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Special Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Special Charges

Special Charges

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded a special charge of $7.1 million, which consists of the following components:

•$4.7 million of lease abandonment and other relocation costs associated with the consolidation of office space in New York, New York. The lease abandonment costs include non-cash charges of $4.4 million related to accelerated amortization on operating lease assets and accelerated depreciation on lease-related property and equipment; and

•$2.4 million of employee severance and other employee-related costs associated with performance-related actions in our FLC segment that impacted 16 employees. All of these amounts will be paid in cash within the next 12 months.

There were no special charges recorded during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

The following table details the special charges by segment:

			Year Ended December 31, 2020
Corporate Finance			$	861
FLC			3,484
Economic Consulting			35
Technology			276
Strategic Communications			2,074
Segment special charge			6,730
Unallocated Corporate			373
Total			$	7,103

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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-Publisher FASB
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