Seminars Schedule

UPCOMING SPEAKING APPEARANCES & SEMINARS

Measuring Commercial Damages in Business Interruption Lawsuits

Sponsoring Organization: The TASA Group

Location: National Webinar

Date: TBD

More information:    www.tasanet.com

Dr. Patrick Gaughan and Professor Henry Fuentes will be .  Dr. Gaughan will outline the proper methods of measuring damages while Professor Fuentes covers the relevant accounting issues that are important to commercial damages analysis. The program utilizes as a text, Dr. Gaughan's newly released book, Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages, John Wiley & Sons, 2^nd edition, 2009.

This seminar, based on the first edition of the above text, has been successfully presented numerous times around the country. The revised second edition of this book features new material, including expanded chapters on intellectual property, antitrust and securities related damages, which will be incorporated into the presentation. Computing damages in business interruption lawsuits requires a sound knowledge of fields such as litigation economics, forensic accounting and law. The presenters are well known and highly respected in these fields of expertise.

This program is designed specifically for attorneys and paralegals practicing in the field of business law and commercial litigation. Accountants involved in business valuations and forensic economics will also find this seminar beneficial.

Evaluating Business Loss and Interruption Caused by the Gulf Oil Spill Audiocast

Sponsoring Organization: HB Litigation Conferences

Location: National Teleconference

Date: October 20, 2010

Time: 2:00-4:30 pm ET

Price: $359 (includes CLE credit for 3 listeners)

More information: www.litigationconferences.com

Panel will include: Patrick Gaughan, Ph.D., President of Economatrix Research Associates, Inc. Edward Wolpert, Ph.D. of Raffa Consulting Economists, Inc. Joe Epps, CPA/CFF/ABV, CFE, CVA, President of Epps Consulting, PLLC Kenneth Smith, Esquire. of Sheller P.C. Neil Overholtz, Esquire. of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, P.L.C.

Topics:

The Losses and How to Analyze Them

• The overall methodology and how one goes about measuring lost profits
• Proving prior unreported income – Individual and businesses
• How to assess expenses in relationship to the projection of revenues
• Separating these economic damages from general recessionary income decreases
• Expert interaction: how economists and CPA work together to analyze these losses
• Commercial claims analysis: fishing industries, other product chain participants, etc.
• Special concerns for local retail, service sectors, & rental property businesses
• Reputational damage for local BP business and other oil industry impacts arising out of the spill
• Other potential claimants and analyzing their losses: Government losses (taxes), private property owners and workers  

Legal Presentation of Business Loss and Working

• What kind of documents do you need to gather from your clients?
• Case selection: Which cases do you want to keep and why?
• Unique issues for effected industries that have poor paper trails-venue preferences, if any
• What kind of questions do you want to ask your experts and when do you ask them?
• Which evidence is the most compelling to present in these cases?
• Compelling ways to simplify the more complicated evidence
• What documents do you provide in discovery? Present at trial or at settlement? Does it vary?

Measuring Lost Profits in Business Interruption Cases

National Law Foundation

Date: TBA

RECENT SPEAKING APPEARANCES & SEMINARS

Measuring Commercial Damages in Business Interruption Lawsuits

Sponsoring Organization: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Date: April 6, 2010 
More information: http://www.njicle.com/seminar.aspx?sid=958        

 The 2010 version of this ICLE seminar will take place on April 6^th, 2010. Prior years of this seminar have been well attended. The program moderator will be Frederick “Bud” Rose of the Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, PC. Other speakers will be Jay Maloney of Day Pitney, LLP and Ann Cahill of Mandelbaum Salsburg Gold Lazris & Discenza, PC. From Economatrix Research Associates, Inc., will be Dr. Patrick Gaughan and Professor Henry Fuentes.  Dr. Gaughan will outline the proper methods of measuring damages while Professor Fuentes covers the relevant accounting issues that are important to commercial damages analysis. The program utilizes as a text, Dr. Gaughan's newly released book, Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages, John Wiley & Sons, 2^nd edition, 2009. This seminar, based on the first edition of the above text, has been successfully presented numerous times around the country. The revised second edition of this book features new material, including expanded chapters on intellectual property, antitrust and securities related damages, which will be incorporated into the presentation. Computing damages in business interruption lawsuits requires a sound knowledge of fields such as litigation economics, forensic accounting and law. The presenters are well known and highly respected in these fields of expertise.This program is designed specifically for attorneys and paralegals practicing in the field of business law and commercial litigation. Accountants involved in business valuations and forensic economics will also find this seminar beneficial.

Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages

Dates: January 22 & February 9, 2010
Sponsored by: National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
Location: National webinar 

Dr. Patrick Gaughan and Professor Fuentes recently conducted two webinars for National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.  These seminars focused on the proper methods to measure loss profits in a bus interruption context. 

Preeminent Lawyers - Superstars of Trials

Date:  September 27-29, 2007
Sponsored by: Defense Research Institute
Location: Westin - Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Speaking Topic: Cross Examining the Plaintiff's Economist

Dr. Gaughan served as the economic expert witness in a moot court presentation. He spoke the next day on the cross examination of the plaintiff's economist. Among the topics that Dr. Gaughan discussed were the various ways that some plaintiff's economists may exaggerate economic damages in personal injury cases.

Measuring Lost Profits in Commercial Litigation

Institute for Continuing Legal Education

New Brunswick

Date: Spring 2008

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