The before-and-after method is the most reliable method of proving damages for lost profits. The analyst compares the plaintiff's performance during two periods, one (the “benchmark period”) in which the plaintiff's performance is not affected by the defendant's conduct, and another (the...

Over the past few years, regulators have begun to consider restricting a cookie's lifetime as a way to protect consumer privacy. Most of this debate has taken place in the absence of any quantified cost-benefit analysis. To begin to fill this gap on the cost side of this discourse, we es-timate...

Consequential (or indirect) losses in the form of lost profits are usually suffered and claimed in civil cases of breaches of supply or service contracts, unfair competition, bankruptcy cases, and other instances where a defendant's wrongful actions cause lost profits to the plaintiff's...