AKESIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AKES (last ticker on record)
CIK 1042420Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)
- Restatement
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
- 1
- Newest began May 2007
- Largest fall in its shares
- —
- None of 95% on record
- Law firms
- 1
- Linked to 5 or more companies
- Lawyers
- 2
- Linked to 5 or more companies
What happened
- Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Feb 2005 | Text search only | 1,468 | 1.09 | 0.60 | 1.42 |
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.
- Mark Y. LiuAkerman LLPFirst linked Feb 2005 · Named in SEC correspondence · 6 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 2.28× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 0.77×
- Richard D. SurberFirst linked Sep 2000 · Named in a filing · 5 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 2.84× · Went dark 1.88× · 95% wipeout 1.07×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Y. LiuAkerman LLP | Feb 2005 | Named in SEC correspondence | 6 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.77 |
| Richard D. Surber | Sep 2000 | Named in a filing | 5 | 2.84 | 1.88 | 1.07 |