XML 27 R12.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.8.0.1

Special Charges | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2017
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Special Charges | Special Charges During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded special charges of $40.9 million. The charges related to certain targeted reductions in areas of each segment where we needed to realign our workforce with current business demand. In addition, cost-cutting actions were taken in certain corporate departments where we were able to streamline support activities and reduce our real estate costs. $48.4 million of the charge will be paid in cash. The total charge is net of a $7.5 million non-cash reduction to expense primarily for the reversal of a deferred rent liability. The special charge includes the following components:
• | $23.5 million of employee severance and other employee-related costs associated with the reduction in workforce of 255 employees in our segments and certain corporate departments. All of these amounts will be paid in cash;
• | $14.4 million of exit costs associated with the curtailment of our lease on our executive office in Washington, D.C. $22.7 million of the charge will be paid in cash. The exit costs include an $8.3 million non-cash reduction to expense primarily for the reversal of a deferred rent liability; and
• | $3.0 million of other expenses, including costs related to disposing or closing several small international offices, of which $0.8 million was a non-cash expense.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, we recorded special charges of $10.4 million. The charges are related to employee terminations in our Technology segment, health solutions practice of our Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment, and Corporate infrastructure group. The charges consisted of salary continuance and other contractual employee-related costs. There were no special charges recorded during the year ended December 31, 2015. The following table details the special charges by segment and corporate.
| Year Ended December 31,
Special Charges by Segment | 2017 |  | 2016
Corporate Finance & Restructuring | $ | 5,440 |  |  | $ | — |
Forensic and Litigation Consulting | 12,334 |  |  | 2,304 |
Economic Consulting | 6,624 |  |  | — |
Technology | 5,057 |  |  | 7,529 |
Strategic Communications | 7,752 |  |  | — |
| 37,207 |  |  | 9,833 |
Unallocated Corporate | 3,678 |  |  | 612 |
Total | $ | 40,885 |  |  | $ | 10,445 |
The table below summarizes the activity related to the liabilities for these costs for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Lease Termination Costs |  | Other |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 7,768 |  |  | $ | 4,045 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,813 |
Additions (1) | 10,724 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10,724 |
Reductions | (10,264 | ) |  | (896 | ) |  | — |  |  | (11,160 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other | (3 | ) |  | 186 |  |  | — |  |  | 183 |
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | 8,225 |  |  | $ | 3,335 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,560 |
Additions (1) | 23,260 |  |  | 23,498 |  |  | 584 |  |  | 47,342 |
Reductions | (20,771 | ) |  | (7,757 | ) |  | (584 | ) |  | (29,112 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other | 165 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | — |  |  | 146 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 (2) | $ | 10,879 |  |  | $ | 19,057 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,936 |
(1) Excludes $0.8 million and $0.3 million in net non-cash expense reversals for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively (2) Of the $29.9 million remaining liability for special charges, $16.0 million is expected to be paid in 2018, $4.8 million is expected to be paid in 2019, $3.8 million is expected to be paid in 2020, $3.2 million is expected to be paid in 2021 and the remaining balance of $2.1 million is expected to be paid from 2022 to 2026. These amounts are included in "Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other" and "Other liabilities" in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

X
- Definition Description of non-recurring activities related to our global branding strategy and other strategic branding decisions, a realignment of our workforce and consolidation of office locations, including related costs and liabilities. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcn_SpecialChargesTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | fcn_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesDisclosureAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration