GE-Alstom Merger
Cornerstone Research analyzed the competitive implications of the target company’s financial position in GE’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Alstom’s energy-related business.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 880 Pension Fund et al. v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation et al.
The Tenth Circuit Appeals Court affirmed summary judgment based on lack of materiality in this securities class action.
In re BP p.l.c. Securities Litigation—May 2014 Ruling
The court declined to certify the subclass covering the vast majority of the proposed class period and most allegations.
Energy Breach of Contract Case
The defendant, an electric utility, retained Cornerstone Research to analyze transactions that took place during the California electricity crisis from 2000 through 2001.
Ashanti Goldfields Securities Litigation
Counsel for the defendants retained Cornerstone Research in a securities class action involving securities issued by Ashanti Goldfields to support testifying experts on the issues of market efficiency, liability, and…
Wage Fixing in the Offshore Drilling Industry
Major firms in the international offshore drilling industry were accused in a class action antitrust case of fixing wages and other compensation for their offshore employees in violation of Section…
IBP Inc. v. Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods (Tyson), the nation’s largest chicken processor, broke off its agreement to acquire IBP, the nation’s largest meatpacking firm, and IBP subsequently filed a breach of contract suit.
Aguilar et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Corporation et al.
The defendants, major gasoline refiners in California, had been accused of fixing prices, restricting capacity, and limiting production when California converted to cleaner-burning California Air Resources Board (CARB) gasoline.
In re Cigarette Antitrust Litigation
Class-action plaintiffs alleged that Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., and Liggett Group, Inc., had illegally conspired to fix the wholesale…
In re High Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litigation
In a class-action antitrust suit, a class of purchasers alleged that the five major high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) producers had conspired to raise the price of HFCS over a…
Anzai v. Chevron Corporation et al.
A state filed a lawsuit against several major oil companies for allegedly colluding to fix the price of gasoline, counsel for one of the oil companies.
Cedar Bay Generating Company v. Florida Power & Light Company
Cornerstone Research staff worked on behalf of Cedar Bay, an independent power project owned by PG&E National Energy Group, in this contract dispute with Florida Power & Light (FP&L).
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