GROWLIFE, INC. PHOT (last ticker on record)

CIK 1161582Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

SEC/DOJ scrutiny
Restatement
95% wipeout
Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Restructuring
Went dark (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 May 2021
Largest fall in its shares: 100%; Mar 2014 to Sep 2023
Law firms: 5; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Sep 5, 2025SEC action against a company that stopped filingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
May 14, 2021Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 5, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 16, 2014Shares down 95% from their high
Jun 20, 2014Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 10, 2014SEC trading suspensionSEC order (opens in a new tab)
Feb 16, 2005Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K/A (opens in a new tab)
Feb 15, 2005Said 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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Horwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation	Nov 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	8	1.32	7.14	1.78
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP	Dec 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	45	1.40	0.86	0.94
Feldman Weinstein	Sep 2003	Named in a filing	278	0.92	1.17	1.20
Willkie Farr	Dec 2001	Named in a filing	539	1.23	0.40	0.84
Fifth Avenue Law Group	Nov 2015	Text search only	6	1.41	2.80	1.41

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
Jessica M. LockettHorwitz + Armstrong, A Professional Law Corporation	Aug 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	15	0.95	3.00	1.26
Christopher L. TinenProcopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP	Nov 2015	Named in a filing	22	1.32	5.75	1.17
Lawrence W. HorwitzHorwitz & Beam	Nov 2015	Named in a filing	21	1.25	1.20	1.67
Louis WhartonStubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP	Dec 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	9	1.82	1.85	1.27
David N. FeldmanFeldman Weinstein	Sep 2003	Named in SEC correspondence	145	0.47	0.48	1.16
William H. GumpWillkie Farr	Dec 2001	Named in a filing	16	1.56	1.01	0.75
Greg AkselrudStubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP	Dec 2010	Text search only	9	2.57	1.44	1.68