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Special Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Special Charges by Segment | 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 |
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, 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.

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