Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

Preface.

About the Editors.

About the Contributors.

PART I: THE LITIGATION ENVRIONMENT.

Chapter
1. The Role of the Financial Expert in Litigation Services.

Chapter
2. Causation Issues in Expert Testimony.

Chapter
3. The Economics in Accounting for Litigation.

Chapter
4. Alternative Dispute Resolution.

PART II: DAMAGES TECHNQUES.

Chapter
5. Statistical Estimation of Incremental Cost from Accounting Data.

Chapter
6. Econometric Analysis.

Chapter
7. Estimating the Cost of Capital.

Chapter
8. Ex Ante versus Ex Post Damages Calculations.

Chapter 9 Prejudgment Interest.

Chapter
10. The Flaw of Averages in Law and Accounting.

Chapter
11. Valuing Losses in New Businesses.

Chapter
12. Business Interruption Insurance claims.

Chapter
13. Business Valuation.

Chapter
13. Appendix : Adjusted Present Value (APV) Method.

Chapter
14. Lost earnings of Persons.

Chapter
15. Punitive Damages.

Chapter
16. Tax Treatment of Damages Awards.

PART III: LITIGATION TOOLS.

Chapter
17. Data Management.

PART IV: CIVIL LITIGATION.

Chapter
18. Federal Securities Acts and Areas of Expert Analysis.

Chapter
19. Accountant Liability.

Chapter
20. Economic Analysis of Nonpatent Intellectual Property Rights and damages Measures.

Chapter
21. Intellectual Property Damages in the Entertainment Industry.

Chapter
22. Patent Infringement Damages.

Chapter
23. License Compliance: Performing Royalty Examinations.

Chapter
24. Antitrust.

Chapter
25. Disputes in Merger & Acquisition Transactions.

Chapter
26. Construction Claims.

Chapter
27. Quantifying Damages in real Estate Litigation.

Chapter
28. The Troubled Business and Bankruptcy.

Chapter
29. Alter Ego.

Chapter
30. Employment Litigation.

Chapter
31. Federal Contract Disputes.

PART V: FAMILY LAW.

Chapter
32. Valuation and Division of Marital Property.

Chapter
33. Child and Spousal Support Award.

Chapter
34. Marital Dissolution: Professional Goodwill and Related Intangibles.

Chapter
35. Marital Dissolution: Tracing and Apportionment of Assets.

Chapter
36. Marital Dissolution: tax Considerations.

PART VI: CRIMINAL CASES.

Chapter
37. Tax Fraud.

PART VII: INVESTIGATIONS.

Chapter
38. Financial Statement Investigation.

Chapter
39. International Investigations.

Glossary. Index.

The Litigation Services Handbook, 4th ed is referred to as the litigation bible. Its nearly 50 chapters read like a who's who in law and accounting. The handbook includes all aspects of litigation services, including current environments, the process itself, a wealth of cases, how to prove damages, and practical considerations of court appearances.

The new edition has a heavy focus on fraud investigations and complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.