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American Airlines Group Inc. AAL (last ticker on record)

CIK 6201Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • SEC/DOJ scrutiny
  • 95% wipeout
  • Bankruptcy
  • Delisting notice (not a red flag)
  • Restructuring

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
4
Newest began Jul 2020
Largest fall in its shares
99%
Jan 2007 to Jan 2012
Law firms
11
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
8
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  2. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  3. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  4. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  5. Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  6. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  7. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  8. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  9. Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  10. Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  11. Shares down 95% from their high
  12. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K/A (opens in a new tab)
  13. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K/A (opens in a new tab)
  14. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  15. A filing mentions a grand jury subpoenaForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
  16. A filing mentions a grand jury subpoenaForm 10-K405 (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.

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.