Independent Contractor Versus Employee
The plaintiffs brought a wage and hours class action case in which liability and damages turned on whether thousands of workers were classified as independent contractors or employees.
Owner Versus Employee
A large private partnership was alleged to have engaged in age discrimination by including in its partnership agreement a mandatory retirement age for partners.
Race and/or National Origin Discrimination
In a case involving claims of discrimination in pay and promotions on the basis of race and/or national origin, Cornerstone Research and a labor economist were retained by the defendant…
Turnaround Specialist Compensation
Bondholders of a bankrupt company retained Cornerstone Research in a case involving the compensation paid to a “turnaround” specialist who assumed the role of CEO at the company.
Union–Contractor Collusion and Monopolization Between Tech Firms
A labor union, and several contractors who use the union’s labor, were accused of conspiring to foreclose competition and monopolize particular job types in commercial projects in a large American…
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…
Wage Fixing via Salary Surveys
In a large, nationwide class action antitrust case, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant companies depressed the salaries of their employees through the use of information exchanges.
Evaluating Separateness of Parent and Subsidiary
A Fortune 500 company’s subsidiary was sued for allegedly contaminating the groundwater near one of its factory locations, thus causing property values to fall in nearby residential areas.
Challenge to a Cooperative’s Patronage Capital Policy
The members of an electric cooperative filed a putative class action against their own cooperative, alleging that it had acted improperly by failing to pay tens of millions of dollars…
Evaluating a Board’s Election Process
A prominent mutual-benefit organization was sued by one of its members, who alleged that the board had manipulated election processes and improperly modified the corporate bylaws to entrench itself and…
How can we help you?
If you are looking for a publication not on our website, contact us.