Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Below are links to some of the articles published by experts at our firm

COMMERCIAL DAMAGES

Looking Back to Go Forward: A Review of the Basics for Lost Profits (Part II), Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/31/2022, https://quickreadbuzz.com/2022/08/31/litigation-allyn-needham-looking-back-to-go-forward-2/

Looking Back to Go Forward: A Review of the Basics for Lost Profits (Part I), Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/24/2022, https://quickreadbuzz.com/2022/08/24/litigation-allyn-needham-looking-back-to-go-forward/

“Daubert Challenge: End of Life or Another Day at the Office,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 5/31/2022, https://quickreadbuzz.com/2022/05/31/litigation-allyn-needham-daubert-challenge/

“Lost Profits: Revisiting the Energy Capital Corp. v United States Case,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 3/17/2022, https://quickreadbuzz.com/2022/03/16/litigation-consulting-allyn-needham-lost-profits/

“COVID-19’s Impact on Lost Profits Calculations,” The Value Examiner, January/February 2022, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, www.NACVA.com/TVE

“Lost Profits and COVID-19: A Unique Take on Causation,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 12/1/2021, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2021/12/01/litigation-consulting-allyn-needham-lost-profits-and-covid-19/

"Estimating the Economic Loss of the Self-Employed: Lost Profits or Lost Earning Capacity?" The Value Examiner, September/October 2021, Allyn Needham

"Assessing Lost Profits After the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 5/24/2021, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2021/05/26/valuation-litigation-allyn-needham-assessing-lost-profits/

"Lost Profits: Moving Forward During COVID-19,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 2/24/2021, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2021/02/24/bv-litigation-allyn-needham-lost-profits/

“Case Study: Changing Assignments from Fairness Opinion to Business Valuation,” Quick Read, National Associations of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 1/13/2021, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2021/01/13/valuation-litigation-allyn-needham-case-study/

“Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Expert Assignments and COVID-19,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/19/2020, Co-authors J. Robert Forshey & Dylan Ross, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2020/08/19/litigation-needham-forshey-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

“Covid-19, Proximate Cause and its Impact on Lost Profits Calculations, Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 7/22/2020, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2020/07/22/litigation-allyn-needham-covid-19-proximate-cause/

“Lost Profits and Discount Rates: What Do the Courts Want?,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 3/11/2020, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2020/03/11/litigation-consulting-allyn-needham-lost-profits-and-discount-rates/

“Case Study – Royalties and Lost Profits from Intellectual Property Infringement,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 12/18/2019, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2019/12/18/litigation-allyn-needham-case-study-royalties-andlost-profits-infringement/

“Lost Profits, Modern New Business Rule and How it Has Been Applied by the Courts,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/7/2019, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2019/08/07/litigation-needham-lost-profits-2/

“Lost Profits, Modern New Business Rule and Defense Strategies Beyond Reasonable Certainty,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 3/6/2019, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2019/03/06/litigation-needham-lost-profits-new-business-rule/

“Lost Profits: Fifth Circuit Decision Clarifies Reasonable Certainty for the Modern New Business Rule,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 2/27/2019, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2019/02/27/litigation-needham-lost-profits/

“Discounting Lost Profits to Present Value, Ex ante, Ex post and Hybrid Methodologies, Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 9/19/2018, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2018/09/19/discounting-lost-profits-to-present-value/

“Unique Circumstances When Calculating Lost Profits: Reliability of Client’s Data,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 6/13/2018, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2018/06/13/unique-circumstances-when-calculating-lost-profits/

“Commercial Damages and Lost Profits: Case Study of a Real Estate Developer,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 3/28/2018, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2018/03/28/commercial-damages-and-lost-profits/

“Business Interruption: A Unique Assessment of Commercial Damages,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 9/20/2017, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2017/09/20/business-interruption/

“Revisiting Modeling and Discounting Future Damages The Case for Use of a Risk-Adjusted Rate in Damages Cases,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 5/30/2017, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2017/05/31/revisiting-modeling-discounting-future-damages/

“Revisiting Modeling for Future Lost Profits,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 3/29/2017, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2017/03/29/revisiting-modeling/

“Lost Profits and Other Commercial Damages: A Case Study (Part II of II), Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 12/20/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/12/20/lost-profits-commercial-damages-3/

“Lost Profits and Other Commercial Damages: A Case Study (Part I of II), Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 12/14/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/12/14/lost-profits-commercial-damages-2/

“Foreseeability Standard in Lost Profits Litigation,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 5/18/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/05/18/foreseeability-standard-lost-profits-litigation/

“Including Causation in a Lost Profits Analysis,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 4/20/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/04/20/including-causation-lost-profits-analysis/

“Reasonable Certainty in Lost Profits Calculations,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 1/6/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/01/06/reasonable-certainty-in-lost-profits-calculations/

“The Present Value of Future Lost Profits and the Time Value of Money,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 12/16/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/12/16/discount-rates/

PERSONAL DAMAGES

“Analyzing Lost Earning Capacity for the Self-Employed, Income of Partners and Owners of Pass-through Entities (Part II of II),” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/17/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/08/17/analyzing-lost-earning-capacity-self-employed-2/

“Analyzing Lost Earning Capacity for the Self-Employed, Income of Partners and Owners of Pass-through Entities (Part I of II),” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 8/10/2016, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2016/08/10/analyzing-lost-earning-capacity-self-employed/

“The Impact of Criminal Convictions on Calculations of Lost Earnings in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death: Issues for Forensic Economics and Vocational Assessment”, Journal of Forensic Economics, Vol. XVII, Numbers 2-3, Spring / Summer 2005 – Fall 2005, (Published July 2006), www.journalofforensiceconomics.com

“Substance Abuse and Its Impact on Employment and Earnings for Blue Collar Workers”, The Earnings Analyst, Vol. VIII, May 2006, www.TheEarningsAnalyst.com

“The Impact of Recidivism on Projecting Future Earnings for Individuals with a History of Correctional Supervision”, Journal of Forensic Economics, Vol. XVI, Number 3, Fall 2003 (Published October 2004), www.journalofforensiceconomics.com

CHAPTER 11 CRAMDOWN AND BANKRUPTCY

“Unsecured Creditors: Risk and Cramdown Rates (Part II of II),” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 11/29/2017, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2017/11/29/chapter-11-bankruptcy-2/

“Unsecured Creditors: Risk and Cramdown Rates (Part I of II),” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 11/21/2017, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2017/11/21/chapter-11-bankruptcy/

“Terms of Art: Understanding the Language of Chapter 11 Cramdown,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 9/9/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/09/09/terms-of-art/

“Financial Experts in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies: Unique Situations from Common Assignments,” Repost via Link of Quick Read Article Published 4/22/2015, Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable, 7/28/2015, http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bankruptcyroundtable/2015/07/28/financial-experts-in-chapter-11-bankruptcies-unique-situations-from-common-assignments/

“Commercial Real Estate, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Cram Down Interest Rates, Part 2 of 2,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 6/3/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/06/03/commercial-real-estate-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2/

“Commercial Real Estate, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Cram Down Interest Rates, Part 1 of 2,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 5/27/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/05/27/commercial-real-estate-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

“Difficulty with Applying the Contract Rate Approach to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, A Case Study Part 2 of 2,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 1/21/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/01/21/contract-rate-approach-chapter-11-bankruptcy-2/

“Difficulty with Applying the Contract Rate Approach to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, A Case Study Part 1 of 2,” Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 1/14/2015, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2015/01/14/contract-rate-approach-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

“Three Common Roles for Financial Experts in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, Part 2”, Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 11/12/2014, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2014/11/12/three-common-roles-for-financial-experts-2/

“Three Common Roles for Financial Experts in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, Part 1 of 2”, Quick Read, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, 11/4/2014, http://quickreadbuzz.com/2014/11/04/three-common-roles-financial-experts/

“Commercial Real Estate, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy & Cram Down Interest Rates”, The Earnings Analyst, Vol. 13, 2013, (Online Fall 2014), www.TheEarningsAnalyst.com, Co-author Kristin Schroeder

“Cram Down Interest Rate Analysis in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Matters: An Overview”, The Earnings Analyst, Vol. 12, 2012, (Online Winter 2013), www.TheEarningsAnalyst.com, Co-author Kristin Schroeder