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&lt;p&gt;Welcome to this week&#39;s penultimate news round-up at Consult THIS.  To make up for yesterday&#39;s utter lack of a round-up, this edition will be particularly robust.  Bang that gong, I know you&#39;re thrilled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First up we hear from FTI Consulting, which today published its financial results for fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2010.  In the fourth quarter, the firm brought in $356 million compared with $343 million last year.  Though profit fell from Q4 2009 as a result of the firm&#39;s decision to unify all of its subsidiaries under the FTI Consulting banner (apparently it&#39;s expensive to re-name your own companies), the figure still beat Wall Street analysts who expected a significant decline.  Revenue in the Corporate Finance/Restructuring departments fell 9.4 percent from Q4 2009, a disappointment the firm attributes to a continued decline in &quot;demand for restructuring services&quot; worldwide.  The company&#39;s other consulting segments, Forensic/Litigation Consulting and Economic Consulting, fared better with growth of 14 percent and 2 percent respectively.  Full the full year, FTI cites revenues of roughly $1.4 billion, virtually unchanged from 2009.  The firm blames &quot;current market conditions&quot; for what it predicts will be another modest year in 2011; FTI&#39;s most optimistic prediction for this year sees a revenue increase of just $1 million.  Despite the relative modesty of these financial results, President and CEO Jack Dunn remained bullish about FTI&#39;s prospects in the near future.  &quot;We enter 2011 with practices that are leaders in their respective markets and a strong financial position, with nearly $385 million in cash and equivalents for acquisitions, share repurchases and investments in our franchise and brand.&quot;  Some of that $385 million could end up saving LECG from insolvency if a plan to acquire several LECG consulting units goes through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Logica also released fiscal year 2010 financial results this week.  The firm was happy to report a return to growth in the second half of FY 2010, a moral victory for a firm that struggled mightily in the recession.  Overall for the year revenue was up just 1 percent from 2009, and Logica barely broke even after eating &amp;pound;30 million in restructuring charges this year.  The firm&#39;s consulting unit has been on a revenue slide since 2008 due to major decreases in demand for IT advisory; though the unit failed to turn the tide in 2010, it did slow the decline to 5 percent, a major improvement from the recent past.  Despite 2010&#39;s many setbacks, the firm holds much hope for 2011.  &quot;This is year when we believe we can start to move the margins up,&quot; said CEO Andy Green, predicting 2 to 5 percent revenue growth in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;KPMG announced today that it had acquired Canadian consultancy Groupe 4L&amp;sup2; for an undisclosed sum. Groupe 4L&amp;sup2; is a major force in supply chain and logistics consulting that will undoubtedly lift its new parent&#39;s reputation in Canada.  The acquisition sees Groupe 4L&amp;sup2; move to KPMG&#39;s Canada headquarters in Montreal, accompanied by president Stephen Lauzon, who becomes a KPMG principal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last up for today, the ever-present Booz Allen Hamilton named a new COO this morning.  Horacio Rozanski, at Booz Allen since 1992, assumed the role and the added bonus title of executive vice president effective immediately.  According to a press release, Rozanski has essentially been doing the COO job for several years without the proper recognition.  As a result, none of his duties will change.  And he doesn&#39;t even make the board of directors like the CEO and CFO do.  Kind of a lame promotion, really.  Rozanski, a business strategy pro, represents one of the few faces among Booz Allen&#39;s top leadership that hasn&amp;rsquo;t headed a covert military intelligence agency (or the like) in the last 30 years.  Bravo, Horacio!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; FTI Consulting Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results&lt;br&gt; Logica reports a strong finish to 2010&lt;br&gt; Groupe 4L2 joins forces with KPMG&lt;br&gt; Booz Allen Hamilton Names Horacio Rozanski as Chief Operating Officer&lt;/p&gt;

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