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Cornerstone Research Group Inc

Type: Company

Name: Cornerstone Research Group Inc

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDIC Lawsuit Filings in 2013 at High Levels According to Latest Report by Cornerstone Research

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE ?Given the number of failures of institutions in 2010, we would expect more such settlement activity alongside an increasing number of lawsuits.? The FDIC has recently begun to publish settlement agreements related to its ... [Published EON - May 08 2013]

Entities: Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Lawsuit, C. Richardson

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Del Monte Foods

Big Acquisitions A Hotbed Of Lawsuits

By Craig BarnerEvery public company M&A deal exceeding $500 million in value was the target of a legal challenge during the first quarter of this year, according to a study by San Francisco-based consulting firm Cornerstone Research.Since the mid-2000s, ... [Published Forbes.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Hotbed, Litigation, Lawsuit, Mergers & Acquisitions, Del Monte Foods

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Securities class action settlements total lowest in a decade

PwC report finds settlement total for 2012 are the lowest since 2002A new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that the total federal securities class action settlement amount for 2012 hit a decade low.According to the report, investors receive ... [Published Inside Counsel - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Class Action, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Cornerstone Research Group Inc, NERA Economic Consulting

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

New College of Florida

[New Scholars] New College

Location: New College of Florida5800 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL When:May 23, 2013Time: 8:00 am–4:00 pm is a celebration of student research and thesis work completed by New College students from all class levels during the past 12 months. Alumni Robert ... [Published Sarasota Patch - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: New College of Florida, Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Interned, Sarasota (United States)

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

John Hess

The dark side of shareholder activism

Shareholder activism sounds so respectable, even noble. The phrase conjures images of good-corporate-governance folk fighting greedy or dysfunctional management in the company’s best interest. While shareholders can be disciplinarians who right the wrongs ... [Published Reuters - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: John Hess, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dividend, Hedge Fund

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Class Action Suits Against Accountants Declined in 2012

Fewer class-action lawsuits alleging accounting improprieties were filed last year in the United States, but those that were settled in 2012 carried a higher price tag, according to a study from Cornerstone Research.As two major trends driving accounting ... [Published Insurance Journal - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Class Action, Whistle-Blower, Lawsuit, Joseph Grundfest

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

Accounting Class Action Settlements Continue to Represent a Large Share of Total Settlement Dollars

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- After an increase in new filings of accounting class actions in 2011, filings fell sharply in 2012. Yet accounting case settlements continued to represent a high percentage of total settlement dollars for all cases settled ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Class Action, internal control, Litigation, Allegation

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

Accounting fraud cases plummeted during 2012

Class actions asserting accounting irregularities fell sharply last year, following a one-time increase in 2011 attributed to a surge of Chinese reverse mergers, according to a Cornerstone Research report. The consulting firm found that accounting fraud ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Accounting Fraud, Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Litigation

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Fewer Securities Class Action Settlements, Bigger Dollar Amounts in 2012

In taking stock of securities class action settlements in 2012, a new Cornerstone Research report finds that, while the number of settlements decreased since 2011, the collective dollar amount of those settlements surged more than 100 percent, reaching ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Class Action, Cornerstone Research Group Inc

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Spoiling for a Fight

Insurers watch closely as the FDIC looks to D&O policies to recover losses associated with failed banks.Insurers watch closely as the FDIC looks to D&O policies to recover losses associated with failed banks.Although the economic crisis seems to be ratcheting ... [Published Risk & Insurance - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Lawsuit, OneWest Bank, Kevin Lacroix

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Most Big M&A Deals Faced Legal Challenges in 2012

It was a rare merger or acquisition deal in 2012 that escaped legal challenges from shareholders, according to a newly released study by Cornerstone Research, which shows that some 96 percent of M&A deals valued over $500 million and 93 percent of those ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: Mergers & Acquisitions, Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Death Taxes

First reported Jan 23 2013 - Updated Jan 23 2013 - 1 reports

Report: New Securities Class Actions Way Down in 2012

With the credit crisis fading into the distance, the flood of suits against Chinese reverse-merger companies drying up, and the courts erecting barriers left and right, securities plaintiffs lawyers may be struggling to find new targets. A report released ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Jan 23 2013]

Entities: Cornerstone Research Group Inc, Stanford Law School, Credit Crisis, DEHYDRATION, Class Action

Quotes

...that have been authorized but not yet filed," said one of the report's authors, Katie Galley, a senior vice president of Cornerstone Research. "Given the number of failures of institutions in 2010, we would expect more such settlement activity alongside an increasing number of lawsuits."

FDIC Lawsuit Filings in 2013 at High Levels According to Latest Report by Cornerstone Research [Published NewsBlaze - May 08 2013]

...The analysis finds that DISH’s estimate of the net present value of synergies created in the proposed DISH/Sprint merger "is unusually high and there are multiple reasons to believe that DISH’s projections are neither achievable nor credible." is unusually high and there are multiple reasons to believe that DISH’s projections are neither achievable nor credible...

Industry Expert Finds DISH’s Claimed Synergies with Sprint Unsubstantiated and Unrealistic [Published Business Wire - May 07 2013]

"[Executives] detest lawsuits, but recognize it as a cost of doing business" Falk said

Big Acquisitions A Hotbed Of Lawsuits [Published Forbes.com - May 01 2013]

...Alumni Robert Hans '76 and Tristan Zucker '09 will give the keynote address, "New College Interns: An Investment with High Returns, How a Liberal Arts and Sciences Education Can Transform Business." Hans is the founder and senior managing director of lOS Partners...

[New Scholars] New College [Published Sarasota Patch - Apr 15 2013]

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Bill Black: Which Aspect of the FDIC’s Litigati... [Published naked capitalism - Mar 13 2013] Dave here (always wanted to say that!). I know Yves wrote about this yesterday, but it’s always worth getting Bill Black’s reaction on these regulatory matters – not to mention to further illustrate and amplify the FDIC’s conduct. By Bill Black, ...
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