Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. AFSI (last ticker on record)

CIK 1365555Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
Delisting notice (not a red flag)
SEC/DOJ scrutiny

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: 2; Newest began Oct 2018
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 16; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 12; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jun 17, 2020SEC enforcement releaseSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Jun 17, 2020An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Jan 18, 2019Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Nov 29, 2018Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 12, 2018An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
Mar 23, 2017Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 16, 2017Said 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
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Apr 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Apr 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.85
Willkie Farr	Apr 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	539	1.23	0.40	0.84
Locke Lord	May 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	179	1.70	0.54	1.00
Sidley Austin	Jun 2013	Named in a filing	1,210	1.30	0.14	0.93
Edwards Wildman Palmer	Mar 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	54	0.88	0.43	0.80
Thompson Hine LLP	Aug 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	208	0.95	0.64	1.09
Troutman Sanders LLP	Jun 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	335	1.15	0.61	1.16
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Apr 2018	Text search only	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92
Stevens & Lee	Mar 2013	Text search only	127	1.08	0.74	0.59
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP	Mar 2013	Text search only	110	1.07	0.53	1.03
Edwards & Angell	Jul 2006	Text search only	81	0.68	0.59	1.15
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge	Jul 2006	Text search only	76	0.83	0.66	1.38
Palmer & Dodge	Jul 2006	Text search only	98	0.89	0.75	0.99
Lord Bissell & Brook	Jun 2006	Text search only	42	1.24	1.04	0.41
Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.	Jun 2006	Text search only	10	1.12	0.00	0.85

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
Laura L. DelanoyWillkie Farr	Apr 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	18	3.18	0.00	1.38
Steven A. SeidmanWillkie Farr	Apr 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	19	2.21	0.00	0.92
Adam M. GivertzPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Jan 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	43	0.84	0.00	0.66
Ross A. FieldstonPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Jan 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	16	1.08	0.00	1.18
Todd E. FreedSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Jan 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	28	0.78	0.00	0.39
Samir A. GandhiSidley Austin	Dec 2014	Named in a filing	37	0.93	0.00	1.39
Matthew C. DallettLocke Lord	Mar 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	13	1.11	1.45	2.61
Thomas A. AldrichThompson Hine LLP	Aug 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	6	1.86	0.00	0.00
Joseph WalshTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP	Aug 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	23	1.53	1.66	1.28
Henry I. RothmanTroutman Sanders LLP	Jun 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	30	0.27	0.38	1.11
Jon A. HlafterSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Jan 2018	Text search only	10	1.27	0.00	1.11
Howard C. BluverWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Jun 2006	Text search only	11	1.42	0.00	1.40