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ACACIA RESEARCH CORP ACTG (last ticker on record)

CIK 934549Its SEC filings (opens in a new tab)

  • Restatement
  • SEC/DOJ scrutiny
  • Delisting notice (not a red flag)
  • 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 Mar 2020
Largest fall in its shares
95%
Sep 2011 to Mar 2020
Law firms
11
Linked to 5 or more companies
Lawyers
11
Linked to 5 or more companies

What happened

  1. Shares down 95% from their high
  2. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  3. Far more SEC letters than usualSEC letter (opens in a new tab)
  4. Said its accounts could not be relied on (Item 4.02)Form 8-K (opens in a new tab)
  5. Delisting notice (Item 3.01)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.

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.