PwC Australia Asset Sale Unlikely to Repair Firm’s Tarnished Reputation: Experts June 27, 2023 By Lewis Jackson PwC Australia’s sale of its government consulting business may give it temporary respite from a crisis in its tax practice...
Maine AG Fines Moving Company Over Threatening Emails to Negative Reviewers February 1, 2023 A moving and storage company in Maine has agreed to pay a $125,000 fine and refrain from using a misleading...
Australia’s Westpac Banking Fined A$113M for Multiple Compliance Breaches April 22, 2022 An Australian court ordered Westpac Banking Corp. to pay A$113 million ($82.92 million) in penalties for multiple compliance failures across...
Credit Suisse Plunged Into Chaos After Chairman Ousted for Breaching COVID Rules January 17, 2022 By Ambereen Choudhury and Patrick Winters The banker tasked with fixing Credit Suisse Group AG was ousted just nine months into the job for breaching COVID...
Australia’s Westpac Bank to Pay $80.6M in Penalties, Admits Charging Dead People November 30, 2021 By Adam Haigh Westpac Banking Corp. agreed to pay A$113 million ($80.6 million) in penalties after the Australian regulator alleged the lender had...
Former Atlantia Execs Face Trial over 2018’s Fatal Genoa Bridge Collapse: Sources June 25, 2021 By Emilio Parodi and Francesca Landini Italian prosecutors investigating the deadly collapse of a bridge in 2018 have asked for 59 people, including former Atlantia CEO...
Peloton Apologizes; Reverses Course; Will Recall Treadmills May 6, 2021 By Sanjana Shivdas Peloton announced a recall of its treadmills on Wednesday, reversing course just weeks after saying there was “no reason” to...
Analysts Affirm CNA Ratings As Insurer Continues Probe of Cyber Attack March 29, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson CNA Financial Corp.’s financial ratings have not been affected by the insurer’s recent cyber attack. AM Best, S&P Global Ratings...
Insurers Looking Into Rise in Lawsuits Against Firms Over Lack of Diversity December 1, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn U.S. insurers are taking a closer look at the recruiting and succession practices of corporate customers, worried about mounting lawsuits...
Mining Giants BHP, Vale Accused of Colluding to Cut Payouts to Victims of Dam Collapse October 26, 2020 Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims...