Callon Petroleum Co CPE (last ticker on record)

CIK 928022Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

95% wipeout
Restructuring
Restatement
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: 3; Newest began Mar 2012
Largest fall in its shares: 98%; Jun 2008 to Apr 2020
Law firms: 6; Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers: 12; Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

Apr 1, 2024Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 17, 2020Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 15, 2012Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 28, 2010Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Apr 8, 2009Debt accelerated (Item 2.04)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Mar 23, 2009Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
Dec 4, 2008Shares 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.

Law firms linked to this company
Name	First linked	How it is known	Linked companies	SEC/DOJ scrutiny	Went dark	95% wipeout
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Apr 2024	Named in a filing	889	1.31	0.07	0.59
Kirkland & Ellis	Apr 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	1,686	0.98	0.17	0.87
Baker Botts L.L.P.	May 2018	Named in SEC correspondence	495	1.32	0.09	1.03
Haynes and Boone	Sep 1999	Named in SEC correspondence	353	1.03	0.56	0.84
BUTLER & BINION, L.L.P.	Nov 1996	Named in a filing	7	0.00	4.79	1.72
Shearman & Sterling	Apr 2017	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	95% wipeout
Daniel A. NeffWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Apr 2024	Named in a filing	75	1.42	0.82
Zachary S. PodolskyWachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Apr 2024	Named in a filing	16	0.00	0.00
Michael W. RigdonKirkland & Ellis	Dec 2020	Named in SEC correspondence	25	0.00	0.82
Sean T. WheelerLatham & Watkins LLP	Sep 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	59	0.97	1.31
Gene J. OshmanBaker Botts L.L.P.	Aug 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	16	1.31	1.39
James B. MarshallBaker Botts L.L.P.	Aug 2019	Named in SEC correspondence	9	0.00	1.51
Julian J. SeiguerKirkland & Ellis	Apr 2019	Named in a filing	69	0.24	1.15
Jason A. RochaBaker Botts L.L.P.	May 2018	Named in a filing	15	0.56	0.32
John W. MenkeHaynes and Boone	Apr 2017	Named in SEC correspondence	9	3.18	1.50
William B. NelsonHaynes and Boone	Apr 2016	Named in SEC correspondence	37	1.27	0.74
Guy YoungHaynes and Boone	Oct 2010	Named in SEC correspondence	5	1.63	1.74
George G. Young IIIHaynes and Boone	Sep 1999	Named in SEC correspondence	14	1.61	1.40