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Comments on the SEC’s Proposed Rule titled “Strengthening the Commission's Requirements Regarding Auditor Independence” are available here:

https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s74902.shtml

You can see comments by various firms, groups, and individuals, including each of the Big 4, the second-tier and other audit firms. 

Read the submissions of 

• (a) Deloitte 
• (b) Ernst & Young
• (c) Lynn Turner, former Chief Accountant of the SEC
• (d) Mark Anson, Chief Investment Officer, the California Public Employees' Retirement System.

https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s74902/deloitte1.htm

https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s74902/ernstyoung1.htm

https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s74902/lturner011303.htm

https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s74902/manson1.htm

Required:

Critically evaluate the partner compensation rules from SEC’s FRR No.68 (2003). 

• What are the pros and cons of the rule? 
• How can the rule be improved? 

Your answer must include references to the above four comments, but you are free to use material from other commenters.