NORTHWEST BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC NWBO (last ticker on record)

CIK 1072379Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
95% wipeout
Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Restructuring
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: 4; Newest began Oct 2019
Largest fall in its shares: 99%; Apr 2010 to Jun 2017
Law firms: 8; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Aug 10, 2020A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Oct 10, 2019SEC administrative proceedingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
Oct 10, 2019SEC enforcement releaseSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Oct 10, 2019An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Aug 21, 2017A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
May 26, 2017Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 17, 2017A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 9, 2016Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 9, 2016Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Nov 14, 2016Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jun 30, 2016Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 11, 2016Shares down 95% from their high
Apr 22, 2011Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K/A (opens in a new tab)
Apr 15, 2008A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Kane Kessler, P.C.	Nov 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	58	1.27	1.59	0.98
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Oct 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	1,125	1.23	0.20	0.96
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	Aug 2013	Named in a filing	113	0.71	0.68	1.07
Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP	Jun 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	1,005	1.27	1.62	1.26
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP	May 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	32	1.69	0.84	1.16
Covington & Burling	Nov 2007	Named in a filing	447	1.07	0.27	0.99
Lane Powell PC	Aug 2001	Named in a filing	36	0.62	0.00	0.85
Morgan Lewis	Oct 2001	Text search only	1,028	1.18	0.31	1.02

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
Brian LaneGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Oct 2022	Named in SEC correspondence	52	1.93	0.00	0.71
Glenn R. PollnerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Oct 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	26	2.00	0.00	1.62
Daniel I. GoldbergCooley LLP	Jun 2012	Named in a filing	184	0.64	0.00	1.03
Jeffrey J. FesslerSheppard Mullin	Jun 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	56	0.86	0.37	1.21
Peter CampitielloKane Kessler, P.C.	May 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	55	2.15	1.30	1.37
David H. EngvallCovington & Burling	Nov 2007	Named in a filing	16	1.93	0.00	1.60
William W. LinLane Powell PC	Feb 2002	Named in a filing	5	2.32	0.00	1.12
Michael E. MorganLane Powell PC	Aug 2001	Named in a filing	11	1.44	0.00	1.24
Eric ScarazzoGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Apr 2018	Text search only	30	1.45	0.00	1.00
Yvan-Claude PierreReed Smith	Jun 2012	Text search only	30	1.96	1.66	2.33