What you recover depends on the type of claim. For instance, breach of contract claims could result in expectation damages (what you would have expected to profit if the contract was completed), compensatory damages (damages to compensate the non-breaching party for their losses in the breach), consequential damages (reimbursement from indirect losses from the breach of the contract), and other possible damages. In fraud or defamation claims, businesses may be entitled to “actual damages” for their losses. Some commercial litigation claims can result in punitive damages if the breaching party’s conduct was egregious. Always ask a commercial litigation lawyer to what you may be entitled to.