by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lund v. Lund A protracted Minnesota buyout dispute involving the heirs to a local grocery store empire may have reached the end. The state appeals court affirmed most of the district court’s rulings, including the buyout order and fair value determination. The...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Cristofano v. Chahal Perhaps experts feel pressure from the hiring attorney or the client, perhaps they are unable to access key documents or information, or perhaps they simply lack valuation and litigation experience. Whatever the reason, case law provides too many...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Tucker Cianchette has won a nearly $6 million verdict against his father over the failed buyout of a Yarmouth car dealership, exposing a rift in one of Maine’s most prominent business families. Cianchette sued his father and stepmother, Eric and Peggy Cianchette, on a...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Ferraro v. Convercent, Inc. This Daubert case illustrates how courts may interpret the role of “gatekeeper” differently. The dispute featured a company that provided software-based services. The defendants claimed the plaintiff’s expert was unqualified because he...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Noven Pharmaceuticals v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals When it comes to document discovery, the “why and “when” matter greatly, as a recent New York ruling centering on a valuation report makes clear. The issue was whether a valuation the defendant had commissioned months...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Willis v. Big Lots, Inc. In what is becoming a common practice, the defendants in a potential securities class action filed a Daubert challenge to exclude financial expert testimony at the class certification stage. Although courts are divided whether Daubert should...
