U.S. CONCRETE, INC. USCR (last ticker on record)

CIK 1073429Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

95% wipeout
Bankruptcy
Restructuring
Restatement
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: 4; Newest began Apr 2016
Largest fall in its shares: 99%; May 2006 to Jul 2010
Law firms: 17; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Aug 26, 2021Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 27, 2016Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jul 30, 2010Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 29, 2010Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 29, 2010Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 29, 2010Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 9, 2010Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Nov 16, 2009Shares down 95% from their high
Apr 7, 2005Delisting notice (Item 3.01)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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Apr 2013	Named in a filing	783	1.09	0.11	1.03
Connell Foley	Mar 2013	Named in a filing	10	1.11	1.83	0.80
Conner & Winters	Mar 2013	Named in a filing	66	1.06	0.19	1.00
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	Mar 2013	Named in a filing	159	0.92	0.69	0.88
Whiteford Taylor & Preston	Mar 2013	Named in a filing	35	1.16	0.48	1.42
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Mar 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Kirkland & Ellis	Sep 2010	Named in a filing	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Akin Gump	Dec 2000	Named in SEC correspondence	582	1.24	0.52	1.25
Baker Botts L.L.P.	Mar 1999	Named in a filing	495	1.32	0.09	1.03
Andrews Kurth LLP	Mar 2013	Text search only	398	1.27	0.35	1.30
King & Spalding	Mar 2013	Text search only	426	1.28	0.35	1.04
Reed Smith	Mar 2013	Text search only	487	1.15	0.77	1.13
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Feb 2013	Text search only	1,125	1.23	0.20	0.96
Shook Hardy & Bacon	Mar 2011	Text search only	35	1.07	0.00	1.76
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP	Nov 2006	Text search only	106	1.24	0.72	1.73
Dickinson Wright	May 2004	Text search only	104	1.20	1.73	1.43
Shearman & Sterling	May 2004	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	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
Garrett A. DeVriesAkin Gump	May 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	14	0.77	0.00	3.04
Bruce S. MendelsohnAkin Gump	Feb 2013	Named in a filing	47	0.62	0.00	0.51
Kerry E. BerchemAkin Gump	Feb 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	13	0.62	0.00	0.00
Brian M. JansonPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Sep 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	39	0.00	0.00	1.02
Tracey A. ZacconePaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Mar 2011	Named in a filing	26	1.14	0.00	1.03
Ted W. ParisBaker Botts L.L.P.	Mar 1999	Named in a filing	10	1.14	0.00	3.72
J. Patrick RyanAkin Gump	May 2004	Text search only	7	0.91	2.93	2.83