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First KPMG was sued for raising the alarm. Now it is being sued for raising it too late. And in another case, for not being loud enough
KPMG raised the alarm at Serba Dinamik. The litigation that followed asks whether it did so too soon, too late — or not loudly enough.
Sep 4
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Claudine Cassar
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While KPMG Australia dominated the global headlines, South Africa barred a former partner from auditing for life
Junior auditors escalated a R700m cash discrepancy at VBS Bank. The partner signed a clean opinion anyway — and has now been permanently barred from…
Aug 12
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Claudine Cassar
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PwC warned Freshstream about the founder. Freshstream invested anyway
How a personal remark by the majority shareholder and CEO during due diligence became an early warning of a risk Freshstream believed it could manage
Aug 11
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Claudine Cassar
EY, Musaddiq Rehman and the price of saying the quiet part out loud
An intellectual-property dispute points to something deeper: the breakdown of an unwritten partnership understanding, and what can happen when tacit…
Jul 30
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Claudine Cassar
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Deloitte offers parental leave. A lawsuit alleges employees who take it are penalized
A proposed class action says taking protected leave can depress ratings, pay and career prospects.
Jul 24
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Claudine Cassar
PwC’s second Babcock fine: the warnings were there
Component auditors and PwC specialists raised clear warnings during the 2019 and 2020 Babcock audits. In several key areas, the group team did not…
Jul 21
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Claudine Cassar
Former employee sues Deloitte, alleging she was fired after reporting sexual harassment
A federal judge allowed key parts of Melanie DeCanio’s case to move forward after she claimed the firm used a minor audit discrepancy as pretext to…
Jul 7
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Claudine Cassar
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