Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages

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Navigate the complexities of this interdisciplinary field with confidence.

With Measuring Business Interruption Losses you’ll find overviews of research and practices in subfields of economics, giving you points of reference that you can use in working with a team of professionals. The book also applies a much-needed, cohesive framework to the study of forensic economics: the first half of the book reviews damages resulting from the interruption of a business’s operations; subsequent chapters then discuss related types of commercial damages. With this authoritative source you'll quickly be able to:

Identify fraudulent claims and how to differentiate between the legitimate part of a lost profits claim and the inflated component
Provide expert opinion on the magnitude of damages and a detailed presentation that will hold up under scrutiny in the settlement negotiation process and, if necessary, in court.

Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages is your blueprint for expertly analyzing business interruption losses—and, ultimately, success in your practice.

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Unintended benefits.......2004-07-01

I discovered this book after reading "A Guide to Forensic Testimony" (ISBN 0201752794), which is aimed at IT professionals. I had little interest in being an expert witness, but have been a witness in litigation and wanted to better understand the process. In my quest for another book I came across this one, and benefited from two levels - (1) I learned even more about rules of evidence, and expert testimony, and (2) discovered a methodology for computing values associated with business interruptions that have some potential to meet requirements of Rules 104(a) and (e), and 703 [Federal Rules of Evidence].

First, the material related to evidence and expert testimony - this book covers qualifications, expert roles and advice to the expert, and expert reports and admissibility of evidence with respect to economic, accounting and damages experts. More importantly, the author provides excellent advice on using experts from multiple disciplines, which is prudent given the complexity of measuring business interruption losses. The material about this aspect of the book is not only consistent with the book I cited above in general terms, but also went much deeper, and completely addressed the issues and factors associated with the subject from a legal point of view.

The second aspect of this book, the methodologies for analyzing loss attacks the problem from multiple angles, which can be aggregated or tailored to the legal theory of a particular case. The angles include an economic framework for the lost profits estimation process, and how to conduct a business interruption loss analysis. The book goes into more depth with a comprehensive description for conducting an industry analysis, especially with respect to relating overall industry growth to the plaintiff's growth, and in-depth chapters on projecting lost revenues and cost analysis and profitability. The methodologies alone or in total are complete, and should meet and Rule 104(a), (e), or Rule 703 test (i.e., "Daubert" issues).

Unintended benefits from this book came in the methodologies. I am an IT consultant who specializes in service management, which encompasses business continuity and system availability, among other things. The methodologies, I discovered, can be as easily applied to a proactive approach to determining cost of system unavailability of company-critical systems as they can be in determining after-the-fact losses. This allows realistic impact analyses that show costs, trade-offs and affects on the loss of critical systems. Not so coincidently, this same data can be used in court to show prior due diligence if loses do occur based on third-party breaches of contracts or warranty issues. More importantly, even though this book was written before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the methodologies given in this book can be used to validate compliance with certain sections of the act, most notably 404 (also, to a degree, 302, 409 and 906).

Overall, this book is one of the best professional investments I've made - and the reasons for it are purely serendipitous.

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Contrary to traditional belief, entrepreneurism is not just about making money, nor is it merely about starting up a venture or owning a small business — it is a way of life, applicable to all human economic activities. Living on a planet with finite resources, humanity is sustainable only if there is constant pursuit of innovation and creativity, not just for personal gain but also for the common good.

This book provides concise definitions of `entrepreneurism', `entrepreneurship', `entrepreneur' and `entrepreneurial' for education and application within the framework of the market economy; acts as a signpost pointing the way toward balancing the short-term need for survival with the long-term need for sustainable growth; and serves as a philosophical beacon that will guide individuals, particularly, business leaders, toward actions in the interest of humanity.

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What MBA Students Say About the Book.......2003-04-09

This book provides an excellent framework for discussion on economic policy. It presents a stark realization of overall economic impact to people who are traditional profiteers. For those who only see "the two silver dollars", this book provides a starting point for a bigger picture view.

What MBA Students Say About the Book.......2003-04-09

I found the book interesting and especially found the study of entrepreneurism as an ideology unique and interesting. During review, I found opinions and topics that could introduce more discussion into the study of entrepreneurship. Two areas that I saw particularly intriguing are: 1) defining approaches to business as traditional or entrepreneurial, and 2) the introduction of law into defining entrepreneurship. These two topics bring further questions and consequently greater discussion. -- Chris Barker

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Important international business transactions require opinions of counsel as a condition precedent to closing. But what if communications fail between the lawyer requesting the opinion (frequently a U.S. attorney) and the lawyer rendering the opinion? Both must have a common understanding of the scope of the opinion and of its terminology. What about the potential problems stemming from the interdependence of the opinions of several countries rendered in connection with a single transaction? Such interdependence frequently requires the careful navigation of conflict of laws analysis. Where the laws of several countries apply to a transaction, the various opinions must be put together like the pieces of a puzzle before the opinion recipient can ascertain whether the opinion fully addresses applicable legal issues under all relevant legal systems. Extensive discussions at several worldwide International Bar Association (IBA) lawyer conferences regarding potential issues in rendering legal opinions in international transactions have resulted in this third edition of a definitive work sponsored by the Banking Law Committee (E) of the IBA's Section on Business Law. This latest edition of Legal Opinions in International Transactions + analyses and comments on the clauses of a typical legal opinion requested in an international financing transaction; + explains the meaning given to such opinion clauses by U.S. counsel; + discusses, under the law and practice of 25 countries, whether such an opinion can be given and whether or not modifications are advisable; + addresses the investigation necessary to enable a lawyer to render a correct opinion; and + contains a chapter not available in earlier editions discussing the opinion a non-U.S. lawyer should request from a U.S. lawyer. These practical features make Legal Opinions in International Transactions the ultimate practitioners' guide on this critical aspect of international deals.

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