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Revenues and Adjusted Segment Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Reportable Segments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 470,285	$ 432,338
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	86,661	71,932
Corporate Finance & Restructuring
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	127,156	106,212
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	31,603	22,480
Forensic and Litigation Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	119,004	123,265
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	19,808	22,071
Economic Consulting
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	130,731	106,081
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	21,319	11,556
Technology
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	48,281	54,654
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	7,823	10,073
Strategic Communications
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	45,113	42,126
Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$ 6,108	$ 5,752

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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