Remaining Stock Repurchase Program

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The value of the stock repurchase program terminated.

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Dollar amount of the cash payment to or cash received from the bank; or the stock issuance to (stock received from) the bank in the settlement of the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

-Number 99-7

-Paragraph 1

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 12

-Paragraph 10

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased and retired during the period. The excess of the purchase price over par value can be charged against retained earnings (once the excess is fully allocated to additional paid in capital).

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The amount authorized by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 08, 2011	May 17, 2011	Mar. 07, 2011	Nov. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Mar. 02, 2011
Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Board of directors authorized stock repurchase program				$ 500,000,000
Stock repurchase program terminated				50,000,000
Stock repurchase program repurchases					209,400,000	290,600,000
Repurchased shares of FTI Consulting common stock	671,647	5,061,558	4,433,671		5,733,205	6,633,680
Accelerated stock buyback	209,400,000					250,000,000	209,400,000
Remaining stock repurchase program						$ 209,400,000