Counsel in securities fraud cases are presented with complex issues from a financial proof and damage quantification perspective. BERENBLUTCONSULTING provides its expertise for some of the leading civil, class action and criminal securities fraud cases in North America.
 
We are retained by corporations, executives and their counsel to provide financial investigations, GAAP & GAAS analysis, damage quantification, and business and securities valuations in respect of securities litigations.
 
We have provided expertise for all types of securities litigation including:

• Class Actions
• Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Proceedings
• White Collar Criminal Actions
• Administrative or regulatory inquiries and investigations

What differentiates BERENBLUTCONSULTING?
 
Significant value-added contributions to both legal and expert team results from our multidisciplinary approach combined with our experience and our firm's philosophy of sharing knowledge and providing ongoing communication. Complex cases require the combination of several of our economic and financial disciplines:

• Financial and forensic investigation
• Accounting Disclosure and Standards
• Fraud on the market damage analysis
• Economic and statistical analysis
• Business and securities valuation
• Commercial Litigation

Our Securities Fraud Group is comprised of economists, securities analysts, certified fraud examiners, investigative and forensic accountants, C.P.A.s, C.A.s, Chartered Business Valuators and Accredited Senior Appraisers in business valuation.
 
Where has BERENBLUTCONSULTING assisted?
 
We have provided expertise in:
 
Rule 10b-5 Fraud-on-the-market Class Action:
Financial investigation, GAAP analysis, security price event studies, and quantification and allocation of aggregate damages on behalf of a secondary defendant to multi-billion dollar class action securities fraud litigation.
 
Rule 144a:
Kemper v. Gleacher NatWest: Financial investigation, reconstruction of events, consideration of applicable accounting and security filing requirements in the U.S. and abroad for a $500 U.S. million offering of high yield notes by a company that subsequently failed, resulting in recovery of our client's investment.
 
Criminal Defense:
U.S. Department of Justice v. Wolff (Homestore.com): Assisted in the defense of former executive through forensic investigation regarding application of applicable accounting rules.
 
Class Certification:
Bre-X: Event study and assistance with successful denial of class certification in connection with class action suit against an advisor to Bre-X.
 
Court Approval of Class Action Settlement:
FMF Capital: Analysis of shareholder losses to provide benchmark to Court for settlement approval.