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…
Green v. Nuveen Advisory Group et al.
Certain plaintiff shareholders, on behalf of a class, charged Nuveen Advisory with breach of fiduciary duty.
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.
JDS Uniphase Corporation Securities Litigation
Counsel for JDS Uniphase (JDSU) and several former executives retained Cornerstone Research in this securities class action in which plaintiffs sought damages of approximately $20 billion due to claimed violations…
Kahn v. Tremont Corp. et al.
In this case involving a related-party transaction, the plaintiff alleged that a stock repurchase plan inflated the price Tremont paid for stock in NL Industries.
Lewis et al. v. Beall et al. and Rockwell International Corporation
Counsel for Rockwell’s directors retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Robert Stobaugh of Harvard University to assess and testify about the directors’ practices.
Metropolitan Creditors’ Trust et al. v. Ernst & Young
Counsel for Ernst & Young retained Cornerstone Research and Professor Christopher James of the University of Florida in an accountant’s malpractice claim brought by the bankrupt estate of Metropolitan Mortgage…
MacPherson’s v. Windermere Real Estate
Windermere’s counsel retained Dr. Michael Keeley, a senior vice president of Cornerstone Research, as an expert witness to examine MacPherson’s antitrust claims.
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