White papers on defensible expert methodology

Detailed, objective treatments of how KW Economics builds damages analyses and valuations that can be examined and tested. Written for attorneys who want to understand the method, not just the conclusion.

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Building a Daubert-Ready Economic Damages Report

Foundation, inputs, discounting, and documentation for a damages opinion that withstands admissibility review on the merits.

Economic · 12 min read · Published

Admissibility frameworks ask whether an expert opinion rests on sufficient facts or data, applies reliable methods, and applies them reliably to the case. For economic damages testimony the discipline's methods are well established, so challenges target the inputs: an earnings base that departs from the records, a growth rate inconsistent with the discount rate, a horizon no table supports, offsets ignored, or a projection with no foundation. This paper sets out how a damages report is built so that each input is visible, sourced, and testable, and how the report, the work file, and the sensitivity analysis together answer the questions a gatekeeping court asks.

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Business Valuation Standards in Litigation

How the professional valuation standards structure a contested valuation, from the engagement definition to the report, and how they answer cross-examination.

Economic · 11 min read · Published

A business valuation prepared for litigation is tested against two things: the governing legal framework, which sets the standard of value, the valuation date, and the treatment of discounts, and the professional valuation standards, which prescribe how the engagement is defined, how the approaches are applied, and what the report must contain. This paper describes how those standards structure a contested valuation of a closely held interest, where opposing valuators most often diverge, and how a report built to the standards answers the questions asked on cross-examination.

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