LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. LAUR (last ticker on record)

CIK 912766Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restatement
SEC/DOJ scrutiny

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 Nov 2020
Largest fall in its shares: —; None of 95% on record
Law firms: 17; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 10; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Nov 5, 2020A filing mentions cooperating with the Justice DepartmentForm 10-Q (opens in a new tab)
Mar 1, 2007Said 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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Mar 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	1,396	1.28	0.11	0.92
DLA Piper	Mar 2005	Named in SEC correspondence	1,184	1.00	0.45	1.20
Piper Rudnick	Sep 2004	Named in a filing	183	1.09	0.37	0.82
Piper & Marbury L.L.P.	May 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	143	1.05	1.33	0.89
Drinker Biddle & Reath	Jan 2017	Text search only	213	1.46	0.77	1.25
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Dec 2016	Text search only	1,125	1.23	0.20	0.96
Goodwin Procter	Dec 2016	Text search only	1,221	0.79	0.31	1.17
Kirkland & Ellis	Dec 2016	Text search only	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Dec 2016	Text search only	826	1.02	0.18	0.83
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	Dec 2016	Text search only	1,051	1.31	0.27	0.91
Linklaters LLP	May 2016	Text search only	156	1.05	0.00	0.63
Ballard Spahr	Dec 2015	Text search only	492	1.23	1.06	0.73
Lane Powell PC	Dec 2015	Text search only	36	0.62	0.00	0.85
Shearman & Sterling	Dec 2015	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87
Latham & Watkins LLP	Nov 2015	Text search only	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Pillsbury Winthrop	Mar 2007	Text search only	516	1.13	0.82	1.27
Shaw Pittman	Mar 2007	Text search only	149	0.98	0.53	1.08

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
Michael J. SteinDLA Piper	Jun 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	12	2.45	0.00	0.56
Joseph KaufmanSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Dec 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	45	0.82	0.00	0.46
Robert W. Smith Jr.DLA Piper	Nov 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	5	2.14	0.00	0.00
Gary I. HorowitzSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Oct 2015	Named in SEC correspondence	53	1.39	0.00	0.76
Jason C. HarmonDLA Piper	Mar 2007	Named in SEC correspondence	21	2.36	0.00	0.37
Richard C. Tilghman Jr.Piper & Marbury L.L.P.	May 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	8	0.78	2.62	0.91
Sean RodgersSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Dec 2016	Text search only	17	0.33	0.00	0.00
Tracey A. ZacconePaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	Dec 2016	Text search only	26	1.14	0.00	1.03
Ellen PattersonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett	Jul 2007	Text search only	5	2.64	0.00	0.00
Thomas J. PlotzShaw Pittman	Mar 2007	Text search only	7	1.80	0.00	0.00