CytoDyn Inc. CYDY (last ticker on record)

CIK 1175680Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

95% wipeout
Restatement
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: 3; Newest began Dec 2022
Largest fall in its shares: 98%; Jun 2020 to Dec 2024
Law firms: 8; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Dec 20, 2022An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Aug 5, 2022Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 7, 2022Shares down 95% from their high
Jan 29, 2019SEC administrative proceedingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
Jan 29, 2019SEC enforcement releaseSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Jan 29, 2019An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Jul 27, 2018A filing mentions a Wells noticeForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 5, 2011A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-K/A (opens in a new tab)
Jul 21, 2011A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 16, 2011Said 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
Sidley Austin	Aug 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	1,210	1.30	0.14	0.93
Perkins Coie	Jan 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	511	0.93	0.27	0.98
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	Jun 2015	Named in a filing	223	0.67	0.75	0.97
Lowenstein Sandler	Dec 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	297	1.12	0.70	1.42
Miller Nash LLP	Nov 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	41	0.43	0.00	0.90
Holland & Knight	Feb 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	413	1.17	0.82	1.19
Baker Botts L.L.P.	Aug 2021	Text search only	495	1.32	0.09	1.03
Thompson Hine LLP	Feb 2018	Text search only	208	0.95	0.64	1.09

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
Sara von AlthannSidley Austin	Oct 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	8	2.58	0.00	0.84
Danielle BenderlyPerkins Coie	Mar 2020	Named in a filing	30	1.65	1.26	0.91
Kara E. TatmanPerkins Coie	Jan 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	7	2.00	0.00	0.83
M. Christopher HallPerkins Coie	Jan 2020	Named in a filing	14	1.89	0.00	1.08
James O GradyLowenstein Sandler	Dec 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	6	2.27	0.00	2.64
Michael J. LernerLowenstein Sandler	Jun 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	29	1.22	0.00	1.59
Steven M. SkolnickLowenstein Sandler	Dec 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	69	1.23	1.18	1.36
Mary Ann FrantzMiller Nash LLP	Jul 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	21	0.70	0.00	0.96
KENNETH G. EADE	Jun 2004	Named in a filing	33	1.65	1.44	0.83
Kenneth Eade	Jun 2004	Text search only	12	3.44	1.13	0.59