Montgomery Cellular Holding Co., Inc. v. Dobler
Verizon Inc. had offered to buy MCHC’s majority holder, Palmer Wireless Holdings (Palmer), if Verizon’s initial public offering was successful and if Palmer could acquire 100% of the stock in all of the companies it held.
Colmen Capital Advisors, Inc. v. Polar Plastics, Inc.
In this contract dispute, the principal valuation issue was the value of stock options that Colmen Capital Advisors Inc. had received for 20% of the common stock in Polpart Placements Inc. and Polar Plastics Inc. in exchange for Colmen's turnaround work related to these and affiliated companies.
Gomez v. Gomez
A major point of contention between the parties in this marital dissolution was the value of husband's radiology practice.
Gohl v. Gohl
One of the issues in this marital dissolution was the appropriate valuation date for valuing the couples' business, Golight, Inc., which had won a patent infringement suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Husband’s earlier sale valuation damages his later divorce valuation
At issue in this marital dissolution appeal was the value of husband’s medical practice.
Bersin v. Golonka
One of the issues in this marital dissolution was the value of husband's 1000 shares of non-voting stock in the Sanger Clinic, P.A., where he was a senior partner.
Washington v. Washington
In this marital dissolution, there were two main issues: the correct valuation date of husband's interest in Washford Enterprises, a group home, and whether wife's expert, William Dacey, correctly applied the income approach.
Inconsistent Appraisal Report Results in Remand
The issues in this marital dissolution were the valuation of wife’s insurance agency and the “double-dipping” that wife claimed was a result of the improper division of the property.
Mary Ann Linsell v. Applied Handling, Inc.
The Michigan Court of Appeals determined that a financial expert should not be excluded as a discovery sanction when the failure to provide supplemental responses to interrogatories from an expert are occasioned by a delay in providing necessary information.
Gardner v. Gardner
At issue in this marital dissolution appeal was the value of husband’s medical practice.
Michael Alvarado v. Marshall S. Stander, et ux.
The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the damages expert’s reliance upon the industry expert’s assessment of the injured party’s career when preparing his lost future earnings assessment.
CPA’s Lost Future Earnings Opinion May Be Based on Industry Expert’s Assessment of Injured Party’s Career
The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the damages expert’s reliance upon the industry expert’s assessment of the injured party’s career when preparing his lost future earnings assessment.
Sampson v. Sampson
The issues in this marital dissolution were the valuation of wife’s insurance agency and the “double-dipping” that wife claimed was a result of the improper division of the property.
Fred Tabrizi v. Daz-Rez Corporation
The Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District, concluded that a lower court properly granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict and vacated a lost profits award in this contract action.
Premise of Value Issue in Bankruptcy
The issue in this Chapter 11 bankruptcy is whether the secured creditors would receive more under a liquidation of the debtors’ businesses under Chapter 7 than they would under the Chapter 11 plan.
In re Lason, Inc.
At issue in this case is whether or not the asset in question can be valued as a going concern at fair market value.
Court affirms value based on capitalization of earnings method
One of the issues in this case was the value of husband's business, Johnson Poured Walls.
Hillsburg v. Hillsburg
Issue was the value of husband's business and whether the trial court erred by not using the net asset value method and failing to deduct liabilities owed to the business by related entities ...
Computing terminal value
In reviewing the Cost of Capital book, page 16, we noted Dr. Pratt's comments about the error in treating EBITDA as free cash flow. We also noted that Dr. Pratt utilizes net cash flow in his discussion of the Gordon Growth Model and the Two-Stage Model shown on pages 25 to 29.
Valuation of high-tech companies requires modification of standard approaches
The valuation of early stage technology companies ("high-tech") is significantly more challenging than valuing more mature businesses in other industries. These companies are commonly characterized by ...
Smaller companies have much higher cost of capital than big companies; Pratt's Stats multiples strikingly different
A new study on the Pratt's Stats database shows consistently lower valuation multiples for small companies than for "middle market" companies. The top company in the 10th size decile of Ibbotson ...
Valuation multiples and control premiums down in 4th quarter 2001
With five valuation multiples plus control premiums for almost 3,000 transactions spread over 16 quarters now in the Mergerstat/Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study (CPS ), it becomes quite inter ...
Mergerstat / Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study and Mergerstat® Review are two distinct services
One of the questions I am asked frequently is, What is the difference between Mergerstat/Shannon Pratt's Control Premium Study ( Control Premium Study ) and Mergerstat® Review? This column addres ...
A wealth of public company information
www.CorporateInformation.com Providing researchers with over 350,000 company profiles and 15,000 research reports, CorporateInformation is one of the most comprehensive and useful sites co ...
Ten mistakes in valuation
In this timeless article, investment banker and M&A professional Russell Robb discusses some common mistakes in business valuations and how to avoid them. – LK 1. Not verifying the qual ...