Market Data Approach ‘Particularly Unsuitable’ to Valuing Feature Film

BVLaw
Court Case Digests
December 14, 2016
7812 Motion Picture and Video Tape Production
512110 Motion Picture and Video Production
economic damages & lost profits
damages, expert testimony, breach of fiduciary duty, fair market value (FMV), market-based approach, fraudulent transfer, comparable companies method, valuation

Holder v. Howe
2016 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8989
US
State Court
California
Court of Appeal
Larry Gerbrandt (plaintiff); unknown (defendants)
Chaney

Summary

Court rejects expert’s movie valuation based on percentage of cost of making it; market data approach is “particularly unsuitable” because simply averaging price of films and cost to create them does not yield information about value of particular film.

See Also

Holder v. Howe

Court rejects expert’s movie valuation based on percentage of cost of making it; market data approach is “particularly unsuitable” because simply averaging price of films and cost to create them does not yield information about value of particular film.

Market Data Approach ‘Particularly Unsuitable’ to Valuing Feature Film

Court rejects expert’s movie valuation based on percentage of cost of making it; market data approach is “particularly unsuitable” because simply averaging price of films and cost to create them does not yield information about value of particular film.