Case Studies
Our firm has over 80 years of experience working on assignments that span over 800 industries around the world. By exploring some of the cases we have worked on you will gain a better understanding of how we might be able to assist you in your quantification, investigation or valuation needs. Refine your search by selecting a practice area or industry.
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Intellectual Property – Trademark Infringement & Profit Disgorgement (U.S.)
MDD was engaged on behalf of the defendant in a trademark infringement matter. The plaintiff’s expert presented a damages claim based on a profit disgorgement theory. MDD’s rebuttal report addressed customer sales that were not properly attributed to the use of the accused marks. MDD analyzed...
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Royalty Audits – High-Risk Franchisees
We were retained by the franchisor of a chain of fast food restaurants to perform royalty audits for “high risk” franchisees. It was alleged that some franchisees were under-reporting their revenues, and under-paying the royalties owing to the franchisor. We reviewed the annual revenues report by...
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Cyber Risk – Multinational Manufacturer
A multinational manufacturer discovered total data lost or corrupted, causing a shutdown/slowdown of operations worldwide. MDD consulted on the initial investigation of both the potential and actual business interruption impact as well as verifying the internal and external costs of the corrective...
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Wrongful Death Claim – Bus Accident
Our firm was engaged in a matter involving a wrongful death claim for a 67 year old married male with no children who lived and worked as a Plaintiff attorney in Virginia. He was killed in a bus accident in France while on vacation. Our role involved reviewing the losses claimed by the surviving spouse...
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Franchise Dispute: Breach of Exclusive Territory Clause
We were retained to prepare an expert report in a dispute between a franchisor and franchisee arising out of the franchisor’s alleged breach of contract by introducing a new store into the exclusive geographic territory of the franchisee. In developing our damages model, we reviewed historic revenue...
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Financial Motive – Murder
Our firm was engaged to assist a criminal defense law firm in defending their client who was charged with first degree murder. It was alleged that the client murdered his spouse in order to collect life insurance proceeds on policies where he was listed as her beneficiary. Our role was to determine...
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Production Loss on a Major Motion Picture
We were asked by an independent adjusting firm and insurers to review the economic damages claimed in relation to a production loss on a major motion picture. The production loss results from one of the lead actors being unable to participate in a pick-up shoot as a result of suffering from an illness....
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Power Generation – Damage to Wind Farm
We were asked by an engineering firm to review the economic damages claimed by a wind farm operator that suffered a loss caused by damage to a transformer caused by the work of the engineering company. The damage resulted in the wind farm not being able to operate for over a month and a resultant...
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