Expert’s ‘Unsupportable’ Inputs Undermine DCF Analysis and Credibility

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 19 No. 4
Legal and Court Case Update
April 2013
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U.S. Bank N.A. v. Verizon Communications Inc.
2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8521
January 22, 2013
US
Federal Court
Texas
United States District Court
Carlyn Taylor (plaintiff); Mark Hopkins (defendants)
Fish

Summary

District court finds expert “forced” spun-off company’s low value by calculating a DCF value that “is low in the extreme and implied an incredibly low trading multiple for the [subject]”; the expert selected “the most pessimistic projections” of future pe ...

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U.S. Bank N.A. v. Verizon Communications Inc.

District court finds expert “forced” spun-off company’s low value by calculating a DCF value that “is low in the extreme and implied an incredibly low trading multiple for the [subject]”; the expert selected “the most pessimistic projections” of future pe ...