Commercial Litigation and Damages

Complex business disputes often raise complex economic issues. Resolving these disputes requires objectivity, access to resources, information and experience, and a rigorous and unbiased scientific approach. NERA professionals provide dispute resolution insight through research, analysis and valuation.

Our experts combine economic principles, recognized finance and valuation models, accounting principles, and statistical techniques with vast industry experience to address issues arising from general civil disputes, strategic business decision-making, public policy, competition and regulation. We are as recognized for our rigorous application of accepted scientific theory and mathematical models as we are for our ability to communicate concepts, opinions and conclusions in a clear, understandable and persuasive manner.

Advisory services that help shape business strategies:

• Analysis and impact of competition, regulation, and management decisions on market and firm performance
• Analysis of cost, pricing, and product strategies
• Liability valuation and management of risk
• Business valuation, intangible property valuation, and options valuation

Law and economics services that help shape litigation strategies:

• Risk analysis and dispute avoidance
• Early dispute resolution
• Analysis of economic issues in understanding the merits of a case
• Discovery insight and objective analysis of economic impact reporting and testimony