J. Robert Duncan from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

United States: New PCAOB Rules Require Reporting Of "Critical Audit Matters" {Nov 2017}

The new rules will more closely align U.S. auditing standards with those adopted (i) by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board...

United States: PCAOB Rules To Require Reporting Of Critical Audit Matters And Enhanced Details In Public Company Audit Reports {Nov 2017}

With Joseph Moreno

Auditors of public companies will be required to move beyond a simple "pass or fail" opinion and include significant new information in audit reports under rules proposed this year by the "PCAOB"...

United States: Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign: Changes In Store For SEC Enforcement Under The Trump Administration {Mar 2017}

With Jodi Avergun, Scott Cammarn, Bret Campbell, Douglas Fischer, Joseph Moreno, Nihal Patel, Anne Tompkins

Even before President Trump's nomination of Jay Clayton as the next Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission")...

United States: United Airlines Settles With SEC For Side-Stepping Its Own Anti-Corruption Controls: Management Override For A Ride Over To South Carolina {Dec 2016}

With Bret Campbell, Joseph Moreno

By unilaterally approving the Newark-to-Columbia route, the Chief Executive Officer also disregarded these requirements.

United States: White Collar Crime Law Enforcement In A Trump Justice Department - 8 Predictions {Dec 2016}

With Jodi Avergun, Jonathan Bailyn, Bret Campbell, Joseph Facciponti, Joseph Moreno, Anne Tompkins, Kenneth L. Wainstain

Confident prediction this election year, however, is tempered by the lack of comprehensive Trump Administration policy releases addressing these issues.

United States: Enforcement At The Gates: SEC Action Against Big Four Firm And New International Standards Highlight The Role Of Accountants As Financial Gatekeepers {Nov 2016}

With Bret Campbell, Joseph Moreno

In late September 2016, Andrew Ceresney, Director of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), signaled the SEC's renewed focus on the key role played by audit committee members...

United States: Amendments To The Basel Securitisation Framework – Alternative Capital Treatment For Simple, Transparent And Comparable Securitisations {Aug 2016}

With Bruce Bloomingdale, Robert Cannon, Merryn Craske, Stephen Day, Angus Duncan, David Quirolo, Nick Shiren, Jeremiah Wagner

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the "Basel Committee") published an updated version of the "Basel III Document – Revisions to the securitisation framework" on 11 July 20161 (the "Amended Securitisation Framework").

United States: The U.S. Department Of Justice's New Policy Emphasizing Individual Civil And Criminal Accountability For Corporate Wrongdoing {Mar 2016}

With Jodi Avergun, Anne Tompkins

Despite the influx of billions of dollars in fines and penalties into the government's coffers, the DOJ's prosecutions of flesh and blood individuals has lagged.

United States: FinCEN Targets High-Value Real Estate Transactions In New York And Miami {Jan 2016}

With Jodi Avergun, Nicholas Brandfon, Steven Herman, Joseph Moreno

On January 13, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") announced that it had issued a Geographic Targeting Order ("GTO")...

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