UNITED RENTALS, INC. URI (last ticker on record)

CIK 1067701Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
SEC/DOJ scrutiny
Delisting notice (not a red flag)

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 Oct 2009
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 20; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 14; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

May 3, 2012Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 28, 2009A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Apr 3, 2006Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 31, 2006A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 26, 2006Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jul 15, 2005Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 14, 2005Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Nov 9, 2004A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Nov 9, 2004A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-Q (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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Sullivan & Cromwell	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	1,047	1.40	0.15	0.69
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Aug 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Aug 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92
Kramer Levin Naftalis	Apr 2006	Named in a filing	304	0.95	0.68	1.16
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell	Jan 1999	Named in a filing	256	1.51	0.21	0.89
Eilenberg & Krause LLP	Sep 1998	Named in a filing	35	2.12	1.61	1.83
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Sep 1998	Named in a filing	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Blank Rome	Feb 2012	Text search only	348	1.04	0.79	1.36
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	Feb 2012	Text search only	741	1.31	0.12	0.76
Davis Polk	Feb 2012	Text search only	1,694	1.26	0.06	1.02
Kaye Scholer	Feb 2012	Text search only	161	0.88	1.03	1.00
Kirkland & Ellis	Feb 2012	Text search only	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	Feb 2012	Text search only	567	0.92	0.60	1.20
Patton Boggs	Feb 2012	Text search only	186	0.92	0.76	1.35
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal	Feb 2012	Text search only	160	1.08	0.56	1.23
White & Case	Jan 2012	Text search only	907	1.04	0.33	0.91
Haynes and Boone	Jul 2009	Text search only	353	1.03	0.56	0.84
K&L Gates	Jul 2009	Text search only	723	1.06	1.35	1.18
Shearman & Sterling	Jul 2009	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Munger Tolles & Olson	Sep 2001	Text search only	80	1.57	0.00	0.87

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.

Lawyers linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Neal McKnightSullivan & Cromwell	Oct 2026	Named in a filing	9	1.77	0.00	2.15
Robert W. DownesSullivan & Cromwell	Oct 2017	Named in a filing	58	1.62	0.82	0.52
Frank J. AquilaSullivan & Cromwell	Feb 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	15	1.85	0.00	0.00
Ariel J. DeckelbaumPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Jan 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	22	0.31	2.15	1.67
Francis J. AquilaSullivan & Cromwell	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	21	1.52	0.00	0.35
Robert B. SchumerPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Jan 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	45	0.49	0.00	0.46
Andrew D. SoussloffSullivan & Cromwell	Jul 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	12	1.46	0.00	0.00
Eric M. SwedenburgSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Jun 2008	Named in a filing	23	1.01	0.00	0.49
Gary I. HorowitzSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Aug 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	53	1.39	0.00	0.76
Thomas E. MolnerKramer Levin Naftalis	Apr 2006	Named in a filing	11	0.62	2.18	6.30
Malcolm E. LandauWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Mar 2001	Named in a filing	7	2.06	0.00	0.00
Stephen M. BesenWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Sep 1998	Named in a filing	16	1.88	1.54	0.64
George J. SampasSullivan & Cromwell	Jan 2012	Text search only	14	1.32	0.00	0.00
Oscar D. Folger	Sep 2001	Text search only	13	1.66	0.88	1.35