Mississippi Appeals Court En Banc Remands for Valuation of a Small Used-Car Business With Dissents From Several Judges

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations

Brown v. Brown, 2022 In this Mississippi divorce case, the appellate court en banc reversed in part and remanded in part, asking the trial court to determine whether certain items were marital property and determine the values for certain marital properties so a...

U.S. District Court Decides Some Issues for Government and Some for Defendants But Very Little in Damages in an ERISA ESOP Case

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations

Walsh v. Preston, 2022  Background. On Dec. 30, 2014, the plaintiff, Walsh (Secretary of Labor), filed this action pursuant to ERISA against the defendants. The complaint alleged the following: (1) breach of fiduciary duties; (2) engaging in prohibited transactions;...

Ohio Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Permanent Injunction and Dismisses a Claim of Tortious Interference

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings

Total Quality Logistics, LLC v. Tucker, Albin, and Assocs. An Ohio appellate court affirmed the trial court’s denial of a permanent injunction to the plaintiff because the evidence did not show that it faced immediate and irreparable injury or harm. It was also held...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey Accepts Trial Court’s Value of Companies and Denies a Marketability Discount in a Long-Running Contentious Shareholder Buyout Dispute

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings

Sipko v. Koger, Inc. This shareholder oppression and buyout litigation have been going on since November 2007. The Supreme Court of New Jersey once again stepped in. It reversed the appellate court’s decisions, remanding the case to the trial court. The Supreme...

U.S. District Court Rules on Known or Knowable Issue and Allows Testimony of SEC Valuation Expert—Can Be Challenged on Cross-Examination

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings

SEC v. Bluepoint Inv. Counsel The opinion digested here was a short ruling on three motions to exclude testimony. We discuss the motion to exclude (by inference) the testimony of the SEC’s expert, Ms. McMahon. The defendant’s motion asked the court to exclude any...

U.S. District Court Partially Denies Motion for Summary Judgment Regarding Qui Tam Case on Excess Purchase Price Under the False Claims Act

by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings

Kuzma v. N. Ariz. Healthcare Corp This was a case regarding a motion for summary judgment against the plaintiff, Gregory Kuzma, alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) by the defendants, Northern Arizona Healthcare Corp. et al. (NAHC). NAHC acquired the...