QUESTAR ASSESSMENT, INC. QUSA (last ticker on record)
CIK 726603Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)
- Restatement
- 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
- 2
- Newest began Aug 2008
- Largest fall in its shares
- 99%
- Jan 2007 to Mar 2009
- Law firms
- 4
- Linked to 5 or more companies
- Lawyers
- 0
- Linked to 5 or more companies
What happened
- Shares down 95% from their high
- Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
- Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (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.
- Vedder PriceFirst linked Oct 2003 · Named in SEC correspondence · 144 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.03× · Went dark 0.35× · 95% wipeout 0.94×
- SALANS HERTZFELD HEILBRONN CHRISTY & VIENERFirst linked Mar 1999 · Named in a filing · 5 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.98× · Went dark 1.53× · 95% wipeout 4.35×
- CHRISTY & VIENERFirst linked May 1997 · Named in a filing · 6 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 3.28× · Went dark 1.19× · 95% wipeout 5.46×
- Hodgson RussFirst linked Nov 2005 · Text search only · 85 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.15× · Went dark 0.91× · 95% wipeout 1.39×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vedder Price | Oct 2003 | Named in SEC correspondence | 144 | 1.03 | 0.35 | 0.94 |
| SALANS HERTZFELD HEILBRONN CHRISTY & VIENER | Mar 1999 | Named in a filing | 5 | 1.98 | 1.53 | 4.35 |
| CHRISTY & VIENER | May 1997 | Named in a filing | 6 | 3.28 | 1.19 | 5.46 |
| Hodgson Russ | Nov 2005 | Text search only | 85 | 1.15 | 0.91 | 1.39 |