AZTAR CORP AZR (last ticker on record)

CIK 852807Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Delisting notice (not a red flag)
Restructuring
Bankruptcy

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 May 2008
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 16; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

May 6, 2008Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 6, 2008Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
May 2, 2008Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Jan 3, 2007Delisting notice (Item 3.01)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
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy	Jun 2007	Named in a filing	439	1.03	0.35	0.76
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Jun 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	2,607	1.15	0.19	0.85
Latham & Watkins LLP	Jun 1994	Named in SEC correspondence	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Baker & Daniels	Oct 2007	Text search only	129	1.11	0.45	1.22
Balch & Bingham	Oct 2007	Text search only	42	1.59	0.55	1.12
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	Oct 2007	Text search only	159	0.92	0.69	0.88
Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips	Oct 2007	Text search only	9	0.00	0.00	0.00
Cravath Swaine & Moore	Jun 2007	Text search only	839	1.29	0.03	0.85
Downey Brand	Jun 2007	Text search only	13	0.61	0.00	0.46
Freeborn & Peters	Jun 2007	Text search only	22	0.48	2.89	0.46
Greenberg Traurig	Jun 2007	Text search only	1,223	1.01	1.03	1.10
Lionel Sawyer & Collins	Jun 2007	Text search only	128	1.07	0.88	0.96
Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Jun 2007	Text search only	94	1.64	0.31	0.69
Ice Miller	Jul 2006	Text search only	112	1.19	0.21	0.93
Shearman & Sterling	Sep 2001	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Snell & Wilmer	Sep 2001	Text search only	244	1.34	1.19	1.38

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
Kenneth J. BaronskyMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy	Jun 2007	Named in a filing	13	0.73	1.40	1.52
Jeffrey A. BrillSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Jun 2006	Named in SEC correspondence	7	0.00	0.00	0.86
Gary KasharWhite & Case	Aug 2004	Named in a filing	16	0.58	0.00	0.68
David FoxKirkland & Ellis	Jun 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	23	1.31	0.00	0.32
NICHOLAS P. SAGGESEHolme Roberts & Owen LLP	Jun 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	26	1.97	0.00	1.40
BRIAN G. CARTWRIGHTLatham & Watkins LLP	Jun 1994	Named in SEC correspondence	12	1.13	0.00	0.88
Martha E. McGarrySkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Oct 2007	Text search only	8	0.00	0.00	0.00
VINCENT J. PISANOSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Oct 2007	Text search only	35	1.35	0.90	1.43
Kris F. HeinzelmanCravath Swaine & Moore	Jun 2007	Text search only	65	1.32	0.00	1.03
ROD A. GUERRASkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	Jun 2007	Text search only	7	2.70	0.00	0.00