Financial Litigation Specialty Webinars

This specialty track focuses on the dynamics of business valuation conclusions and calculations in the context of litigation, controlling professional standards, notable case law, differing approaches to reporting in litigation, traditional and situation-specific standards of value, and other key issues impacting BV in litigation.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Identify standards of value and approaches peculiar to shareholder disputes and other related litigation-based valuations
• Apply legal concepts relating to business valuation in professional engagements
• Explain professional standards governing business valuation experts in litigation engagements
• Apply professional standards in the litigation environment
• Write an effective valuation report applicable to litigation engagements
• Identify the weaknesses of valuation reports in the litigation environment
• List principles of effective communication in litigation n Apply litigation and communication skills in delivering deposition and trial testimony
• Describe the dynamics of litigation in business valuation matters

CPE On-Demand Course
		CPE: 15 Hrs	Price: $560/$504 Members Purchase the On-Demand Course here.

This specialty track focuses on the foundations and fundamentals of business income and extra expense damages information provided. It includes alternative approaches and methodologies, notable insurance policy sections, foundational evidence and research sources, and reporting guidelines and strategies embraced by the most effective business damages experts.

What You Will Cover
Part 1: Planning the Business Interruption Engagement
This part discusses who can represent the insured in a business interruption loss claim and why. We will discuss the beginning stages of the business interruption loss claim engagement from initial contact with the adjuster and the insured, gathering data, site visits, as well as discussing and deciding on the insured’s best plan of action during the period of restoration.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Determine who can and who cannot work directly with the insured and why on a business interruption loss claim
• Identify what items to discuss with and what documents to get from the public adjuster
• Identify what items to discuss with and what documents to get from the insured
• Choose whether or not to schedule a site visit
• Summarize expectations and deadlines with the insured

Part 2: Business Interruption Policy Differences
Business interruption claims can vary drastically due to the type of damage and company involved. In many cases, the policy itself determines how the damage claim will be determined and how the policyholder should proceed. This part will discuss the relevant policy language and what it means to the policyholder as well as the financial expert when determining damages.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Interpret relevant business interruption policy language
• Determine whether a policy covers extra expense
• Explain how the policy will impact the policyholder during the damage period

Part 3: Period of Restoration
In many cases, damages exist during the period of restoration. This part focuses on how to determine the period of restoration, the damage period, as well as an overview of how damages will be determined.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the time-period covered by the period of restoration
• Construct top down and bottom up damage calculations
• Analyze what is covered during the damage period or extended damage period

Part 4: Types of Business Interruption Calculations
This part discusses the two methods of business interruption loss claim calculations, how they are calculated, and their differences. We will discuss the definition of extra expenses and learn to identify which extra expenses are acceptable and unacceptable in a business interruption/extra expense claim. We will go through a case study using both the Net Income and Gross Profit Methods of business interruption/extra expense calculations.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Identify and describe the two methods of business interruption loss claim calculations
• Distinguish the differences between the two methods of business interruption calculations
• Define what are extra expenses
• Distinguish the difference between acceptable and non-acceptable extra expenses in the business interruption claim
• Calculate the business interruption/extra expense loss using both the Net Income and Gross Profit Methods

Part 5: Business Interruption Claim Opportunities
Business interruption claims occur frequently throughout the country due to natural disasters and other covered causes. Learn about the opportunities to assist with business interruption claims, the extent of losses from recent natural disasters, and how financial experts have become involved in these engagements.

How You Will Benefit
After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

• Identify common business interruption opportunities
• Define the relevant damages based on the impact of common natural disasters
• Determine ways to serve as a financial damage expert in business interruption claims

Five-Day Live Online Webinar Schedule
						Early Registration Discounts and Deadlines
		Dates		Time		10%
				Monday–Friday, 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET
		June 17–21, 2019				5/31/2019
		October 14–18, 2019				9/30/2019

This specialty track focuses on the foundations and fundamentals of business damages measurement, including: alternative approaches and methodologies, notable code sections and case law, foundational evidence and research sources, and reporting guidelines and strategies embraced by the most effective business damages experts.

• Apply the traditional methodologies used for economic damages
• Explore and evaluate alternative approaches in the measurement of damages
• Apply models used in the measurement and presentation of economic damages
• Identify sources of information, economic, and industry data
• Integrate the use of statistical and economic concepts into damages models
• Discuss case law that impacts damages measurement

Part 5: Other Considerations in Lost Profits

Five-Day Live Online Webinar Schedule
						Early Registration Discounts and Deadlines
		Dates		Time		10%
		February 25– March 1, 2019		Monday–Friday, 1:00–4:00 p.m. ET		1/31/2019
		July 15–19, 2019				6/30/2019

CPE On-Demand Course
		CPE: 15 Hrs	Price: $560/$504 Members Purchase the On-Demand Course here.

This specialty track focuses on a comprehensive understanding of fraud risk management, from identification of an organization’s fraud risk to provision of practical tools to address them. The solutions offered are applicable to entities of any size and structure, from small, privately owned companies to multi-national, publicly held organizations, as well as not-for-profit and governmental/regulatory enterprises.

• Define what fraud risk is
• List benefits of managing fraud by engaging an entire organization
• Discuss fraud schemes and the environments where they breed and proliferate
• Develop fraud detection and deterrence techniques, including identifying and assessing fraud risk at work
• Evaluate the resident fraud risk using a comprehensive fraud risk methodology
• Develop tools to enable the organization to mitigate, share, or accept the fraud risks identified
• Identify situations and conditions where fraud risk is present and needs to be managed
• Evaluate existing internal controls and make relevant recommendations for value-added improvements
• Differentiate roles and responsibilities for fraud deterrence and investigation among the board of directors, independent auditors, management, and consultants

CPE On-Demand Course
		CPE: 15 Hrs	Price: $560/$504 Members Purchase the On-Demand Course here.