Introduction: An engineering services contractor alleged that an employee had unlawfully obtained confidential information and trade secrets to his benefit when he established a competing company. Baker & O’Brien addressed the allegations by reviewing the documents allegedly taken and classifying them according to common industry knowledge or company proprietary. We estimated their value, if any, for allegedly unauthorized use and gave testimony in mediation, deposition, and a court trial.

A comprehensive environmental site remediation was required for a refinery storage facility and pipeline corridor, but there was an ongoing dispute about which parties were responsible for the clean-up cost. Baker & O’Brien was engaged to review the approaches to allocating the total remediation costs among several potentially liable parties and conduct cost modeling and allocation analyses. Our consultant prepared an expert report and provided deposition testimony.