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VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP VTSS (last ticker on record)

CIK 880446Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • Restatement
  • 95% wipeout
  • Restructuring
  • 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
4
Newest began Aug 2013
Largest fall in its shares
98%
Feb 2004 to Dec 2012
Law firms
11
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
16
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  2. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  3. A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
  4. A Justice Department statement names it, an officer or its stockJustice Department (opens in a new tab)
  5. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  6. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  7. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  8. SEC enforcement releaseSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  9. An SEC release names it, an officer or its stockSEC release (opens in a new tab)
  10. Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  11. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  12. Shares down 95% from their high
  13. A filing mentions a grand jury subpoenaForm 10-K (opens in a new tab)
  14. A filing mentions a grand jury subpoenaForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  15. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  16. Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  17. Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  18. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  19. 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.

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.