ALLEGHANY CORP /DE Y (last ticker on record)

CIK 775368Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
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: 2; Newest began Aug 2009
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 7; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Oct 19, 2022Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Aug 20, 2009Far more SEC letters than usualSEC letter (opens in a new tab)
Mar 3, 2006Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 8, 2005Said 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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP	Aug 2014	Named in a filing	390	1.38	0.86	1.22
Edwards Wildman Palmer	Feb 2013	Named in a filing	54	0.88	0.43	0.80
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Dec 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	889	1.31	0.07	0.59
Willkie Farr	Dec 2011	Named in a filing	539	1.23	0.40	0.84
Day Pitney LLP	Sep 2010	Named in a filing	69	1.26	0.00	0.74
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP	Apr 2010	Named in a filing	126	1.60	0.00	0.15
Dewey Ballantine	Jun 1998	Named in a filing	228	2.03	0.29	0.87
Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine	Sep 1994	Named in SEC correspondence	8	3.31	0.00	0.00
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.	Dec 2011	Text search only	995	1.46	0.37	0.80
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Dec 2011	Text search only	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.85

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
Laura L. DelanoyWillkie Farr	Oct 2022	Named in a filing	18	3.18	0.00	1.38
Steven A. SeidmanWillkie Farr	Oct 2022	Named in a filing	19	2.21	0.00	0.92
Kenneth M. SilvermanOlshan Frome Wolosky LLP	Aug 2014	Named in a filing	8	1.15	1.41	1.11
Alison M. ZieskeWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Dec 2011	Named in SEC correspondence	6	1.28	0.00	2.04
David E. ShapiroWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Dec 2011	Named in a filing	56	0.95	0.00	0.54
Linda E. RansomDewey Ballantine	Sep 1994	Named in SEC correspondence	6	3.42	0.00	1.79
Edward D. HerlihyWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Dec 2011	Text search only	148	1.03	0.00	0.43