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The BERO Group maintains an archive of publications to provide attorneys and their clients with valuable resource guides containing information related to litigation issues.

Review our library of resources and articles covering topics of fraud examination, forensic accounting, damages calculations, business valuations, corporate and government contracts.

"ASBCA finds Contractor allowed to seek reimbursement for costs of keeping employees ready during COVID-19 lockdowns."
Article by James L. McGovern; March 2024

"Lost Profits and Government Contracts — When can lost future profits be recovered on a terminated government contract? "
Article by James L. McGovern; February 2024

"Hire Your Damages Expert Early (and the Federal Circuit agrees?) "
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; January 2022

"Economic Damages, CPAs and The Bowl of Ice Cream"
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; May 2021

"Why Are Lost Wages Certain? They Aren’t."
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; April 2021

"Proximate Cause, Foundation and Alignment"
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; March 2021

"Sunk Costs, Capital Obsolescence and COVID-19"
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; January 2021

"COVID-19 Impacts Discount Rates, Which Impacts Some Damage Calculations"
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; August 2020

"COVID-19 Impacts Damage Calculations — as may any major macroeconomic factor"
Article by Ronald A. Bero, Jr.; August 2020

"Will COVID-19 Pandemic Shutdowns Trigger Business Interruption Insurance Coverage? "
Article by James L. McGovern; May 2020

"U.S. Supreme Court rules Willful Infringement is not Required for Award of Lost Profits for Trademark Infringement."
Article by James L. McGovern; Apr 2020

"Utilizing Effective Witness Testimony in Damage Matters"
Article by James L. McGovern appearing in Attorney at Law magazine — Vol. 3 No. 4; Oct 2016

"The State of On-going Patent Royalties"
Article by Jim McGovern — June 2015

"Using the "Book of Wisdom" to Determine a Reasonable Royalty"
Article by Jim McGovern — January 2015

"What Is FRAND and How Does It Impact Patent Damages?"
Article by Jim McGovern — September 2014

"In Apple, Inc. v Motorola, Inc., The Federal Circuit Reverses Exclusion of Both Parties' Damages Experts"
Article by The BERO Group

"Settlement Agreements Support Reasonable Royalty Analysis?"
Article by Jim McGovern appearing in Attorney at Law magazine — Premier Chicago Loop edition; September 2014

"Identifying the Smallest Saleable Unit When Calculating Royalties"
Article by Jim McGovern — August 2014

"Convoyed Sales: Lost Profits v. Reasonable Royalty"
Article by Jim McGovern — July 2014

"IP Innovation L.L.C. v. Red Hat, Inc."
Article by The BERO Group

"Federal Trade Commission Report"
Article by The BERO Group

"Future Damages Quantified on Safe Payments are Higher Today than They Have Been Since the 1950s"
Article by The BERO Group

"Embezzlement Statistics Show Patterns"
Article by The BERO Group — Updated April 2022

"Cumulative Impact of Change Orders – Real But Difficult to Prove"
Article by James L. McGovern and Jack A. Lazarczyk appearing in Attorney at Law magazine — Vol. 3 No. 1; Jan 2016

"Anti-Human Trafficking: Final Rules"
Article by Paul B. Cogswell and James McGovern published in Contract Management Magazine. November 2015