"Winning Google further emboldened Nasdaq's reputation as being the exchange of choice for the technology companies, " said Jay Frankl, senior managing director at FTI Consulting.

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Companies such as FTI Consulting and Huron Consulting, which advise firms and boards on litigation, forensic accounting and many other issues, have never had it so good.

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Mitchell put together an army of lawyers from his firm, DLA Piper, and consultants, from FTI Consulting, and got them to conduct a massive investigation that billed Major League Baseball huge hourly fees.

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Compared with surprise resignations or crisis-related upheavals, planned CEO transitions lead to a narrower range of stock-price fluctuation for a company, both on the day of the announcement and six months later, according to research findings by FTI Consulting Inc.

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