Linked to 907 companies since Feb 1994. A filing names it for 51% of those. The rest come from a text search, which also finds a firm on the other side of a deal.
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.
49 of these companies later showed signs of SEC or DOJ scrutiny and had another red flag. Comparable companies would show 49.7, so that is 0.99× what you would expect.
Each bar’s tick marks 1×, no more than comparable companies. A colored bar has q below 0.05, the usual bar.
| What came later | Companies | Expected | × expected | q |
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| SEC or DOJ scrutiny and another red flag | 49 | 49.7 | 0.99 | 1.000 |
| SEC or DOJ scrutiny | 88 | 84.9 | 1.04 | 1.000 |
| Stopped filing, and the SEC acted | 8 | 24.6 | 0.33 | 1.000 |
| Shares fell 95% from their high | 114 | 125.0 | 0.91 | 1.000 |
| Two or more different red flags | 125 | 128.4 | 0.97 | 1.000 |
| Said its accounts could not be relied on | 162 | 155.4 | 1.04 | 1.000 |
| Bankruptcy or receivership | 41 | 34.5 | 1.19 | 0.664 |
| Restructuring or accelerated debt | 129 | 143.1 | 0.90 | 1.000 |
| Delisting notice | 287 | 298.9 | 0.96 | 1.000 |
| SEC accounting enforcement release | 12 | 18.3 | 0.66 | 1.000 |
| An SEC release or DOJ statement names it, an officer or its stock | 35 | 42.5 | 0.82 | 1.000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maureen BrundageWhite & Case | 12 | 100% | 4 | 1.4 | 2.94 | 0.850 | 2.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Raymond BogenriefWhite & Case | 6 | 83% | 2 | 0.2 | 9.73 | 0.956 | 7.72 | 0.00 | 0.93 |
| 3 | Joel L. RubinsteinWhite & Case | 195 | 91% | 9 | 9.2 | 0.98 | 1.000 | 0.74 | 0.55 | 1.03 |
| 4 | Elliott M. SmithWhite & Case | 107 | 93% | 6 | 4.1 | 1.45 | 1.000 | 1.26 | 0.51 | 1.11 |
| 5 | Colin J. DiamondWhite & Case | 83 | 84% | 5 | 4.6 | 1.08 | 1.000 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.82 |
| 6 | Daniel E. NussenWhite & Case | 63 | 94% | 4 | 3.0 | 1.32 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 1.06 |
| 7 | Jonathan P. RochwargerWhite & Case | 31 | 90% | 2 | 2.4 | 0.85 | 1.000 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.75 |
| 8 | John M. ReissWhite & Case | 19 | 63% | 3 | 1.6 | 1.85 | 1.000 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
| 9 | Elliot M. SmithWhite & Case | 18 | 28% | 1 | 0.8 | 1.30 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 10 | Kevin KeoghWhite & Case | 17 | 82% | 3 | 2.5 | 1.20 | 1.000 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 1.47 |
| 11 | Laura Katherine MannWhite & Case | 17 | 100% | 1 | 0.6 | 1.71 | 1.000 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 1.40 |
| 12 | Maia R. GezWhite & Case | 17 | 94% | 1 | 0.7 | 1.43 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 0.00 | 1.65 |
| 13 | Michelle B. RuttaWhite & Case | 17 | 82% | 1 | 1.0 | 1.01 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 14 | Mark L. MandelWhite & Case | 16 | 94% | 1 | 1.2 | 0.86 | 1.000 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 15 | Scott LeviWhite & Case | 13 | 100% | 1 | 0.3 | 3.30 | 1.000 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 2.44 |
| 16 | Matthew KautzWhite & Case | 12 | 67% | 1 | 0.8 | 1.29 | 1.000 | 1.11 | 0.00 | 0.56 |
| 17 | JORGE L. FREELANDWhite & Case | 11 | 91% | 1 | 0.7 | 1.43 | 1.000 | 0.84 | 1.35 | 2.30 |
| 18 | Oliver C. BrahmstWhite & Case | 11 | 27% | 1 | 0.8 | 1.23 | 1.000 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 2.03 |
| 19 | Laura SizemoreWhite & Case | 10 | 100% | 1 | 0.6 | 1.64 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Robert ChungWhite & Case | 7 | 71% | 1 | 0.3 | 3.07 | 1.000 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 21 | Neil W. RustWhite & Case | 5 | 60% | 1 | 0.6 | 1.67 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Jessica Y. ChenWhite & Case | 26 | 81% | 0 | 0.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| 23 | Joel L. RubensteinWhite & Case | 19 | 47% | 0 | 0.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| 24 | David JohansenWhite & Case | 18 | 94% | 0 | 1.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.38 | 0.00 | 1.04 |
| 25 | Gregory PryorWhite & Case | 17 | 65% | 0 | 1.1 | 0.00 | — | 1.59 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
| 26 | Gary KasharWhite & Case | 16 | 69% | 0 | 0.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.68 |
| 27 | Donald BakerWhite & Case | 15 | 93% | 0 | 0.9 | 0.00 | — | 1.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 28 | John R. VetterliWhite & Case | 15 | 100% | 0 | 0.6 | 0.00 | — | 1.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 29 | Bryan J. LuchsWhite & Case | 12 | 75% | 0 | 0.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.86 |
| 30 | Andrew WeisbergWhite & Case | 11 | 73% | 0 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Timothy B. GoodellWhite & Case | 11 | 100% | 0 | 0.8 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 1.59 | 0.81 |
| 32 | Jessica ZhouWhite & Case | 10 | 90% | 0 | <0.1 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 33 | John GuzmanWhite & Case | 10 | 80% | 0 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 34 | Mark O. BagnallWhite & Case | 10 | 90% | 0 | 0.5 | 0.00 | — | 3.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 35 | Erica HoganWhite & Case | 9 | 100% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 1.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 36 | Russell DeutschWhite & Case | 9 | 89% | 0 | 0.5 | 0.00 | — | 1.85 | 0.00 | 0.72 |
| 37 | Taryn ZuckerWhite & Case | 8 | 88% | 0 | 0.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 |
| 38 | Daniel NamWhite & Case | 7 | 86% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 39 | Karen KatriWhite & Case | 7 | 86% | 0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | — | 5.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 40 | William F. Wynne Jr.White & Case | 7 | 71% | 0 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 41 | Dov GottliebWhite & Case | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0.4 | 0.00 | — | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.80 |
| 42 | Melinda AndersonWhite & Case | 6 | 50% | 0 | 0.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.29 |
| 43 | Patti J. MarksWhite & Case | 6 | 100% | 0 | 0.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 44 | James HuWhite & Case | 5 | 100% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
| 45 | Jonathan E. KahnWhite & Case | 5 | 100% | 0 | 0.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 4.64 | 2.06 |
| 46 | Jonathan MichelsWhite & Case | 5 | 80% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.43 |
| 47 | Joseph ChungWhite & Case | 5 | 100% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.55 |
| 48 | Oliver WrightWhite & Case | 5 | 80% | 0 | 0.2 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.44 |
| 49 | Victor MendozaWhite & Case | 5 | 80% | 0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | — | 3.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| How it is known | |||
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| Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc.OIG (last ticker on record) | Oct 2001 | Text search only |
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| SURGALIGN HOLDINGS, INC.SRGA (last ticker on record) | Jun 2020 | Named in a filing |
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| AVON PRODUCTS INCAVP (last ticker on record) | Mar 2013 | Named in a filing |
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| BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.BASX (last ticker on record) | Sep 2009 | Text search only |
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| Cano Health, Inc.CANOQ (last ticker on record) | Apr 2021 | Text search only |
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| MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CorpMX (last ticker on record) | Jun 2005 | Named in a filing |
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| Near Intelligence, Inc.NIR (last ticker on record) | Oct 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Bakkt, Inc.BKKT (last ticker on record) | Aug 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| CITIGROUP INCC (last ticker on record) | Jun 2001 | Text search only |
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| DISH Network CORPDISH (last ticker on record) | Jun 2019 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| KYNTRA BIO, INC.KYNB (last ticker on record) | Nov 2014 | Text search only |
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| NOS4-1, Inc.WLMS (last ticker on record) | Mar 2001 | Named in a filing |
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| Ouster, Inc.OUST (last ticker on record) | Jul 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Presto Automation Inc.PRST (last ticker on record) | Mar 2022 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Spectrum Brands, Inc.SPB (last ticker on record) | Jun 2005 | Text search only |
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| SUPERIOR BANCORPSUPR (last ticker on record) | Sep 2001 | Text search only |
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| Bioventus Inc.BVS (last ticker on record) | Jan 2021 | Text search only |
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| CareMax, Inc.CMAX (last ticker on record) | Jun 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.CRUS (last ticker on record) | Jun 2001 | Named in a filing |
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| DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPDSUP (last ticker on record) | Jul 2003 | Text search only |
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| Electric Last Mile Solutions, Inc.ELMS (last ticker on record) | Jul 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.EOSE (last ticker on record) | Sep 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Euronav MI II Inc.GNRT (last ticker on record) | Oct 2008 | Text search only |
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| Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.EVLV (last ticker on record) | Apr 2021 | Text search only |
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| GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTDGNK (last ticker on record) | Jun 2005 | Text search only |
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| LANXESS Solutions US Inc.CHMT (last ticker on record) | Oct 2004 | Text search only |
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| MASTEC INCMTZ (last ticker on record) | Sep 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Merck & Co., Inc.MRK (last ticker on record) | Dec 1994 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Mimecast LtdMIME (last ticker on record) | Jun 2015 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| NEUSTAR INCNSR (last ticker on record) | Mar 2005 | Text search only |
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| Proterra IncPTRAQ (last ticker on record) | Aug 2020 | Text search only |
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| Tattooed Chef, Inc.TTCF (last ticker on record) | Aug 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS INCVHS (last ticker on record) | Oct 2001 | Text search only |
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| Virtu KCG Holdings LLCKCG (last ticker on record) | Feb 2013 | Text search only |
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| Adagio Medical Holdings, Inc.ADGM (last ticker on record) | Feb 2024 | Text search only |
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| Boxlight CorpBOXL (last ticker on record) | Nov 2014 | Text search only |
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| Centric Brands Inc.CTRC (last ticker on record) | Nov 2016 | Named in a filing |
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| Continental Building Products, Inc.CBPX (last ticker on record) | Nov 2014 | Text search only |
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| CORELOGIC, INC.CLGX (last ticker on record) | Feb 1998 | Named in a filing |
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| CPI CORPCPIC (last ticker on record) | Jul 1999 | Named in a filing |
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| CURO Group Holdings Corp.CURO (last ticker on record) | Jul 2017 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| EBHI Holdings, Inc.EBHI (last ticker on record) | Dec 2005 | Text search only |
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| Elevance Health, Inc.ELV (last ticker on record) | Oct 2001 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| EMCORE CORPEMKR (last ticker on record) | Dec 1996 | Named in a filing |
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| EQUINIX INCEQIX (last ticker on record) | Mar 2003 | Text search only |
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| FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INCFRP (last ticker on record) | Jan 2005 | Text search only |
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| FaZe Holdings Inc.FAZE (last ticker on record) | Jan 2021 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| GeneDx Holdings Corp.WGS (last ticker on record) | Jul 2020 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Getaround, IncGETR (last ticker on record) | Jan 2021 | Named in SEC correspondence |
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| Getty Images Holdings, Inc.GETY (last ticker on record) | Mar 2025 | Named in a filing |
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