By Ronnie Barnes ( August 31, 2018, 1:31 PM EDT) -- Valuation is an integral part of damages assessments in a multitude of cases. To provide a robust quantum of damages — whether it involves valuing a project, firm or financial security, or quantifying the impact of alleged wrongful behavior on the value of an investment — an expert must choose an appropriate method. In many cases, the "go to" valuation approach is the discounted cash flow, or DCF, methodology, in which the future cash flows that an investment is expected to generate are discounted back to the valuation date at a rate that reflects both the time value of money and the riskiness of the cash flows....