AMERICAN MEDIA INC ENQ (last ticker on record)
CIK 880555Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)
- 95% wipeout
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
- 1
- Newest began Feb 2009
- Largest fall in its shares
- 95%
- Apr 2002 to Feb 2009
- Law firms
- 5
- Linked to 5 or more companies
- Lawyers
- 1
- Linked to 5 or more companies
What happened
- Shares down 95% from their high
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.
- Steel Hector & DavisFirst linked Aug 1997 · Named in a filing · 26 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.36× · Went dark 0.58× · 95% wipeout 1.03×
- Shearman & SterlingFirst linked Sep 2012 · Text search only · 2,650 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.21× · Went dark 0.13× · 95% wipeout 0.84×
- Akin GumpFirst linked Aug 2012 · Text search only · 582 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.24× · Went dark 0.52× · 95% wipeout 1.18×
- Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonFirst linked Aug 2012 · Text search only · 826 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.02× · Went dark 0.18× · 95% wipeout 0.81×
- Wachtell Lipton Rosen & KatzFirst linked Aug 2012 · Text search only · 889 linked companiesSEC/DOJ scrutiny 1.29× · Went dark 0.07× · 95% wipeout 0.59×
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Hector & Davis | Aug 1997 | Named in a filing | 26 | 1.36 | 0.58 | 1.03 |
| Shearman & Sterling | Sep 2012 | Text search only | 2,650 | 1.21 | 0.13 | 0.84 |
| Akin Gump | Aug 2012 | Text search only | 582 | 1.24 | 0.52 | 1.18 |
| Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | Aug 2012 | Text search only | 826 | 1.02 | 0.18 | 0.81 |
| Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz | Aug 2012 | Text search only | 889 | 1.29 | 0.07 | 0.59 |
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.
| Name | First linked | How it is known | Linked companies | SEC/DOJ scrutiny | Went dark | 95% wipeout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa A. TestaniAkin Gump | Aug 2012 | Named in SEC correspondence | 29 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.56 |