HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC HMA (last ticker on record)

CIK 792985Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restructuring
SEC/DOJ scrutiny
Restatement
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: 3; Newest began Nov 2013
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 26; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 8; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Jan 27, 2014Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 13, 2014A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
Jan 13, 2014A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
Jan 13, 2014A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
Nov 5, 2013Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 3, 2013A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
May 3, 2013A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
May 3, 2013A filing mentions an SEC subpoenaForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Nov 2, 2012A filing mentions cooperating with the Justice DepartmentForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Aug 5, 2008Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Feb 3, 2006Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)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
Kirkland & Ellis	Nov 2013	Named in a filing	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jul 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Akin Gump	Jun 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	582	1.24	0.52	1.25
Balch & Bingham	Aug 2012	Named in a filing	42	1.59	0.55	1.12
CARRINGTON COLEMAN SLOMAN & BLUMENTHAL	Aug 2012	Named in a filing	7	2.66	0.00	2.40
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein	Aug 2012	Named in a filing	45	1.03	0.53	0.87
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP	Dec 1997	Named in SEC correspondence	77	1.35	0.33	0.70
Adams and Reese	Sep 2014	Text search only	37	1.78	0.43	1.55
Ballard Spahr	Sep 2014	Text search only	492	1.23	1.06	0.73
Bingham Greenebaum Doll	Sep 2014	Text search only	20	0.85	0.00	1.07
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings	Sep 2014	Text search only	58	1.11	0.00	0.73
Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation	Sep 2014	Text search only	123	1.14	0.73	1.47
Hancock Daniel Johnson & Nagle	Sep 2014	Text search only	12	0.79	0.00	0.74
Hodgson Russ	Sep 2014	Text search only	85	1.15	0.91	1.39
Husch Blackwell	Sep 2014	Text search only	154	1.00	1.03	1.18
King & Spalding	Sep 2014	Text search only	426	1.28	0.35	1.04
Kutak Rock	Sep 2014	Text search only	123	0.93	1.56	0.64
Liechty & McGinnis	Sep 2014	Text search only	7	1.14	0.00	3.27
Lionel Sawyer & Collins	Sep 2014	Text search only	128	1.07	0.88	0.96
McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation	Sep 2014	Text search only	63	1.24	0.44	1.29
McGuireWoods LLP	Sep 2014	Text search only	358	0.97	0.85	1.11
MONTGOMERY & ANDREWS	Sep 2014	Text search only	8	0.00	0.00	2.93
Shearman & Sterling	Sep 2014	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Snell & Wilmer	Sep 2014	Text search only	244	1.34	1.19	1.38
Steptoe & Johnson	Sep 2014	Text search only	80	1.10	0.65	1.34
Davis Polk	Oct 2003	Text search only	1,694	1.26	0.06	1.02

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	95% wipeout
Matthew J. GilroyWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jul 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	31	1.55	0.45
Michael J. AielloWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Jul 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	107	1.23	0.75
Patrick J. DooleyAkin Gump	Jul 2013	Named in SEC correspondence	21	1.83	0.53
Charles S. Whitman IIISullivan & Cromwell	Nov 2004	Named in SEC correspondence	9	3.92	0.00
Daniel R. KinelHarter Secrest & Emery LLP	Apr 2002	Named in SEC correspondence	14	1.67	0.54
Craig S. WittlinHarter Secrest & Emery LLP	Oct 2000	Named in a filing	5	2.77	2.21
Emmett W. BerrymanLiechty & McGinnis	Sep 2014	Text search only	7	1.44	3.54
Suzanne C. OdomMONTGOMERY & ANDREWS	Sep 2014	Text search only	6	0.00	4.19