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FISCHER IMAGING CORP FIMG (last ticker on record)

CIK 750901Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • Restructuring
  • 95% wipeout
  • SEC/DOJ scrutiny
  • Went dark (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
3
Newest began Aug 2010
Largest fall in its shares
99%
Mar 2005 to Aug 2006
Law firms
2
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
2
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. SEC action against a company that stopped filingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
  2. SEC action against a company that stopped filingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
  3. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  4. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  5. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)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. Shares down 95% from their high
  8. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  9. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  10. SEC administrative proceedingSEC order (opens in a new tab)
  11. SEC enforcement releaseSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  12. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  13. A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
  14. A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  15. A filing mentions a formal order of investigationForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  16. A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 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.

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.