by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lund v. Lund A Minnesota district court ended (at least for now) a minority owner’s long struggle to sell her interest in a well-known Minneapolis family business. The case featured prominent valuators and a judge well versed in valuation jurisprudence, and it adds...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning
As COVID cases spike to record-setting levels here in Maine and across the country, mass immunization likely months away and talks of financial relief still a work-in-progress at the federal level, many businesses in the state may be facing challenging times and...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Scalia v. Farmers National Bank of Danville & Weddle Bros. Const. Co. The Department of Labor recently settled ESOP litigation with the trustee Farmers National Bank of Danville (FNB). The settlement incorporates a process agreement that contains noteworthy...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
In this past election, voters in California approved legislation that allowed companies in the so-called “gig economy” to continue classifying their workers as independent contractors, opposed to employees. This issue isn’t exclusive to California, however, as the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Horne-Ballard v. Ballard About two years ago, in Rohling v. Rohling, an Alabama appeals court upheld a trial court’s decision to admit into evidence a qualified expert’s estimate about the value of the owner spouse’s business based on a calculation engagement....