LENNAR CORP LEN (last ticker on record)

CIK 920760Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

Restructuring
Restatement
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: 3; Newest began Nov 2008
Largest fall in its shares: 95%; Jul 2005 to Nov 2008
Law firms: 15; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 11; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Nov 20, 2008Shares down 95% from their high
Oct 17, 2005Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 23, 2005Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)

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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
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	May 2025	Named in a filing	741	1.31	0.12	0.76
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Nov 2016	Named in a filing	1,125	1.23	0.20	0.96
Latham & Watkins LLP	Nov 2016	Named in a filing	2,667	0.98	0.31	1.10
Goodwin Procter	Jul 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	1,221	0.79	0.31	1.17
K&L Gates	Jun 2009	Named in SEC correspondence	723	1.06	1.35	1.18
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod	Dec 2004	Named in SEC correspondence	19	1.29	0.00	0.90
Willkie Farr	Dec 2004	Named in a filing	539	1.23	0.40	0.84
Clifford Chance US LLP	Mar 2000	Named in SEC correspondence	260	0.92	0.41	0.85
Kaye Scholer	Mar 2000	Named in a filing	161	0.88	1.03	1.00
ROGERS & WELLS	Nov 1997	Named in a filing	69	1.05	0.34	1.25
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Sep 1997	Named in a filing	889	1.31	0.07	0.59
O Melveny & Myers LLP	May 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	589	1.07	0.25	1.07
Ropes & Gray	Nov 2017	Text search only	914	0.98	0.14	0.92
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.	Nov 2016	Text search only	995	1.46	0.37	0.80
Shearman & Sterling	Jul 2009	Text search only	2,649	1.21	0.13	0.87

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
Craig B. BrodCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	Oct 2025	Named in a filing	41	2.03	0.00	0.55
Lillian TsuCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	May 2025	Named in a filing	23	0.80	0.00	1.01
Audrey S. LeighGoodwin Procter	Jan 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	16	1.52	0.00	1.51
Kathleen L. WernerClifford Chance US LLP	Mar 2000	Named in a filing	24	0.87	0.00	0.82
David W. BernsteinClifford Chance US LLP	Nov 1997	Named in SEC correspondence	14	0.52	0.00	2.36
ANDREW R. BROWNSTEINWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Sep 1997	Named in a filing	117	1.36	0.00	0.49
STEPHANIE J. SELIGMANWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Sep 1997	Named in a filing	8	1.56	0.00	1.57
Richard A. BoehmerO Melveny & Myers LLP	May 1996	Named in SEC correspondence	21	1.48	0.00	2.11
Dennis J. FriedmanGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Nov 2017	Text search only	17	0.83	0.00	0.83
WILLIAM N. DYEWillkie Farr	Aug 2006	Text search only	7	0.00	3.68	5.48
John S. D AlimonteWillkie Farr	Dec 2004	Text search only	6	1.69	0.00	1.73