Hughes Communications, Inc. HUGH (last ticker on record)

CIK 1345840Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

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: 0; None on record
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 11; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 5; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jun 9, 2011Delisting notice (Item 3.01)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
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	223	0.67	0.76	0.98
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	33	2.04	2.78	1.30
Sullivan & Cromwell	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	1,047	1.40	0.15	0.66
Akin Gump	Aug 2007	Named in a filing	582	1.24	0.52	1.18
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Dec 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.82
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy	Jan 2006	Text search only	439	1.01	0.35	0.70
Fried Frank	Dec 2005	Text search only	540	1.32	0.24	0.86
Morgan Lewis	Dec 2005	Text search only	1,028	1.18	0.31	1.01
O Melveny & Myers LLP	Dec 2005	Text search only	589	1.07	0.25	1.06
Shearman & Sterling	Dec 2005	Text search only	2,650	1.21	0.13	0.84
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Dec 2005	Text search only	1,397	1.27	0.11	0.88

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
Sarah P. PayneSullivan & Cromwell	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	25	0.87	0.00	0.40
Scott D. MillerSullivan & Cromwell	Jan 2012	Named in a filing	47	2.40	0.00	1.25
Rosa A. TestaniAkin Gump	Aug 2007	Named in a filing	29	0.96	0.00	0.56
Gregory A. FernicolaSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Dec 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	67	1.07	0.40	0.94
OR FORMATIONSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Dec 2005	Text search only	160	1.27	0.15	0.83