DII became involved in
analyzing a legal suit after an initial
defendant’s public settlement offer of over
$700 million was rejected by the plaintiff
who demanded more than $2 billion. After DII
negotiating strategies were implemented, the
final settlement was $200 million less than
the offer originally rejected publicly!
The defendant lawyers
anticipated a court judgment against the
defendants of about $500 million and were
prepared to settle out of court for about
$160 million. Using strategies designed by
DII, our Client settled the case for $70
million below what the defendant was
expecting to pay. Had DII represented the
plaintiffs, a settlement could have been
forged around $250 million. This is a
settlement swing of $160 million based only
on DII settlement strategies!
DII assisted the
defendant in a case our Client initially
expected to settle for $125 million. DII
identified the settlement price acceptable
to the plaintiff and the key members of the
plaintiff’s team that were amenable to
discussions on the settlement price. By
following the negotiating strategy devised
by DII, the case settled for $65 million or
nearly 1/2 the expected payment.
DII advised our Client
on a patent infringement case that involved
forecasting the likely outcome of both the
price to be paid regarding the patent
infringement and the % royalties to be paid
going forward. The initial analysis
indicated that neither issue would settle if
our Client used its current strategy. DII’s
simulations suggested alternative strategies
that when implemented by our Client achieved
agreement on both issues for well beyond
what our Client anticipated.