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Contents

Practice Aid Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 9

The Implications of Case Law as Guidance ..................................................................................................... 10

Chapter 1 — Revenue and Growth Rates ........................................................................................................ 12

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 12

Cases Excluding Expert Testimony Due to Analytical Gaps ........................................................................... 13

Chemipal Ltd. v. Slim-Fast Nutritional Foods Int'l, Inc., 350 F. Supp. 2d 582 (D. Del. 2004) ................... 13

Bruno v. Bozzuto’s, Inc., 311 F.R.D. 124 (M.D. Pa. 2015) ......................................................................... 14

Parsi v. Daioleslam, 852 F. Supp. 2d 82 (D.D.C. 2012) ............................................................................... 16

Fail-Safe, L.L.C. v. A.O. Smith Corp., 744 F. Supp. 2d 870 (E.D. Wis. 2010) ........................................... 17

Cases Establishing That Challenges to Underlying Data Supporting Revenue and Growth Estimates Should
Be Left to Adversarial Process ......................................................................................................................... 19

Wathne Imports, Ltd. v. PRL USA, Inc., 101 A.D.3d 83 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)........................................ 19

Manpower, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of Pa., 732 F.3d 796 (7th Cir. 2013) ....................................................... 20

Cases Establishing That Challenges to Underlying Data Supporting Revenue and Growth Estimates Should
Be Decided by the Court ................................................................................................................................... 22

CDW LLC v. NETech Corp., 906 F. Supp. 2d 815 (S.D. Ind. 2012) ........................................................... 23

Education Logistics, Inc. v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., 2012 WL 761950 (D. Mont. March 8, 2012) ............... 24

Celebrity Cruises, Inc. v. Essef Corp., 434 F. Supp. 2d 169 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) ............................................. 25

Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................ 28

Chapter 2 — Costs .............................................................................................................................................. 30

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 30

Focus on Net Profits vs. Gross Profits .............................................................................................................. 31

Kellmann v. Workstation Integrations, Inc., 332 S.W.3d 679 (Tex. App. 2010) ......................................... 31

Englewood Terrace Ltd. P’ship v. United States, 113 Fed. Cl. 718 (Fed. Cl. 2013) .................................... 33

Jackson HMA, LLC v. Morales, 130 So.3d 493 (Miss. 2013) ..................................................................... 36

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