UNITED COMPANIES FINANCIAL CORP UC (last ticker on record)
CIK 217416Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)
- 95% wipeout
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 Feb 1999
- Largest fall in its shares
- 98%
- Apr 1998 to Feb 1999
- Law firms
- 2
- Linked to 5 or more companies
- Lawyers
- 2
- Linked to 5 or more companies
What happened
- Shares down 95% from their high
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.
- Stroock & Stroock & LavanFirst linked Sep 1994 · Named in SEC correspondence · 178 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 0.98× · Went dark 0.78× · 95% wipeout 0.89×
- Kantrow Spaht Weaver & BlitzerFirst linked Mar 1994 · Named in SEC correspondence · 11 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.37× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 0.81×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroock & Stroock & Lavan | Sep 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence | 178 | 0.98 | 0.78 | 0.89 |
| Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer | Mar 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence | 11 | 1.37 | 0.00 | 0.81 |
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.
- Reed D. AuerbachMcKee Nelson LLPFirst linked Aug 1994 · Named in SEC correspondence · 9 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.13× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 1.06×
- J. Michael Robinson Jr.Kantrow Spaht Weaver & BlitzerFirst linked Aug 1994 · Named in SEC correspondence · 6 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 2.56× · Went dark 0.00× · 95% wipeout 1.52×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed D. AuerbachMcKee Nelson LLP | Aug 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence | 9 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 1.06 |
| J. Michael Robinson Jr.Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer | Aug 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence | 6 | 2.56 | 0.00 | 1.52 |