PwC will try to convince a San Francisco judge that its Silicon Valley staff acted appropriately in the audits of two tech companies and that it rightly fired a whistleblower.
The firm faces defending its reputation and commitment to independence from its clients in a bench trial set to begin Monday. Former PwC LLP senior manager Mauro Botta accuses the firm of firing him in retaliation for submitting complaints to the Securities and Exchange Commission and other accounting and audit regulators, saying the firm had a too cozy relationship with its clients and allowed weak internal controls to slide.
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