Legal Opinion
Business Exposure Reduction Group (BERG) Associates, LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 16, 2021No. 1:20-cv-10053Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK BUSINESS EXPOSURE REDUCTION GROUP (BERG) ASSOCIATES, LLC, 20 Civ. 10053 (PAE) Plaintiff, OPINION & -v- ORDER PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., Defendant. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: In late 2013, plaintiff Business Exposure Reduction Group Associates, LLC (“BERG”), an investigative firm, contracted with defendant Pershing Square Capital Management (“Pershing”), a hedge fund, to conduct research for Pershing regarding Pershing’s well-publicized “short” position in Herbalife, Ltd. (“Herbalife”). The parties’ agreement…
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