Cornerstone Research is a consulting firm specializing in the analysis of complex financial, economic, accounting, and marketing issues. Our staff and nationally-prominent academic and industry experts provide clients with state-of-the-art analysis that has earned us a reputation for excellence and effectiveness. Our work often serves as the foundation for testimony in complex business litigation. In recent years, Cornerstone Research has grown quickly to become one of the nation's leading finance and economics consulting firms with more than four hundred staff members across our six offices and an extensive network of experts. Our culture of growth and collegiality provides a dynamic work environment. We attribute our success to a unique combination of resources: A creative and energetic staff, cutting-edge technology and research, and our "partnership" with academic and industry experts. Our consultants employ innovative problem solving approaches and achieve unparalleled analytic depth. Working with faculty experts from leading business schools, economics departments and law schools keeps us on the forefront of academic research, while industry experts share their practical experience and business acumen. Our diverse experience allows us to provide clients with a unique breadth of perspective and expertise. For example, in securities projects we analyze stock prices, derivatives and debt instruments. We assess high-profile mergers and acquisitions, insider trading allegations and share repurchase transactions. In antitrust and intellectual property cases we look at industry structure, the nature of purchase decisions and the commercial value of innovation and technology.