by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
In re Stericycle Financial expert testimony is critical to class actions, which are their own breed of lawsuits. What is still an unresolved issue is whether courts must perform a full Daubert inquiry at the class certification stage. A contract case illustrates the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized
When your company’s staff is culturally diverse, it can be tempting to require all employees to only speak English during the workday. You may be thinking it’s easier to promote unity and teamwork when everyone speaks the same language. It may not be legal though....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lally Orange Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Sandhu Although both sides in a Florida judicial appraisal action offered expert opinions on the value of a car dealership, the trial court used a valuation whose author and methodology were unknown. In rejecting the lower...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Tax Planning, Valuations
Matter of Digeser v. Flach A New York statutory fair value decision involving a construction company highlighted key differences in the experts’ income-based valuations. The parties’ appraisers disagreed over the applicable earnings period, normalization for...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized
In early January, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) put out a fact sheet that details how the agency is aligning its policy on intern employment status with new rulings by several U.S. appellate courts. In the past, it would have been much more difficult to bring...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Fewer than 100 of the thousands of cases appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court each year get a full-blown hearing and ruling. Encino Motorcars v. Navarro is one case that did make it through in the current court term. We wrote about this previously in relation to the...
