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accounting

Financial Government Technology 

California’s $1 Billion Accounting Software Continues to Plague Taxpayers

February 19, 2021February 22, 2021 NICK CAHILL
accounting, California, software

Nearly 15 years in, Fi$Cal remains incomplete and over budget while critics warn it could damage California’s pandemic recovery.

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Courts Entertainment 

Watermelon Woman

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 BRIEF
accounting, breach of contract, movies

Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye accuses her onetime business partner of pocketing the revenue generated from a 20th anniversary restoration of her queer cinema classic “The Watermelon Woman” and also claim to have rights to future works Dunye might complete.

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Financial Government 

California Auditor Blasts State’s $1 Billion Accounting Software Project

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 NICK CAHILL
accounting, Audit, California, software

California’s rush to complete a long-awaited $1 billion accounting software project without fixing familiar problems could ultimately harm the state’s credit rating, the state auditor said Tuesday.

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Appeals Financial Government Politics 

Supreme Court Pauses Fight for Trump Financial Records

November 18, 2019November 19, 2019 TIM RYAN
accounting, Donald Trump, House Oversight Committee, records, subpoena, U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to temporarily block a lower court ruling that would have required President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm to turn over his personal financial records to Congress.

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Courts Criminal 

Chastened by Judge, Trump and Manhattan DA Make Deal on Subpoena Fight

September 26, 2019September 27, 2019 ADAM KLASFELD
accounting, Donald Trump, NYC, subpoena, Taxes

A day after a federal judge told them to “sober up,” President Donald Trump and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance agreed on Thursday to a temporary hangover on subpoena enforcement.

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Securities 

Pricewaterhouse Fined $8 Million

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 BRIEF
accounting, Audit, SEC, Settlement

PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting and its partner Brandon Sprinkle will pay $7.9 million to settle charges of violating auditor independence rules, the SEC said Monday.

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Business Courts Financial Securities Technology 

Stock Ledger ‘Mess’ Sinks Shareholder’s Bid to Control Hawk Systems

September 5, 2019September 6, 2019 NICKEESHA SWABY
accounting, biometric, Delaware, investments, investors, slr1

The Delaware Chancery Court shot down an investor’s attempt to take control of biometric security firm Hawk Systems Inc. amid “chaos” and allegations that the company’s former managers engaged in “rampant fraud.”

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Arts Entertainment 

W.C. Handy

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 BRIEF
accounting, defamation, estates, Music

A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the estate of “St. Louis Blues” composer W.C. Handy defamed an accountant by accusing him of dipping into company assets.

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Appeals Financial Government Politics 

Trump Challenge to House Subpoena of Finances Hits Skeptical Circuit

July 12, 2019July 30, 2019 MEGAN MINEIRO
accounting, D.C. Circuit, Donald Trump, subpoena, U.S. House of Representatives

A lawyer for President Donald Trump faced an uphill battle Friday in trying to secure a D.C. Circuit reversal of an order that lets the House subpoena Trump’s financial records.

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Entertainment Financial 

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Accuses Brand Group of Fraud

July 5, 2019July 6, 2019 JOSH RUSSELL
accounting, apparel, celebrity, Fraud, licensing, Music

Jay-Z once rapped, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!” On Friday, four companies owned by the world’s first hip-hop billionaire brought a federal complaint against a brand-licensing company he says has been cooking the books for years.

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Appeals Business Criminal Employment Financial Government Health Securities 

Rite Aid Must Indemnify Former Exec for Fees From Decades-Old Accounting Scandal

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 NICKEESHA SWABY
accounting, slr1

(CN) – The Delaware Chancery Court ruled that Rite Aid Corp. must pay the legal fees of its former chief counsel after the dust settled on an accounting fraud scandal that plagued the drugstore chain 20 years ago.

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Courts Government Politics 

Judge OKs House Oversight Subpoena of Trump Finances

May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
accounting, Donald Trump, financial services, House Oversight Committee, privacy, subpoena

A federal judge in Washington approved a congressional subpoena of President Donald Trump’s financial records Monday, rejecting Trump’s claims the demand is an invasion of privacy.

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Financial Government 

Judge Digs Into Trump Bid to Block Financial Subpoena

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 BRITAIN EAKIN and MEGAN MINEIRO
accounting, Donald Trump, subpoena, U.S. House of Representatives

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday that will determine the fate of a subpoena for eight years of financial records from President Donald Trump’s longtime accountants.

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Business Criminal 

Fraud

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 BRIEF
accounting, computer, conspiracy, Fraud, sentencing, software

The former CFO of Autonomy Corp., was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for juggling the books before the software company was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $11.7 billion in 2011.

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