Goodwill Hunting: Does a Career as a Motion Picture Director Create Professional Goodwill?

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 12 No. 5
Legal and Court Case Update
May 2006
7812 Motion Picture and Video Tape Production
512110 Motion Picture and Video Production
marital dissolution/divorce

In re Marriage of McTiernan
2005 Cal. App. LEXIS 1692
October 28, 2005
US
State Court
California
Court of Appeals
James L. Keane, Lauren S. Petkin, Stephen A. Kolodny, William Litvak
Arthur De Vany, Ph.D. (wife)
Flier

Summary

At trial, a popular movie director is found to possess professional goodwill—and the California appellate court is forced to go “goodwill hunting.”

See Also

In re Marriage of McTiernan

At trial, a popular movie director is found to possess professional goodwill—and the California appellate court is forced to go “goodwill hunting.”