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Fair Market or Strategic Value When Consolidators Are At Work

2001 AICPA National Business Valuation Conference Las Vegas, Nevada December 2, 2001 ...

How do you handle it?

American Society of Appraisers 18th Annual Advanced Business Valuation Conference October 29, 1999 ...

ESOP’s: Valuation Issues and Results of IBA Survey of ESOP Appraisers

IBA 25th Annual National Conference June 1-4, 2003 Orlando, Florida ...

Valuation of Family Limited Partnerships

1999 AICPA National Business Valuation Conference Las Vegas, Nevada December 5-7, 1999 ...

Current issues in the valuation of the healthcare entities

Presentation at the ASA International Appraisal Conference August 15-18, 1999 ...

Liability Issues: Avoiding the Land Mines or How Not to Explode Every Land Mine in the Field

1999 AICPA National Business Valuation Conference Las Vegas, Nevada December 5-7, 1999 ...

Estimating Holding Period and Appropriate Discounts for Lack of Liquidity (Marketability?)

Presented at Institute of Business Appraisers 2004. An expanded version of this paper was published in the August 2004 issue of Valuation Strategies—an RIA Corporation publication.

Valuation of Healthcare Assets—The Definition, Classification, and Determination of Intangible Assets in Healthcare Service Sector Entities

“Share the Wealth” Institute of Business Appraisers 2001 National Conference Orlando, Florida May 10, 2001 ...

Is There a ‘Best’ Lack of Marketability Discount Model?

By Lance S. Hall, ASA A presentation from University of San Diego School of Law Business Valuation Conference: Summit on Discount for Lack of Marketability September 18, 2008 ...

An Introduction to the QMDM: An Income Approach to Determining Marketability Discounts

By Z. Christopher Mercer, ASA, CFA A presentation from University of San Diego School of Law Business Valuation Conference: Summit on Discount for Lack of Marketability September 18, 2008 ...

Ambulatory Surgery Centers Partnerships: A Great Business Opportunity or Doomed Business Model?

American Society of Appraisers 23rd Annual Advanced Business Valuation Conference October 7-9, 2004 ...

Discounts and Premiums

2004 AICPA National Business Valuation Conference Orlando, Florida November 7-9, 2004 ...

The Valuation of Healthcare Entities in a Changing Regulatory and Reimbursement Environment

American Society of Appraisers 18th Annual Advanced Business Valuation Conference October 29, 1999 ...

Hiring and Firing During the Recession: How are BV Firms Responding?

Times are tough for businesses of all kinds. And with all the talk of layoffs in a range of industries that directly impact how business valuation (BV) firms do and get work—witness the recent talent culling now going on at top law firms—it is impossible ...

ABA panel calls for elimination of ancillary business restrictions

By Shannon Pratt and Yazhi Li The theme of the ABA Tax Section Plenary Session was whether to do away with the rules prohibiting law firms from engaging in ancillary businesses with non-lawyer ...

Law Firms: Valuation and Other Consulting Opportunities

Ron Seigneur examines of one of the trickiest and, some would say, most ubiquitous professional service companies to value. Through this presentation, expert Ron Seigneur reviews the operational characteristics of law firms, the challenges they present, and how best to overcome these obstacles in the valuation process. Participants will receive a customized information request list for a law practice valuation assignment. In addition to Seigneur's past position as CFO of a 50-attorney firm, he has ...

Law Firms: Where to Find Industry Information

Professional services firms such as accounting and law practices are in a state of transition. The market for valuation work with law firms is growing as attorneys and accountants are retiring or changing firms, and entire firms are dissolving. Listed b ...

MDPs, MJP, and the Unauthorized Practice of Law: The U.S. Experience

I. MDPs In recent years the organized bar has noticed an increasing interest on the part of accountants and other professionals in entering into the practice of law in competition with conventio ...

A Response to Dr. Shannon Pratt’s Critique of my Work on Marketability Discounts

As announced in the March 2002 issue of the Shannon Pratt's Business Valuation Update, readers of the newsletter as well as visitors to our site can read and download the full response by Dr. Mukesh Bajaj to Dr. Pratt's critique of his co-authored paper ...

VonHohn v. VonHohn

Full text court case of VonHohn v. VonHohn ...

Objective Law: How to Inspire or Fire Deal-Breaker Lawyers

Lawyer-bashing is a favorite American indoor sport. This is bad for the law and for lawyers. Good lawyers are condemned along with bad lawyers, and national respect for American law diminishes ...

Valuing Professional Practices - Thorny Challenges

Professional practices are hard to value because so much of the utility being provided is tied up in the personal attention of the practitioner.

Valuation expert provides insight on Howell v. Howell - Court accepts value to owner versus fair market value

The April 1999 issue of Judges & Lawyers Business Valuation Update summarized the opinion of the trial court in Howell v. Howell , 1998 WL 972312 (Va Cir. Ct.). This is a notable e ...

Can the Quality of Fairness Opinions Be Improved?

Last fall, NASD requested comment on a proposed rule related to fairness opinions. Comments came in through the winter. The proposed rule and the comments received in response provide an insight into the current state of the art in fairness opinions.

Tips from the Experts: Working Effectively With a Financial Expert Witness

An article published in the Summer 2008 edition of Expert Alert authored by Susan M. Mangiero ...

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