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Did the SEC's Gary Gensler really get crypto regulation right? I am not so sure.

When audits go wrong

What's next for crypto auditors and their non-audits?

(Part Two) Tipping Points: The Financial Fragility of the Big Four

Tipping Point Sidebar: Should the Big Four audit firms prepare GAAP financial statements and have them audited?

Tipping Point: The Financial Fragility of the Big Four Global Audit Firms

All the pigs at the trough: Some remarks about the collapse of FTX

McKenna speaks on ESG and EY to the Polish Agency for Audit Oversight’s Corporate Governance 2022 Conference

Mattel reaches into its piggy bank to pay the SEC $3.5 million

McKenna speaks at the Offshore Alerts 2022 London Conference

The PCAOB has a plan, but it may be a day late and more than a few dollars short

EY thinks it can split and cash in while ringfencing audit liability

An update on our MF Global documentary film

The Emperor has no clothes: The China workpaper "workaround" gets the WSJ treatment

Sandy Kuba will take Disney to trial; the judge seems to really like her case

Amazon goes to the dogs

EY’s Project Everest – A Hill Too Steep to Climb

Overpaying for acquisitions: No one cares, it seems, unless they break bad

Big companies borrow from the penny-stock playbook with NFT news

McKenna does podcasts

McKenna at the AAA Annual Meeting and Ethics Symposium

Another round on the SEC's executive compensation clawback rule and new research to consider

Auditors Cheating on Ethics Exams – Who’s Surprised?

New Media Quotes on EY and Tether

ESG, the SEC, and a successful climate-related proxy proposal

Let’s mash up the news: Crypto is crashing and goodwill is good for now

Musk missed the boat to use Twitter's hefty tax losses to reduce his own bill

When companies tell you how they compete, believe them

Everything old is new again: The FT reports EY may spin off its audit arm

Live from the archives: Thoughts on competition between the largest global audit firms

Musk has promises to keep, and new obstacles in his Twitter quest

Disney now on its "goofy foot" in whistleblower lawsuit

UPDATED Inside the story: MarketWatch reports on how an SEC letter to one pharma forced a reporting change on the rest

Writing about Warren Buffett and Elon Musk during interesting times

Elon Musk's latest genius move

Warren Buffett makes some deals; does he care if he overpaid?

Warren Buffett writes a letter; what he leaves out is notable

SEC takes its finger out of the dike with investigation of Big 4 auditors' conflicts

JPMorgan's risky client approach: Cut them off before they cut us down

Big Audit Leaves Russia – Or Does It?

Piracy, plunder, and non-fungible tokens

Everything old is new again: When accountants bail out loudly

Run but you can't hide: There's no avoiding the impact of crypto on public companies

CFA/Baruch New York 2022: "What Investors Need to Know About Audits"

HP acquired Autonomy and all of the Big 4 auditors were dragged into the mess

KPMG's rocky relationship with Banc of California

Marcum LLP is doing a lot of China-related work despite a PCAOB bar

U.S. stock exchanges and the China problem

Elizabeth Holmes and her Big 4 audit firm buddies at Theranos