The use of the Delaware block method in Tennessee recently came under attack in a case involving a closely held Nashville, Tenn.-based media company whose controlling shareholders had pursued a squeeze-out merger and later asked the trial court for a judicial appraisal of the dissenting shareholders' interest. Read more >>

Wide variations in estimates of brand valuations trigger talk of a new set of valuation rules. Read more >>

If next year's Wonder Woman pic is boffo, it will raise the stakes in the "friendly" talks going on between Whataburger and DC Comics over the superheroine's "stacked W" logo. Read more >>

Michael Jackson’s estate is suing the IRS over valuation—assets causing the problem include amounts attributable to the singer’s likeness and intellectual property. Read more >>