NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. NXST (last ticker on record)

CIK 1142417Its 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 Dec 2018
Largest fall in its shares: 96%; Jul 2007 to Mar 2009
Law firms: 16; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 13; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Dec 13, 2018A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
Oct 24, 2008Shares 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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Jacobson LLP	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	18	0.61	0.00	0.61
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Mar 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Kirkland & Ellis	Jun 2001	Named in SEC correspondence	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Cooley LLP	Mar 2016	Text search only	1,634	0.71	0.44	1.24
Fried Frank	Mar 2016	Text search only	540	1.33	0.24	0.94
Pillsbury Winthrop	Mar 2016	Text search only	516	1.13	0.82	1.27
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Mar 2016	Text search only	783	1.09	0.11	1.03
Wiley Rein	Jul 2013	Text search only	38	0.86	0.52	1.15
Covington & Burling	Nov 2003	Text search only	447	1.07	0.27	0.99
Winstead PC	Sep 2003	Text search only	121	1.19	0.85	1.27
Drinker Biddle & Reath	Dec 2002	Text search only	213	1.46	0.77	1.25
Hodgson Russ	Dec 2002	Text search only	85	1.15	0.91	1.39
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman	Apr 2002	Text search only	53	1.04	0.38	1.29
Arter & Hadden	Jun 2001	Text search only	61	1.01	1.99	0.58
Baker Botts L.L.P.	Jun 2001	Text search only	495	1.32	0.09	1.03
Latham & Watkins LLP	Jun 2001	Text search only	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10

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
Christina M. ThomasKirkland & Ellis	Apr 2024	Named in SEC correspondence	5	0.00	—	1.03
Brian HechtKirkland & Ellis	Jul 2019	Named in a filing	15	0.00	0.00	0.94
John KupiecVinson & Elkins L.L.P.	May 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	5	2.64	0.00	1.14
David B. FeirsteinKirkland & Ellis	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	11	0.84	0.00	0.00
Michael J. AielloWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Mar 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	107	1.23	0.00	0.75
Philip RichterFried Frank	Mar 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	44	1.54	0.00	1.65
Jason K. ZacharyKirkland & Ellis	Aug 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	20	1.05	0.00	0.49
Christian O. NaglerKirkland & Ellis	Sep 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	260	0.89	0.00	1.01
Joshua N. KorffKirkland & Ellis	Apr 2002	Named in SEC correspondence	107	0.65	0.00	1.43
Abigail BombaFried Frank	Mar 2016	Text search only	11	2.53	0.00	0.67
Robert L. KimballVinson & Elkins L.L.P.	Mar 2016	Text search only	25	2.50	0.00	0.63
Sachin KohliWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Mar 2016	Text search only	26	1.82	0.00	0.00
Gregory A. EzringPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Jun 2001	Text search only	55	0.35	0.00	1.07