SEC Allegations of Insider Trading
Defense counsel retained Professor Emeritus William Beaver of Stanford University and Cornerstone Research on behalf of a former CEO of a publicly traded water treatment company.
Hedge Fund Contract Dispute
Counsel retained Professor Robert Whitelaw of New York University and Cornerstone Research to analyze hedge fund strategy.
In re Principal U.S. Property Account ERISA Litigation
Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research to assess the economic merits of the plaintiffs’ proposed class in a case of alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
IBEW Local 90 Pension Fund et al. v. Deutsche Bank AG et al.
The judge in this multibillion dollar securities class action granted our client’s Daubert motion and denied the opposing side’s motion for class certification.
Market Microstructure
Our work in this area has included numerous issues related to order handling, allegations of front running, rules involving price quoting, clearing and settlement, uncovered short sales, best execution, markups,…
Nancy George et al. v. China Automotive Systems Inc. et al.
Defense counsel retained Dr. Daniel M. Garrett, a vice president of Cornerstone Research, to respond to the analysis offered by the plaintiffs’ expert in this federal securities matter.
Unsecured Creditors of Iridium v. Motorola, Inc.
In litigation arising from the high-profile bankruptcy of Iridium, a global provider of satellite telecommunications services, plaintiffs alleged that the more than $2 billion that Iridium paid Motorola to design,…
Janet Baker et al. v. Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al.
Counsel for Goldman Sachs retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Paul Gompers of the Harvard Business School to value Dragon Systems at the time it was acquired by Lernout & Hauspie.
Brieger et al. v. Tellabs, Inc., et al.
In only the second post-Enron ERISA company stock drop case to go to trial, counsel for Tellabs, Inc., retained Cornerstone Research to support multiple experts.
Theodore E. Dean et al. v. China Agritech, Inc., et al.
Defense counsel retained Cornerstone Research to respond to the analysis offered by the plaintiffs’ expert.
Damages Resulting from Investments in CDOs
Cornerstone Research was retained by counsel representing a brokerage firm that was accused of selling risky, unsuitable collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) to an asset management firm that subsequently declared bankruptcy.
SEC Proceeding Regarding Bond Fund Disclosures
The administrative law judge cited Cornerstone Research experts in her ruling related to issuer reporting and disclosure.
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