Part B: What role did the CFO play in creating the problems that led to Enron’s financial problems? In order to prevent the losses from appearing on its financial statements‚ Enron used questionable accounting practices. To misrepresent its true financial condition‚ Andrew Fastow‚ the Enron’s CFO‚ takes his role involving unconsolidated partnerships and “special purpose entities”‚ which would later become known as the LJM partnership. Taking advantage from the SPEs’s main purpose‚ which provided
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CASE BRIEF Title of Case: Stoneridge Investment Partners‚ LLC‚ Petitioner v. Scientific-Atlanta‚ Inc.‚ et al. 128 S. Ct. 761 (2008) Facts: The plaintiff‚ Stoneridge Investment Partners‚ LLC‚ presented a securities fraud class action against the defendant‚ Charter Communications’ vendors‚ Scientific-Atlanta. Charter communications is a publicly traded cable company that services millions of customers throughout America. Charter contracts with vendors for equipment that is used for their company
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1. Adsteam Adonist@gmx.de‚ quigonjinn@hotmail.de was a very model of conglomerate(jujie). In the eyes of the outside‚ it was a successful company. But it’s not true. It’s far from other companies in its complex structure. Adsteam group comprised numerous less-than-majority-owned companies. It acquired major share-holdings in numerous companies throughout the 1980’s. The acquisition strategy resulted in an extremely complicated cross-shareholding-based structure. It was noting that the maximum amount
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they have been allegedly accused of knowing about the fraud undertaking but refused to protect investors. Knowing then that there are those who were aware of the situation‚ can the government claim innocence? I find it ridiculous that a single man‚ even if he is a financial genius‚ can outwit the world for so long without anybody else covering up for him. Just like Janet Lim-Napoles‚ it is impossible for her alone to succeed a large-scale fraud without anyone inside the government to back her up.
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Case Name Continental Airlines‚ Inc. v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation‚ 216 Cal.App.3d 3888‚ 264 Cal.Rptr. 779 [1](1990) Court of Appeals of California. Statement of Facts At Los Angeles International Airport‚ a horrible accident by a continental DC-10 took place On March 1‚ 1978. According to some continental airlines experts the reason behind the accident was “two tires burst on the left landing gear”1. Despite the efforts of the captain to stop the plane‚ it was too late to control a
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practices substance-over-form‚ then the financial statements will show the overall financial reality of the entity. This concept becomes even more relevant when transactions may not be made at arms-length‚ often involving related parties. This was the case with Lincoln Savings and Loan complex real estate transactions. Arthur Young should not have accepted the questionable documentary evidence provided by Lincoln employees to corroborate the savings and loan’s real estate transactions. Auditors have
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Reaction Paper on Enron Case September 9‚ 2013 Summary: Enron’s origins date back to 1985 when it began life as an interstate pipeline company through the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Omaha-based InterNorth. Kenneth Lay‚ the former chief executive officer of Houston Natural Gas‚ became CEO‚ and the next year won the post of chairman. From the pipeline sector‚ Enron began moving into new fields. In 1999‚ the company launched its broadband services unit and Enron Online‚ the company’s website
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Some principles and ideas of many cases dealing with Common Law and statues are the common idea of good faith and fair dealing‚ breach of contract or no contract and means to agreements and ruling. The common idea of good faith and fair dealing is normally used when there are technical excuses for a breach of contract or specific wording. This principle may be used in different occasions such as fraud (McClain v Octagon Plaza)‚ question of fact (Shah v Cover-it‚ Inc)‚ unfair and unjust enrichment
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ACCT622 -Advance Auditing Case 1.5 Leslie Fay Company Critique Case Discussion and Summary I felt the case discussion and summary was well done. It included the majority of the essential components of the case and the facts were summarized in a very organized fashion. The one item I did not find in the summary and the discussion is the final results of the case. After reading the summary it would have been helpful to include a summary of findings from the 600 page audit committee report submitted
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Additional Cases for the Course The case readings have been developed solely as a basis for class discussion. The case readings are not intended to serve as a source of primary data or as an illustration of effective or ineffective auditing. Reprinted by permission from Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier. Copyright © Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier; all rights reserved. 1••• ( Case 61 ® Enron Enrori’s First Few Years hi~ 1985 Enron had assets along the three major stages of the supply
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