Warner Music Group Corp. WMG (last ticker on record)

CIK 1319161Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Restructuring

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 2023
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 17; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Mar 29, 2023Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jul 20, 2011Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 8, 2007Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 12, 2006Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 13, 2006Delisting notice (Item 3.01)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
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft	Apr 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	305	1.14	0.24	0.95
Debevoise & Plimpton	May 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	424	1.10	0.14	1.04
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Mar 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92
McDermott Will & Emery	May 2020	Text search only	562	0.97	0.60	1.14
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	Jan 2012	Text search only	149	0.72	1.18	1.15
Cohne Rappaport & Segal	Jan 2012	Text search only	18	1.29	1.03	0.96
DLA Piper	Jan 2012	Text search only	1,184	1.00	0.45	1.20
Dorsey & Whitney LLP	Jan 2012	Text search only	630	0.83	0.73	1.16
McCarter & English	Jan 2012	Text search only	141	1.18	0.69	0.78
Pillsbury Winthrop	Jan 2012	Text search only	516	1.13	0.82	1.27
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.	Jan 2012	Text search only	995	1.46	0.37	0.80
VAN COTT BAGLEY CORNWALL & McCARTHY	Jan 2012	Text search only	14	0.57	0.00	0.00
Shearman & Sterling	Jul 2005	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Cravath Swaine & Moore	Apr 2005	Text search only	839	1.29	0.03	0.85
Loeb & Loeb LLP	Apr 2005	Text search only	838	0.92	0.99	1.10
Ropes & Gray	Apr 2005	Text search only	914	0.98	0.14	0.92
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Mar 2005	Text search only	826	1.02	0.18	0.83

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	95% wipeout
Meir D. KatzDebevoise & Plimpton	Feb 2020	Named in a filing	8	0.00	2.60
Eric T. JuergensDebevoise & Plimpton	Oct 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	15	0.63	1.95
William P. MillsCadwalader Wickersham & Taft	Apr 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	18	0.99	0.67
Matthew E. KaplanDebevoise & Plimpton	Jul 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	22	0.62	1.96
Edward P. Tolley IIISimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Mar 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	58	0.93	0.53
Elizabeth Pagel SerebranskyDebevoise & Plimpton	Feb 2020	Text search only	5	0.90	0.00
Robert W. Forman	Jan 2012	Text search only	5	1.06	0.00
Brian M. StadlerSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	May 2005	Text search only	39	0.25	0.31
John G. FinleySimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Apr 2005	Text search only	17	1.76	0.66
Richard HallCravath Swaine & Moore	Apr 2005	Text search only	47	0.81	0.55