STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, LLC HOT (last ticker on record)

CIK 316206Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

SEC/DOJ scrutiny
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: 1; Newest began Sep 2014
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 11; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Sep 23, 2016Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Sep 10, 2014SEC administrative actionSEC order (opens in a new tab)
Sep 10, 2014SEC administrative actionSEC order (opens in a new tab)
Sep 10, 2014SEC administrative proceedingSEC order (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
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Feb 2016	Named in a filing	1,125	1.23	0.20	0.96
DLA Piper	Dec 2012	Named in a filing	1,184	1.00	0.45	1.20
Kilpatrick Stockton	Sep 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	191	0.88	0.37	0.91
Venable LLP	Jul 2003	Named in a filing	506	0.79	0.38	0.73
Lionel Sawyer & Collins	Nov 2002	Named in a filing	128	1.07	0.88	0.96
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	May 2002	Named in a filing	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Ballard Spahr	Mar 1999	Named in a filing	492	1.23	1.06	0.73
Piper & Marbury L.L.P.	Aug 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	143	1.05	1.33	0.89
Sidley Austin	Aug 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	1,210	1.30	0.14	0.93
Latham & Watkins LLP	Nov 2002	Text search only	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Brown & Wood	May 2002	Text search only	299	1.53	0.47	0.58

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
Ronald O. MuellerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Sep 2016	Named in a filing	41	1.43	1.05	0.59
David M. EatonKilpatrick Townsend	Sep 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	22	1.34	0.00	0.70
Boris DolgonosWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Sep 2007	Named in a filing	30	1.46	0.00	1.97
Michael A. GordonSidley Austin	Aug 2001	Named in a filing	19	2.07	0.00	0.88
Scott M. FreemanSidley Austin	Aug 1999	Named in a filing	18	3.17	0.00	1.24
ROBERT W. KADLECSidley Austin	Mar 1999	Named in a filing	5	6.11	0.00	0.00
Raymond Y. LinLatham & Watkins LLP	Jul 2003	Text search only	37	1.31	0.00	2.32