Cornerstone Research is a
litigation
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consulting firm based in the
United States
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and the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. It provides economic and financial analysis and
expert testimony to attorneys, corporations and government agencies involved in complex litigation and regulatory proceedings.
[Cornerstone.com description of services a]
last accessed September 15, 2014.
Practice areas
Cornerstone Research utilizes both internal and external expert witnesses to provide testimony, utilizing faculty and industry experts.
The company's practice areas include:
accounting;
antitrust and competition;
bankruptcy and financial distress litigation;
consumer fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compen ...
and
product liability
Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause. Although the word "product" has ...
; corporate and government investigations;
corporate governance
Corporate governance is defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions ...
; corporate transaction litigation;
data analytics
Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It also entails applying data patterns toward effective decision-making. It ...
; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (
ERISA
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (, codified in part at ) is a U.S. federal tax and labor law that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry. It contains rules on the federal income tax ...
); energy and commodities;
financial institutions
Financial institutions, sometimes called banking institutions, are business entities that provide services as intermediaries for different types of financial monetary transactions. Broadly speaking, there are three major types of financial inst ...
;
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
;
international arbitration and litigation; labor and employment;
pharmaceuticals
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and ...
and
healthcare;
real estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more genera ...
;
securities
A security is a tradable financial asset. The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction. In some countries and languages people commonly use the term "security" to refer to any fo ...
; and
valuation. Cornerstone was retained by
Purdue Pharma
Purdue Pharma L.P., formerly the Purdue Frederick Company, is an American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray. It was owned principally by members of the Sackler family as descendants of Mortimer and Raymond Sackler ...
in its bankruptcy proceedings.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR CHAPTER 11 PLAN FOR PURDUE PHARMA L.P. AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS.
''In re Purdue Pharma'', 635 B.R. 26 (S.D.N.Y. 2021) Doc. 2488.
Publications
The firm collaborates on the "Securities Class Action Clearinghouse" in conjunction with the Stanford University Law School.[Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal article discussing Clearinghouse a]
smallbusiness.yahoo.com
last accessed July 2, 2022. According to a University website, the clearinghouse provides summary information regarding federal class action securities litigation in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
.[Stanford Law School description of Clearinghouse a]
Securities.Stanford.edu
last accessed January 16, 2007.
See also
* Analysis Group
* Bates White
* Berkeley Research Group
* Charles River Associates
* NERA Economic Consulting
References
External links
Official Website
B Corp Consulting
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Macroeconomics consulting firms
Companies based in San Francisco
1989 establishments in the United States
Companies established in 1989