Accounting Firm Quarterly Update, Q3 2026
Client Alert | October 29, 2026
We are pleased to provide you with Gibson Dunn’s Accounting Firm Quarterly Update for Q3 2026. The Update is available in .pdf format at the below link, and addresses news on the following topics that we hope are of interest to you:
- DOJ National Fraud Enforcement Division Outlines Priorities and Announces Early-Stage Whistleblower Program
- SEC Enforcement Director David Woodcock Highlights Importance of Efficiency in Investigations
- Federal District Court Declines to Halt PCAOB Disciplinary Proceedings
- PCAOB Amends Quality Control Standard QC 1000
- PCAOB Holds Inspections Modernization Council Meetings
- SEC Proposes to Remove PCAOB Registration and Inspection Requirements from Custody Rule Audits
- Other Recent SEC and PCAOB Developments
Please let us know if there are topics that you would be interested in seeing covered in future editions of the Update.
Warmest regards,
Jim Farrell
Michael Scanlon
David Ware
Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
In addition to the Accounting Firm Advisory and Defense Practice Group members listed above, this Update was prepared by Monica Limeng Woolley, Hayden McGovern, Nicholas Whetstone, Ty Shockley, Garrick R. Donnelly, and Jimmy Scoville.
Practice Group Contacts:
Jim Farrell – Co-Chair, New York (+1 212-351-5326, jfarrell@gibsondunn.com)
Michael Scanlon – Co-Chair, Washington, D.C. (+1 202-887-3668, mscanlon@gibsondunn.com)
David Ware – Washington, D.C. (+1 202-887-3652, dware@gibsondunn.com)
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