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SAFETY KLEEN CORP/ SK_OLD (last ticker on record)

CIK 701856Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • 95% wipeout
  • 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 Dec 2002
Largest fall in its shares
96%
Dec 1997 to May 2000
Law firms
2
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
2
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. A filing mentions a formal order of investigationForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  2. 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.

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.