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, Uncategorized, Valuations
Derek Scott Williams PLLC v. Cincinnati Ins. Co. Summary In this business interruption case resulting from mandatory shutdowns to control COVID-19, the court declined to grant a motion to dismiss the claim of the plaintiff as to coverage for loss of business income...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Companies Estate of Warne v. Commissioner In a gift and estate tax dispute, the estate and Internal Revenue Service agreed to apply discounts for lack of control and marketability to the majority interests in several real estate holding companies. The U.S. Tax Court...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Hartman v. BigInch Fabricators & Construction Holding Co., Inc In 2020, the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the trial court and found for the selling shareholder when it decided discounts were inappropriate in any compulsory, closed-market sale. The court did...
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...