by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Valuations
Kvinta v. Kvinta BV expertise matters, as a recent Florida divorce case shows in which the parties’ experts faced the challenge of valuing a company that once operated abroad but was sold a decade before the divorce trial. Only the owner spouse’s experienced valuation...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lee v. Argent Trust Co. The private plaintiff alleged a number of violations by the ESOP trustee and other defendants. The plaintiff maintained the trustee participated in a prohibited transaction and breached its fiduciary duties. By the plaintiff’s calculation, the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Remy v. Lubbock Nat’l Bank A fairly routine ESOP case that is being litigated in the 4th Circuit has raised a novel legal issue in this jurisdiction as to the financial liability of co-fiduciaries and nonfiduciaries, including the ESOP appraiser. The plaintiffs in the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
In re Appraisal of Columbia Pipeline Grp., Inc. In a statutory appraisal case featuring a publicly traded company, the Court of Chancery, after an exhaustive evaluation of the sale process, found the deal price was the best evidence of fair value. It said neither side...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Though it has been in place for decades, the Family and Medical Leave Act still creates questions for employers and employees alike. For this reason, the Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) periodically responds to new Family...
