by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Ryan Trust v. Ryan In a bitter buyout dispute involving a thriving private family business and featuring two veteran appraisers, the Nebraska Supreme Court recently affirmed the district court’s decision to unreservedly credit the valuation testimony of the expert...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Case digest The case implicates section 727 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which concerns a Chapter 7 debtor’s request for discharge. Objections to discharge are challenging to prove because the denial of discharge is the “death penalty” in bankruptcy. The objector has...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Innovation Ventures, L.L.C. v. Custom Nutrition Labs., L.L.C. This case involves a consideration of motions by both the plaintiff and the defendant to exclude the testimony of the other party’s expert witness based on Daubert and the Federal Rules of Evidence....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized, Valuations
The key issue in the bankruptcy proceedings involving a debtor entity that owned two hotels was the value of the hotels, which would control the amount of the main creditor’s secured and unsecured claims. The valuation date was October 2020, a point when the effect of...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Debt & Financing
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors v. Calpers Corp. Partners, LLC In a bankruptcy-cum-Daubert case that turned on solvency, a court recently rejected both parties’ claims that the opposing financial expert testimony was inadmissible. Among the myriad of attacks...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Rose’s 1, LLC v. Erie Ins. Exch. State and federal courts have started to rule on breach of contract claims from plaintiffs whose businesses suffered economic losses triggered by the COVID-19 crisis. Thus far, the court decisions have not been favorable to the...
