GLOBAL SIGNAL INC GSL (last ticker on record)

CIK 1278382Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement

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: 1; Newest began Mar 2005
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 20; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Mar 3, 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
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Feb 2004	Named in SEC correspondence	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.85
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman	Dec 2004	Text search only	53	1.04	0.38	1.29
Sullivan & Cromwell	Dec 2004	Text search only	1,047	1.40	0.15	0.69
Akerman LLP	Feb 2004	Text search only	211	1.09	0.67	1.36
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft	Feb 2004	Text search only	305	1.14	0.24	0.95
Clifford Chance US LLP	Feb 2004	Text search only	260	0.92	0.41	0.85
Davis Polk	Feb 2004	Text search only	1,694	1.26	0.06	1.02
Foley & Lardner	Feb 2004	Text search only	498	1.00	0.71	1.02
Holland & Knight	Feb 2004	Text search only	413	1.17	0.82	1.19
HYNES & LERACH	Feb 2004	Text search only	24	1.77	1.35	1.43
Kramer Levin Naftalis	Feb 2004	Text search only	304	0.95	0.68	1.16
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP	Feb 2004	Text search only	106	1.24	0.72	1.73
Lowenstein Sandler	Feb 2004	Text search only	297	1.12	0.70	1.42
Maples and Calder	Feb 2004	Text search only	1,144	0.95	0.26	0.92
Piper & Marbury L.L.P.	Feb 2004	Text search only	143	1.05	1.33	0.89
Piper Rudnick	Feb 2004	Text search only	183	1.09	0.37	0.82
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.	Feb 2004	Text search only	995	1.46	0.37	0.80
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan	Feb 2004	Text search only	178	0.98	0.78	0.96
WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING	Feb 2004	Text search only	662	1.14	0.33	1.26
Winstead PC	Feb 2004	Text search only	121	1.19	0.85	1.27

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
Joseph A. CocoSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Dec 2004	Named in SEC correspondence	63	1.95	0.46	1.24
Phyllis G. KorffSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Feb 2004	Named in a filing	50	1.53	0.58	1.18
Paul T. SchnellSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Apr 2004	Text search only	37	2.07	0.00	0.23
PETER S. KOLEVZONKramer Levin Naftalis	Apr 2004	Text search only	12	0.76	0.00	0.58
Chester E. BachellerHolland & Knight	Feb 2004	Text search only	5	0.78	0.00	2.55
J. Gregory MilmoeSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Feb 2004	Text search only	9	0.92	2.69	1.09
Randall H. DoudSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Feb 2004	Text search only	19	0.78	0.00	0.00