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Valuation Controversy Services Deprivation Disputes

The economic theory of deprivation is that a party has been deprived of the economic enjoyment associated with the ownership or use of an asset, property, or business interest. The legal remedy for a deprivation is to return that plaintiff party to the level of economic utility or satisfaction that they enjoyed prior to the deprivation event. An important part of a deprivation claim is the identification and quantification of the amount of economic damages that the aggrieved party has suffered. The aggrieved party may be compensated for the deprivation by the return of the asset, property, or business interest; by the receipt of a single damage award; or by the retribution of monetary damage payments.

Our analysts have quantified economic damages related to the following types of deprivation disputes:

• expropriation of a business by a foreign government
• domestic "taking" through condemnation and eminent domain
• squeeze out merger of minority stockholders
• wrongful termination of employment or other commercial relationship
• breach of contract or joint venture/partnership agreement
• failure to award or renew a license, permit, certificate, franchise
• intellectual property infringement
• tortious property damages
• fraud and misrepresentation
• dissipation of corporate assets