LASON INC LSSN (last ticker on record)
CIK 1020616Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)
- 95% wipeout
- SEC/DOJ scrutiny
These figures describe clients, not conduct. A lawyer or firm can serve many companies that later had trouble for reasons that have nothing to do with their work, and nothing here says any lawyer or firm did anything wrong.
- Red flags
- 2
- Newest began Mar 2008
- Largest fall in its shares
- 98%
- Jan 1999 to Aug 2000
- Law firms
- 1
- Linked to 5 or more companies
- Lawyers
- 2
- Linked to 5 or more companies
What happened
- An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
- An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
- Shares down 95% from their high
An SEC release can name a company’s officer, or its stock as what a scheme sold or moved, so the company may be the victim. Each link goes to what to read.
Law firms
The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis | Aug 1996 | Named in SEC correspondence | 1,687 | 0.97 | 0.17 | 0.86 |
Lawyers
The ratios are about all the companies linked to each one, this one included: how many had that outcome, as a multiple of what comparable companies show. 1.00 means no more than expected.
- Fred B. GreenBodman LLPFirst linked Dec 1996 · Named in a filing · 7 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 3.24× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 1.98×
- H. KURT VON MOLTKEKirkland & EllisFirst linked Aug 1996 · Named in SEC correspondence · 11 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 2.78× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 1.74×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred B. GreenBodman LLP | Dec 1996 | Named in a filing | 7 | 3.24 | 0.00 | 1.98 |
| H. KURT VON MOLTKEKirkland & Ellis | Aug 1996 | Named in SEC correspondence | 11 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 1.74 |