AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AOLS (last ticker on record)

CIK 1261734Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
95% wipeout

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 Mar 2017
Largest fall in its shares: 98%; Jul 2004 to Dec 2017
Law firms: 5; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 9; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Mar 23, 2017Shares down 95% from their high
Feb 19, 2013Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)

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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
Drinker Biddle & Reath	Jun 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	213	1.46	0.77	1.26
K&L Gates	May 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	723	1.06	1.35	1.20
Paul Hastings	Jan 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	768	0.98	0.72	1.08
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	Sep 2003	Named in a filing	113	0.71	0.68	1.06
McKenna Long & Aldridge	May 2013	Text search only	62	1.33	0.27	1.25

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 J. LynchHogan & Hartson	Jun 2014	Named in SEC correspondence	14	1.10	0.00	0.95
Michael A. HedgeK&L Gates	May 2012	Named in SEC correspondence	32	1.98	0.77	1.89
Jeff HartlinPaul Hastings	Apr 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	20	0.96	0.00	1.35
Jeffrey T. HartlinPaul Hastings	Jun 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	28	0.77	1.22	1.67
Leigh P. RyanPaul Hastings	Jan 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	6	1.94	0.00	1.29
Alexander M. DonaldsonWyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	Sep 2003	Named in a filing	29	1.15	0.00	1.30
Luke P. Iovine IIIPaul Hastings	Feb 2006	Text search only	8	0.00	0.00	3.05
John D. HogoboomLowenstein Sandler	Sep 2003	Text search only	49	0.59	1.07	1.11
Larry E. RobbinsWyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	Sep 2003	Text search only	15	1.66	2.07	2.03