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FORENSIC ECONOMICS
Commercial Litigation
Economatrix
Research Associates, Inc. evaluates losses of
corporations in litigation matters. These include lost profits
in cases such as business interruption and intellectual
property matters. Our firm and Dr. Gaughan, our president,
pride themselves that our publications have formed an
important part of the basis for the methodologies n the field
of commercial damages.
Personal
Injury & Wrongful Death Litigation
Dr. Gaughan has extensively studied
an analyzed the economics of punitive damages as it relates to
corporations. He is capable of understanding the various
effects, such as adverse spillover effect, that such damages
can have. His approach is to provide important background
information from the fields of economics and finance that
judges and juries may find helpful in forming a more complete
understanding of the ramifications of a punitive verdict.
Industry
Analysis & Punitive Damages
Dr. Gaughan and, Economatrix Research Associates,
Inc. has
done extensive analysis of many industries including
the
- Tobacco Industry
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Insurance Industry
Each of these industries has its own unique economic
and regulatory issues which affect the economic effect of
punitive damages different. Dr. Gaughan can explain these
effects so that judges and juries have a more complete picture
of the economics of the industry prior to rendering a punitive
verdict.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Economatrix Research Associates,
Inc. evaluates losses in patent,
copyright
and trade secret litigation. Our firm provides
relevant measures of damages
including lost profits or
reasonable royalties depending on the facts
and
circumstances of the case. We have developed
peer-reviewed methodologies for
certain types of trade
secrets matters including those which result in a
loss of
customers such as trade secret cases.
Business Valuations
Economatrix Research Associates,
Inc. values businesses for a variety
of
purposes including sale of a business, shareholder
disputes, matrimonial and
employee stock ownership plan
valuations. Our valuation work is applied to
both public
and closely held companies.
Critical Examination of Opposing Expert
Reports
Our firm provides
detailed critiques of opposing damages expert reports.
We
analyze such reports to determine the areas where
damages may be measured
inaccurately or arrived at using an
inappropriate methodology. We can
formulate detailed lines
of cross-examination designed to expose the
speculate
methodologies or inaccurate loss
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