Securitized Mortgage Defaults
Cornerstone Research has worked with academic experts to analyze the factors driving defaults on securitized mortgages.
Variable Rate Demand Obligations
A FINRA arbitration panel denied all claims in their entirety.
Publicly Traded Company Valuation Following Acquisition
Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research to evaluate the fairness of an acquisition price and whether the analyses and inputs used to support the sale price were reasonable.
Auction Rate Securities (ARS)
Our work in numerous ARS matters includes cases brought by issuers and investors against investment banks that served as underwriters and broker-dealers for ARS.
CDO Collateral Management Agreement
Cornerstone Research analyzed an investor bank’s claims of improper practices by the CDO collateral manager, which allegedly led to investor losses during the financial crisis.
Facebook Inc. IPO Securities and Derivative Litigation
Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research to support multiple experts through class certification and merits stages.
Municipal Bond Default and Bankruptcy
Cornerstone Research analyzed empirical evidence and academic literature to estimate the likelihood of default and bankruptcy by municipal issuers and entities for a tax controversy case.
Rebuttal of Bond Market Efficiency
Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research to analyze market efficiency issues in this Rule 10b-5 class action.
Finisar Corporation Securities Litigation
Judge declines to certify a class of investors in this Section 10(b) case for lack of price impact.
Summary Judgment Victory in Barclays Securities Litigation
A judge dismissed this U.S. class action brought against Barclays Plc by investors who purchased stock months before the 2008 global financial crisis.
Sprint Corp.’s $3.6 Billion Buyout of Clearwire Corp.
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Chancery Court’s decision in favor of defendant Sprint in its $3.6 billion buyout of Clearwire.
Securities and Exchange Commission v. BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc.
The jury found in favor of the defendants on all counts in this civil suit filed by the SEC.
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