Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages

An updated explanation of the methodology for how lost profitsshould be measuredNow fully revised and updated, focused on commercial litigationand the many common types of cases, this is the only book in thefield to explain the complicated process of measuring businessinterruption damages. The book features an easy to understand andapply, step-by-step process for how losses should be measured so asto be accurate and reliable and consistent with the relevantlaws.With a new chapter on the economics of punitive damages, the newedition also explains detailed methods for measuring damages incontract litigation, intellectual property lawsuits, antitrust, andsecurities cases. This new Second Edition incorporates thelatest developments in the fields of economics and accounting,while also integrating the most current changes in case law.Here's what you will find* Each chapter includes new materials and updated content* Added websites for sources of data* Includes a website for updated tables that can be utilized byreaders* A section of the new cases involving Daubert challenges toeconomists* Includes methods on how to do industry research* A new section covering the equity risk premium and the variousrecent research studies, which set forth the debate on what thepremium should beContaining exhibits, tables, and graphs, new cases involvingDauber, how to do industry research, equity risk premium, researchstudies on the marketability discount, anti-trust, punitivedamages, and more, Measuring Business Interruption Losses andOther Commercial Damages, Second Edition incorporates therelevant literature and research that has come out in this fieldover the past four years.