Selected Consulting Projects
- Philip Morris v. ABC -- $10 billion defamation suit in Virginia state
court concerning Day One broadcasts in February and March, 1994, on the
process of adding nicotine to reconstituted tobacco in manufacuring cigarettes.
[Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering]
USA Today Story
- WLR Foods v. Tyson Foods -- Suit in Virginia state court concerning the
legality of WLR Foods' shareholder rights plan (poison pill) and the Virginia
antitakeover laws. [Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver]
Wall Street Journal Story
- Maureen Rose v. Xerox etal. -- Suit by Xerox pension beneficiaries concerning
losses suffered when First Executive Life Insurance Company was taken over by
the California Insurance Commissioner. [Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle]
- Catalyst Institute -- Survey report on the effects of transactions taxes
on the behavior of securities markets. "Securities Transaction
Taxes: An Overview of Costs, Benefits and Unresolved Questions," with Paul
J. Seguin, Financial Analysts Journal, 49 (September/October 1993) 27-35.
Reprinted in Securities Transaction Taxes: False Hopes and Unintended Consequences,
Suzanne Hammond, ed., (Chicago: Catalyst Institute, 1995), 1-26.
- Nestlé v. IRS -- Suit in National Tax Court concerning the effects of
insider trading on the premium paid when Nestlé acquired Carnation in 1984.
[Mayer, Brown & Platt]
- Salomon Brothers, etal. class action litigation -- Suits concerning the
manipulation of the market for Treasury notes between April and August 1991.
[Morris & Morris]
Wall Street Journal Story
- Irwin Jacobs and Spear Leeds v. Dillon Read -- Securities fraud litigation
concerning financial disclosure by Allegheny International. [Cahill, Gordon
& Reindel]
- IRS v. Drexel, Burnham & Lambert -- Tax litigation concerning the value
of warrants associated with leveraged LBO's. [Cahill, Gordon & Reindel]
Wall Street Journal Story
- Maxus v. Kidder, Peabody, Martin Siegel and Ivan Boesky -- Suit in Texas
state court concerning the effects of insider trading in Natomas stock by Boesky,
using information from Siegel, on the premium paid by Maxus (Diamond Shamrock)
to acquire Natomas in 1983. [Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue]
New York Times Story
- New York Stock Exchange -- Report on the historical behavior of stock
market volatility in relation to current policy debates. "Stock
Market Volatility," Financial Analysts Journal, 46 (May-June 1990)
23-34 (Graham & Dodd Plaque). Reprinted in Market Volatility and Investor
Confidence, New York Stock Exchange, (June 7, 1990) C1-C24.
- R. C. Harwood et al. v. Harper & Row -- Suit in Federal court concerning
the lump-sum payments made to Harper & Row employees when pension plan was terminated
in 1982. [Weil, Gotshal & Manges]
- Richard J. Brignoli v. Balch, Hardy & Scheinman et al. -- Suit concerning
trade secrets related to dynamic portfolio optimization systems. [Jacobson
& Triggs]
Return to Schwert Home Page
© Copyright 1998-2021, G. William
Schwert
Last Updated on 9/18/2021