“Earnest and Young firms Negligence in Lehman Brothers case” – 900 words

“Earnest and Young firms Negligence in Lehman Brothers case” – 900 words

Provide a brief description of the key events and the factual issues behind the case:

 Explain the culpability or which parties were deemed responsible and why. Outline the damages imposed or the penalties and consider whether they were appropriate.

 investigate and explain the relevant issues in Auditing and Accounting raised by the case,  The root-cause of the issues such as; market pressure, organisational culture, fraud etc.

 any problems, mistakes or misrepresentations made by the defendants, which contributed to the adverse judgement and the awarding of damages,

use these links:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ernst-amp-young-faces-charges-of-negligence-551324.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/worldspreads-sues-ernst-young-claiming-negligent-auditing-services-1.1377102

https://www.ft.com/content/ad5b5082-e3a0-11e4-9a82-00144feab7de

https://som.yale.edu/case/2014/the-lehman-brothers-bankruptcy-d-the-role-of-ernst-young

https://www.bbc.com/news/10329173