior to his public service, Wambua worked at GE Capital Commercial Real Estate, Arthur Andersen and the Partnership for New York City. [read post]