VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP VG (last ticker on record)

CIK 1272830Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restructuring
Restatement
95% wipeout
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: 3; Newest began Oct 2008
Largest fall in its shares: 97%; May 2006 to Jul 2009
Law firms: 12; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 9; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jul 21, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 19, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 11, 2009Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 30, 2008Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 8, 2008Shares down 95% from their high
Feb 13, 2008Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 12, 2007Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)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
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP	Jul 2022	Named in a filing	127	1.28	0.00	0.91
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jun 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Duane Morris	May 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	413	0.76	1.28	1.06
Bingham McCutchen	Apr 2006	Named in a filing	291	0.94	0.38	1.06
Cravath Swaine & Moore	Feb 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	839	1.29	0.03	0.85
Shearman & Sterling	Feb 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
SWIDLER & BERLIN, CHARTERED	Feb 2006	Named in a filing	78	0.98	1.75	1.36
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Oct 2008	Text search only	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Gunderson Dettmer	Apr 2006	Text search only	333	1.17	0.66	1.32
Latham & Watkins LLP	Apr 2006	Text search only	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Ropes & Gray	Apr 2006	Text search only	914	0.98	0.14	0.92
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Apr 2006	Text search only	1,468	1.09	0.60	1.42

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
Lori GoodmanFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP	Jul 2022	Named in a filing	7	1.73	0.00	0.68
Ellen J. OdonerWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jun 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	15	1.39	0.00	0.00
Damien A. GriersonK&L Gates	Oct 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	5	0.00	0.00	0.83
Richard L. CohenDuane Morris	May 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	6	0.00	0.00	1.72
Erik R. TavzelCravath Swaine & Moore	Feb 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	19	1.50	0.00	2.33
James S. Scott Sr.Shearman & Sterling	Feb 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	5	1.12	0.00	2.04
Stephen T. GioveShearman & Sterling	Feb 2006	Named in a filing	33	0.97	0.79	0.87
TREVOR J. CHAPLICKProskauer Rose	Apr 2006	Text search only	15	0.48	0.00	1.37
John J. Cannon IIIShearman & Sterling	Apr 2006	Text search only	22	0.66	0.00	1.30