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FRIEDMANS INC FRDMQ (last ticker on record)

CIK 911004Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • SEC/DOJ scrutiny
  • Bankruptcy
  • Restructuring
  • 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
4
Newest began Aug 2005
Largest fall in its shares
99%
Feb 2005 to Dec 2005
Law firms
1
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
4
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  2. Shares down 95% from their high
  3. A filing mentions a formal order of investigationForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  4. Exit or disposal costs (Item 2.05)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  5. Bankruptcy or receivership (Item 1.03)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  6. A filing mentions cooperating with the SECForm 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  7. A filing mentions a Wells noticeForm 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.