Court dockets are littered with verdicts in commercial litigation that have been undermined by weak or flawed economic damages projections and a failure to understand and appreciate the concept of “reasonable certainty” as it relates to calculating lost profits. Proving up lost profit calculations remains challenging, but familiarization with the challenges identified in this article will help litigators on both sides of a Daubert challenge.
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At age 43, Energy Future Holdings GC Stacey Doré is one of the few women corporate general counsel at a Fortune 500 company and she is certainly one of the youngest. She finds herself leading one of the largest business bankruptcies in U.S. history, even though she had no prior bankruptcy law experience. No business lawyer in Texas is under more pressure or scrutiny these days than Doré.
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Holland & Knight Lands Dallas Litigation Partners Mary Goodrich Nix and Jon Shepherd
They join from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr and Alston & Bird, respectively.
Holland & Knight Lands Dallas Litigation Partners Mary Goodrich Nix and Jon Shepherd
They join from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr and Alston & Bird, respectively.