Arthur Andersen Name Resurrected 12 Years After Firm’s Collapse
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More than a decade after Enron Corp. auditor Arthur Andersen cratered in the wake of a federal indictment, some of its former partners are resurrecting the name.
WTAS LLC, a San Francisco-based tax consultancy founded out of Andersen’s ashes, will go by AndersenTax as of today. The new identity is designed to capitalize on the defunct firm’s reputation for quality work -- before it was sullied in 2002 by charges of document shredding and obstructing a Justice Department investigation into book-cooking at Enron.