Vivint Smart Home, Inc. VVNT (last ticker on record)

CIK 1713952Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restructuring
SEC/DOJ scrutiny
Restatement
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 May 2021
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 13; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Mar 10, 2023Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 7, 2021Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 3, 2021A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
Mar 3, 2020Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Oct 9, 2018Delisting 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
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Sep 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92
Maples and Calder	Aug 2017	Named in a filing	1,144	0.95	0.26	0.92
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.85
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Fried Frank	Sep 2019	Text search only	540	1.33	0.24	0.94
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Sep 2019	Text search only	1,468	1.09	0.60	1.42

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
Eric M. SwedenburgSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Mar 2023	Named in a filing	23	1.01	0.00	0.49
Jonathan R. OznerSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Feb 2021	Named in SEC correspondence	21	1.01	0.00	0.00
Joshua Ford BonnieSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Feb 2021	Named in a filing	54	1.61	0.00	1.11
Igor FertSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Feb 2020	Named in a filing	10	2.04	0.00	0.00
Mark BrodSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Feb 2020	Named in a filing	27	0.83	0.00	0.35
Ross A. FieldstonPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Sep 2019	Named in a filing	16	1.08	0.00	1.18
Jonathan KoPaul Hastings	Sep 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	65	1.63	0.00	0.97
Alexander D. LynchWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	115	1.18	0.33	1.45
Gregg A. NoelSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	206	1.74	0.21	0.99
Jeffrey D. MarellPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	54	1.80	0.00	0.94
Raphael M. RussoPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Aug 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	72	1.67	0.00	1.02
Elizabeth A. CooperSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Sep 2019	Text search only	37	1.43	0.00	0.35
Alex LynchWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Sep 2017	Text search only	14	2.50	0.00	1.67