Brian Fryd is a principal at Cornerstone Research, based on the firm’s New York office. Mr. Fryd consults on a range of economic, financial, and statistical issues, with a focus on securities litigation and valuation, financial institutions, and statistical analyses. He has experience in all phases of litigation, including the discovery, class certification, motion practice, and merits phases, as well as at trial. He also has extensive experience in regulatory investigations. Mr. Fryd has assisted clients in achieving successful resolutions in a variety of settings, including motions for class certification and summary judgment and at trials and arbitration hearings. Representative cases include BP Securities Litigation, in which the court denied class certification on Comcast grounds.

Brendan J. Rudolph is a principal at Cornerstone Research, based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Rudolph consults to attorneys and helps prepare expert testimony in all phases of complex commercial litigation, including class certification and other motion practice, merits, arbitration, and trial. He has consulted on dozens of securities cases and Delaware appraisal actions, including matters involving the high tech, pharmaceuticals, financial institutions, consumer goods, and materials and commodities sectors. He has analyzed price impact, damages, market efficiency, asset and business valuation, volatility, and trading behavior in both foreign and domestic markets. Representative cases include In re Moody’s Securities Litigation, where the court denied class certification and granted summary judgment.