News Category: economic damages & lost profits
20
/ May
2016
Wholesale exclusion of expert testimony contravenes Daubert, 2nd Circuit says
One error in an extensive economic analysis does not automatically call into question the entire expert opinion, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals recently said in the context of a securities fraud lawsuit involving the drug giant Pfizer. With this pronouncement the appeals court resuscitated a class action that had died after the district court excluded the plaintiffs' loss causation and damages expert under Daubert based on errors in the expert's event study. Deprived of the testimony, the plaintiffs were unable to prove two critical elements of their claim. Read more >>
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony securities litigation
Tags: daubert event study expert testimony fraud pfizer rule 702 securities law violations
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony securities litigation
Tags: daubert event study expert testimony fraud pfizer rule 702 securities law violations
27
/ April
2016
Low-cost way to help clients enhance a damages claim
Compensation forfeiture is an option that damages plaintiffs can seek that is not difficult or expensive to prove--plus it can be “stacked” onto other remedies. Read more >>
Posted in: BVWire News
Written by: Andy Dzamba
Categories: economic damages & lost profits
Tags: economic damages & lost profits remedy
Categories: economic damages & lost profits
Tags: economic damages & lost profits remedy
12
/ January
2016
Destruction of financial evidence trips up guilty party's own experts
As a damages expert, what do you do when your own client has destroyed vital financial information? Two highly educated finance professionals working on a contract case solved this dilemma by relying exclusively on the opposing side's sales projections, only to see their analysis buckle under a Daubert challenge. Read more >>
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: breach of contract contract daubert discounted cash flow (DCF) economic damages & lost profits evidence valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: breach of contract contract daubert discounted cash flow (DCF) economic damages & lost profits evidence valuation expert valuation methodology
22
/ December
2015
Mississippi high court sets record straight on assessing economic damages
A Mississippi trial court’s cavalier approach to determining economic damages in a dispute involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and usurpation of a business opportunity triggered a petition with the state Supreme Court to clarify the applicable measure of damages. The trial court used the wrong standard and accounting procedures for calculating the loss to the plaintiff, the Supreme Court decided. Read more >>
10
/ October
2015
Court shoots down damages expert's causation theory
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: causation damages daubert valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: causation damages daubert valuation expert valuation methodology
29
/ September
2015
Chancery finds financial advisor’s merger work close to perfection but no cigar
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony fair value proceeding M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action valuation method
Tags: appraisal arbitrage breach of fiduciary duty discounted cash flow (DCF) economic damages & lost profits entire fairness financial advisor fraud in re dole management projections take-private merger valuation valuation expert
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony fair value proceeding M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action valuation method
Tags: appraisal arbitrage breach of fiduciary duty discounted cash flow (DCF) economic damages & lost profits entire fairness financial advisor fraud in re dole management projections take-private merger valuation valuation expert
09
/ September
2015
Court professes to favor DCF to value beer franchise contracts
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: contract diminished value discounted cash flow (DCF) evidence expert testimony fair market value (FMV) franchise income approach market-based approach valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: contract diminished value discounted cash flow (DCF) evidence expert testimony fair market value (FMV) franchise income approach market-based approach valuation expert valuation methodology
17
/ August
2015
Chancery shames accounting firm over subpar valuation
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony M&A valuations S corps tax valuations valuation method
Tags: appraisal breach of fiduciary duty comparable companies analysis corporate tax damages discounted cash flow (DCF) merger stock option valuation valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony M&A valuations S corps tax valuations valuation method
Tags: appraisal breach of fiduciary duty comparable companies analysis corporate tax damages discounted cash flow (DCF) merger stock option valuation valuation expert valuation methodology
04
/ August
2015
Royalty rate analysis suffers from indiscriminate use of data
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents reasonable royalty valuation method
Tags: daubert design patents evidence expert testimony patent infringement reasonable royalty royalty base royalty rate
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents reasonable royalty valuation method
Tags: daubert design patents evidence expert testimony patent infringement reasonable royalty royalty base royalty rate
28
/ July
2015
Flawed yardstick analysis survives Daubert attack
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property valuation experts valuation method
Tags: comparable companies analysis contract daubert financial expert testimony license agreement lost profits valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property valuation experts valuation method
Tags: comparable companies analysis contract daubert financial expert testimony license agreement lost profits valuation expert valuation methodology
24
/ June
2015
Chancery calls out financial advisor over manipulated valuations
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits shareholder dissent/oppression valuation method
Tags: business valuation contract delaware court of chancery economic damages & lost profits evidence financial experts valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits shareholder dissent/oppression valuation method
Tags: business valuation contract delaware court of chancery economic damages & lost profits evidence financial experts valuation expert valuation methodology
16
/ June
2015
Causation snafu mars expert’s lost profits analysis
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: business valuation causation contract daubert economic damages & lost profits evidence expert testimony rule 702 valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation method
Tags: business valuation causation contract daubert economic damages & lost profits evidence expert testimony rule 702 valuation expert valuation methodology
09
/ March
2015
Daubert attack blows away lost profits calculation built on client’s ‘self-serving’ statements
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation experts valuation method
Tags: breach of contract contract daubert economic damages & lost profits evidence rule 702 valuation expert valuation methodology
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation experts valuation method
Tags: breach of contract contract daubert economic damages & lost profits evidence rule 702 valuation expert valuation methodology
07
/ October
2014
Apple eviscerates VirnetX’s royalty theories in Federal Circuit
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents reasonable royalty
Tags: apple daubert patent infringement reasonable royalty royalty base smallest salable unit virnetx inc. v. cisco systems
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents reasonable royalty
Tags: apple daubert patent infringement reasonable royalty royalty base smallest salable unit virnetx inc. v. cisco systems
30
/ September
2014
Delaware Chancery revisits billion-dollar lost profits claim in ‘PharmAthene’
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation experts valuation method
Tags: contract delaware court of chancery economic damages & lost profits evidence expert testimony licensing pharmaceutical royalty agreements subsequent events
Categories: case law analysis economic damages & lost profits expert testimony valuation experts valuation method
Tags: contract delaware court of chancery economic damages & lost profits evidence expert testimony licensing pharmaceutical royalty agreements subsequent events
27
/ August
2014
Court tackles Panduit's role in lost profits calculation
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News
Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents valuation experts
Tags: causation contract daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony patent infringement
Categories: case law analysis daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony intellectual property patents valuation experts
Tags: causation contract daubert economic damages & lost profits expert testimony patent infringement
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