Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. DLPN (last ticker on record)

CIK 1282224Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

SEC/DOJ scrutiny
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 Jun 2024
Largest fall in its shares: 97%; Jul 2018 to Apr 2025
Law firms: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 9; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Nov 8, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 14, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jun 27, 2024Shares down 95% from their high
May 24, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 10, 2022Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 25, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 8, 2021Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jul 15, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 21, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 15, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 23, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jun 11, 2018Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 20, 2013Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 7, 2011An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Aug 15, 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
K&L Gates	Jun 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	723	1.06	1.35	1.18
Morrison & Foerster	Oct 2019	Named in a filing	825	1.17	0.55	1.15
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP	Oct 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	963	0.96	1.12	1.21
Greenberg Traurig	Jan 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	1,223	1.01	1.03	1.10
Roetzel & Andress	Aug 2008	Named in a filing	12	1.77	2.94	2.10
Arnstein & Lehr LLP	Jan 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	29	1.79	1.81	1.80
Baker & Hostetler	Oct 2017	Text search only	231	1.11	1.12	1.35

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
Clayton E. ParkerK&L Gates	Aug 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	129	1.18	1.96	1.28
Erin FogartyK&L Gates	Aug 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	9	0.00	0.00	2.17
Barry I. GrossmanEllenoff Grossman & Schole LLP	Oct 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	187	0.98	1.25	1.32
Sarah WilliamsEllenoff Grossman & Schole LLP	Oct 2017	Named in a filing	49	1.71	1.90	1.66
Laurie L. GreenGreenberg Traurig	Jun 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	26	0.00	0.00	1.71
Drew M. AltmanGreenberg Traurig	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	23	1.83	0.00	1.53
Kara L. MacCulloughGreenberg Traurig	Jan 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	26	0.55	2.41	0.81
Michael J. Morrison	Oct 2008	Named in a filing	54	1.51	1.78	0.64
Joel D. MayersohnAtlas Pearlman, P.A.	Jan 2008	Named in SEC correspondence	46	1.75	1.44	1.68