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24 / September 2015

Court discredits size-based rationale for lack of control discount

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) discount for minority interest discounts & premiums expert testimony marital dissolution/divorce valuation method
Tags: discount for lack of control (DLOC) discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) divorce minority discount 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

01 / September 2015

Delaware Chancery OKs use of DCF and tax affecting in fair value proceeding

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony fair value proceeding M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression valuation method
Tags: breach of fiduciary duty buyout discounted cash flow (DCF) fair value freeze-out merger management projections mergers and acquisitions (M&A) s corporation tax affecting 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

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

14 / July 2015

Expert-client communication casts doubt on valuator’s independence

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony fair value proceeding shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action valuation method
Tags: appraisal attorney-expert communication discovery expert testimony fair value net asset value approach (NAV) statutory appraisal valuation expert

01 / July 2015

Alaska High Court Affirms Zero Goodwill for Naturopathic Practice

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony going-concern value goodwill marital dissolution/divorce valuation method
Tags: commercial goodwill divorce enterprise goodwill evidence expert testimony marital asset marital dissolution marital estate personal goodwill physician professional goodwill 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

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

22 / May 2015

Experts tussle about noncompete goodwill treatment in divorce case

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony goodwill marital dissolution/divorce valuation method
Tags: business valuation commercial goodwill discount divorce evidence expert testimony marital asset marital dissolution personal goodwill valuation expert

28 / April 2015

Delaware Chancery favors merger price over DCF value

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony fair value proceeding M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action valuation method
Tags: business valuation delaware court of chancery discounted cash flow (DCF) dissenting shareholder expert testimony fair value merger price valuation expert

24 / April 2015

Delaware Chancery limits who can be expert witness

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action
Tags: dissenting shareholder evidence expert testimony expert witness in re dole rule 702 statutory appraisal valuation expert

10 / April 2015

Heller’s double dip analysis suffers another blow

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony marital dissolution/divorce valuation method
Tags: child support double dip future income gallo v. gallo heller v. heller income approach marital dissolution ohio court of appeals professional practice valuation spousal support valuation expert

30 / March 2015

Appeals Court backs away from 'Heller' double dip framework

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis marital dissolution/divorce valuation method
Tags: capitalization of earnings child support closely held corporation dental practice valuation discounted cash flow (DCF) double dip heller v. heller income approach marital asset ohio court of appeals property division spousal support valuation expert valuation methodology

16 / March 2015

New S corporation guide sheds light on tax affecting

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: bankruptcy case law analysis expert testimony federal taxation going-concern value S corps tax valuations valuation method
Tags: business valuation cash flow discounted cash flow (DCF) pass-through entity s corporation tax affecting 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

03 / March 2015

SEC prevails on two disgorgement theories in Wyly securities law case

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony federal taxation securities litigation tax valuations valuation method
Tags: disclosure internal revenue service (IRS) section 10(b) of the exchange act securities and exchange commission (SEC) securities law violations stock stock option valuation expert valuation methodology

12 / February 2015

Fair value calculation exposes gaps in court’s understanding of valuation

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) discount for minority interest discounts & premiums expert testimony fair value proceeding shareholder dissent/oppression valuation method
Tags: built-in capital gains tax (BICG tax) business valuation buyout discount for lack of control (DLOC) discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) fair value freeze-out merger minority discount net asset value approach (NAV) oil and gas interests real estate valuation expert valuation methodology

03 / February 2015

Delaware Chancery spells out thinking on business valuation and experts

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony fair value proceeding M&A valuations shareholder dissent/oppression statutory appraisal action valuation method
Tags: appraisal arbitrage delaware court of chancery deposition discovery dissenting shareholder expert testimony fair value in re dole take-private merger valuation expert valuation methodology

26 / January 2015

Tax Court allows curious charitable contribution valuation dispute to go to trial

Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: case law analysis expert testimony federal taxation tax valuations valuation method
Tags: bogdanski discount fair market value (FMV) federal taxation limited liability company valuation expert valuation methodology

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