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PwC US to lay off 1,800 employees, 2.5% of its workforce to be impacted
3 months, 1 week ago

PwC US to lay off 1,800 employees, 2.5% of its workforce to be impacted

Hindustan Times  

PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to lay off approximately 1,800 employees, marking its first major workforce reduction since 2009. According to The Wall Street Journal, the layoffs will affect about 2.5% of the firm’s U.S. workforce and 0.6% of its global employees. PricewaterhouseCoopers to lay off 2.5% of its US workforce The layoffs are targeting employees in advisory, products, and technology divisions. …

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Country Garden delays results, expects trading suspension
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Country Garden delays results, expects trading suspension

Hindustan Times  

-- Country Garden Holdings Co., one of China’s biggest property developers, warned it will miss a deadline for reporting annual results, further complicating plans to restructure its debt following a default last year. Country Garden Holdings Co., one of China’s biggest property developers, warned it will miss a deadline for reporting annual results In a surprise announcement late Thursday, the …

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PricewaterhouseCoopers to trim 600 UK jobs after resignations decline
1 year, 1 month ago

PricewaterhouseCoopers to trim 600 UK jobs after resignations decline

Hindustan Times  

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is to slash as many as 600 jobs in the UK in response to a fall in the number of staff leaving the accounting giant to work elsewhere. PwC, which has 25,000 UK staff, is set to launch a voluntary redundancy program for between 500 and 600 employees The firm, which has 25,000 UK staff, is set to …

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Former top city attorney gets 9 months of home detention in DWP corruption case
1 year, 7 months ago

Former top city attorney gets 9 months of home detention in DWP corruption case

LA Times  

A former high-level lawyer in the Los Angeles city attorney’s office was sentenced Tuesday to nine months of home detention for taking part in an extortion scheme tied to the Department of Water and Power’s 2013 billing debacle. Thomas Peters of Pacific Palisades also was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for his role in the sprawling corruption case involving …

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Attorney’s ethics complaint seeks investigation of Feuer, others in DWP case
2 years, 11 months ago

Attorney’s ethics complaint seeks investigation of Feuer, others in DWP case

LA Times  

Mel Levine, a former president of the L.A. Board of Water and Power Commissioners, is accused of ethics violations related to the long-running DWP billing scandal. Levine, also a former partner and counsel at Gibson Dunn, violated the city’s ethics rules when he took actions that were beneficial to the law firm, according to Paradis’ complaint. Paradis complaint filed with …

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Former high-level lawyer with L.A. city attorney agrees to plead guilty in DWP scandal
2 years, 11 months ago

Former high-level lawyer with L.A. city attorney agrees to plead guilty in DWP scandal

LA Times  

A former high-level lawyer in Los Angeles City Atty. In his plea agreement, Paradis said he was authorized by the city attorney’s office to find a lawyer to represent Jones who would be “friendly to the city and its litigation goals.” That way, the class action lawsuit involving Jones and other ratepayers, would be settled quickly and in a way …

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L.A. city attorneys took part in ‘sham lawsuit’ over DWP billing errors, report says
3 years, 5 months ago

L.A. city attorneys took part in ‘sham lawsuit’ over DWP billing errors, report says

LA Times  

A court-appointed investigator on Tuesday released a sweeping report on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the city attorney’s office, finding that attorneys participated in a scheme to settle litigation sparked by a faulty billing system and turn around the DWP’s battered image. Robbins found that the scheme allowed opposing attorneys to ultimately collect $19 million in …

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DWP customer at center of billing scandal files new lawsuit against city
3 years, 11 months ago

DWP customer at center of billing scandal files new lawsuit against city

LA Times  

The Van Nuys man whose lawsuit over a massive Los Angeles Department of Water and Power bill ultimately led to a tangled legal scandal and an FBI raid of City Hall has filed a new lawsuit against the city. The lawsuit claims the city and others used Jones as an “unwitting pawn” and that the city’s settlement of Jones’ class-action …

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Top Feuer deputy who worked on DWP settlement quits city attorney’s office
4 years, 2 months ago

Top Feuer deputy who worked on DWP settlement quits city attorney’s office

LA Times  

A key member of City Atty. Since joining the city attorney’s office in 2013, Clark helped supervise several high-profile cases, including a lawsuit brought against banking giant Wells Fargo and a sexual harassment lawsuit targeting Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar. He also said he’d been unable to work alongside others in the city attorney’s office during the pandemic and …

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Judge fines L.A. $2.5 million for ‘serious abuse’ in handling of evidence in DWP case
4 years, 2 months ago

Judge fines L.A. $2.5 million for ‘serious abuse’ in handling of evidence in DWP case

LA Times  

A judge slapped L.A. with a $2.5 million fine Tuesday, finding that the city committed “serious abuse” in how it handled evidence in the lawsuit involving the Department of Water and Power. PricewaterhouseCoopers attorney Daniel J. Thomasch said at Tuesday’s hearing that city attorneys intentionally dragged out the case by refusing to turn over evidence. PricewaterhouseCoopers attorneys said they would …

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