Table Of ContentPreface.About the Editors.About the Contributors.THE LITIGATION ENVIRONMENT.The Role of the Financial Expert in Litigation Services (P. Frank, et al.).The Federal Law Governing Expert Witness Testimony (C. Gerdts and C. Dixon).Interaction between Accountants and Economists (E. Evans).Roles and Techniques of a Financial Expert in Alternative Dispute Resolution (A. Cummis, et al.).DAMAGES TECHNIQUES. Estimating Lost Profits and Economic Losses (V. Lazear).Calculating Lost Profits Damages to New Businesses (T. Lloyd and R. Young).Cost Estimation (J. Kinrich).Estimating the Cost of Capital (L. Boothman).Interest as Damages (J. Phillips and N. Freeman).Business Valuation (O. Lokey, et al.).Calculation of Lost Earnings (K. Ugone, et al.). Punitive Damages (P. Frank, et al.).Punitive Damages: An Economic Analysis (A. Polinsky and S. Shavell).Tax Treatment of Damages Awards (M. Erickson and J. Smith).LITIGATION TOOLS.Communicating with a Jury (D. Davis and R. Laguzza).Data Management and Analysis in the Litigation Environment: Litigation Analysis Databases (M. Eaton).CIVIL LITIGATION: SECURITIES LITIGATION.Securities Act Violations: Estimation of Damages (N. Crew, et al.).Derivatives in Securities Class Actions (S. Usher).Materiality and Magnitude: Event Studies in the Courtroom (D. Tabak and F. Dunbar).Shareholder Litigation Against Boards of Directors (S. Prowse and L. Ranallo).INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.Damages Issues of Trademark, Trade Secret, False Advertising, and Copyright Cases (C. Elsten).Calculating Damages in Copyright Infringement Matters (T. Lloyd).Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights (E. Evans, et al.).Patent Infringement Damages (P. Frank, et al.).Royalty Audits (E. Schmidt).ANTITRUST/BUSINESS COMBINATIONS.Antitrust (A. Hoffman and M. Palim).Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures: The Nature of Disputes and the Role of the Financial Expert (M. Haller, et al.).BANKRUPTCY.The Troubled Business and Bankruptcy (G. Newton).Bankruptcy Litigation (F. Conrad and D. DiNapoli).CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES.Litigation Consulting: Construction Claims (D. Regan and C. Johns).The Financial Consultant's Role in Environmental Disputes (A. Lilienfeld, et al.).The Financial Consultant's Role in the Proof of Environmental Damages (T. Kabat, et al.).OTHER CIVIL LITIGATION.Accountant's Liability (H. Kelly and M. Young).Business Interruption Claims (J. Anastasi and E. Westerman).Claims and Disputes Involving U.S. Government Contracts (E. Harry and B. Evans).Estimating Damages Associated with Federally Insured Banks (J. Barth, et al.).International Trade Litigation (M. Emmert, et al.).Alter Ego (M. Wagner and B. Goldsmith).Employment Discrimination Litigation (A. Saad).FAMILY LAW, MARITAL DISSOLUTION CASES.Valuation and Division of Marital Property (D. Glenn).Child and Spousal Support Awards (J. Zante and S. Rose).Marital Dissolution: Professional Goodwill and Related Intangibles (V. Levi).Marital Dissolution: Tracing and Apportionment of Assets (D. Gursey and D. Glenn).Marital Dissolution: Tax Considerations (D. Gursey and R. Purzycki).CRIMINAL CASES.The Internal Corporate Investigation (J. Frank and M. Carey).Tax Fraud Cases (M. Taylor and H. Sheppard).Glossary.Index.Case Index.
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SynopsisLitigation support is a rapidly growing new service for CPAs and other financial experts. As firms of all sizes look for ways to take advantage of this new business area, financial experts must learn or enhance the skills and knowledge necessary for providing clients with superior litigation support services. A joint project between PricewaterhouseCoopers and top experts in the field-economists, accountants, and lawyers-the Litigation Services Handbook brings you up to speed on trial preparation and testimony presentation, deposition, direct examination, and cross-examination. Newly-updated and revised with the latest information on issues and developments in the field, the Third Edition covers current environments, the process itself, different types of cases, proving damages and practical considerations of court appearances, and even the way rapidly developing technology has affected the practice of litigation services. In addition to addressing important developments affecting the accounting practice, the book examines issues raised when calculating both prejudgment and postjudgment interest on damage awards as well as relevant statutes and interest rates on damages. Authoritative and highly practical, the Litigation Services Handbook, Third Edition is an essential guide for any financial expert building a practice in this lucrative new area, the lawyers who hire them, and litigants who benefit from their efforts. ROMAN L. WEIL, PhD, CMA, CPA, is V. Duane Rath Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. MICHAEL J. WAGNER is a licensed attorney and CPA in the State of California. PETER B. FRANK is Vice Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP., Litigation support services is a relatively new lucrative service for CPAs. Small, medium, and large firms are all looking to develop in this area. This book enables accountants to enhance their litigation skills, including the finer points of their roles in trial preparation and testimony presentation, deposition, direct examination, and cross-examination. This core volume (ISBN 0471-403091) is supplemented annually. The 2002 Supplement (ISBN 0471-41932X) includes three new chapters on: * Challenges to the Admissibility of Financial Expert Witness Testimony * Compensating Plaintiff for Asynchronous Payments * Event Study Methods: Detecting and Measuring the Security Price Effects of Disclosures and Interventions This supplement updates the core volume, Weil/Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert, Third Edition (ISBN 0471-403091).
LC Classification NumberKF8968.15.L57 2001