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Special Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Special Charges by Segment | The following table details the special charges by segment.
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
Special Charges by Segment |  | 2016 |  |  | 2014 |
Corporate Finance & Restructuring |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 84 |
Forensic and Litigation Consulting |  |  | 2,304 |  |  |  | 308 |
Economic Consulting |  |  | — |  |  |  | 12 |
Technology |  |  | 7,529 |  |  |  | 19 |
Strategic Communications |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
|  |  | 9,833 |  |  |  | 426 |
Unallocated Corporate |  |  | 612 |  |  |  | 15,913 |
Total |  | $ | 10,445 |  |  | $ | 16,339 |
Summary of Activity Related to Liability for Special Charges | The table below summarizes the activity related to the liabilities for these costs for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.
|  | Employee |  |  | Lease |  |  |  |  |
|  | Termination |  |  | Termination |  |  |  |  |
|  | Costs |  |  | Costs |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 13,759 |  |  | $ | 4,854 |  |  | $ | 18,613 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Payments |  |  | (5,826 | ) |  |  | (1,212 | ) |  |  | (7,038 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other(1) |  |  | (165 | ) |  |  | 403 |  |  |  | 238 |
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 7,768 |  |  | $ | 4,045 |  |  | $ | 11,813 |
Additions(2) |  |  | 10,724 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,724 |
Payments |  |  | (10,264 | ) |  |  | (896 | ) |  |  | (11,160 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 183 |
Balance at December 31, 2016(3) |  | $ | 8,225 |  |  | $ | 3,335 |  |  | $ | 11,560 |
(1) | A fair value adjustment of $0.2 million and $0.4 million related to expected sublease income was recorded to “Selling, general and administrative expenses” within operating income in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(2) | Excludes $0.3 million in net non-cash expense reversals.
(3) | Of the $11.6 million remaining liability for special charges, $6.1 million is expected to be paid in 2017, $2.6 million is expected to be paid in 2018, $1.2 million is expected to be paid in 2019, $0.4 million is expected to be paid in 2020 and the remaining balance of $1.3 million is expected to be paid from 2021 to 2025.

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