by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
TiVo Research & Analytics, Inc. v. TNS Media Research LLC A damages case involving significant amounts of money began to unravel when the trial court excluded the plaintiff’s expert, saying the damages opinion failed the causation requirement. The plaintiff’s...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized
The Supreme Court often agrees to rule on issues where individual appeals courts have come to different conclusions, in order to create a uniform national legal standard. This was the situation when the court passed down a 5-4 decision for Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized
The widespread belief that pay discrimination is rampant in Maine and across the country, regardless of the underlying facts, is what puts many employers at risk for litigation based on charged of unequal compensation. A recent Pew Research poll found 77% of women...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Minn. Energy Res. Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 2016 Minn. LEXIS 715 (Nov. 9, 2016) The Minnesota Supreme Court reviewed a tax court valuation involving a public utility company. The court’s opinion delves into bread-and-butter valuation issues such as how best to...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Ramundo v. Ramundo, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 443 (Feb. 24, 2017) A New Jersey divorce case revolving around the valuation of a chiropractic practice is a good example of how a skilled valuation expert may produce a credible, if incomplete, appraisal when denied...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Merion Capital L.P. v. Lender Processing Servs., 2016 Del. Ch. LEXIS 189 (Dec. 16, 2016) The adage is that the Delaware Court of Chancery has a bias toward the discounted cash flow analysis when determining fair value in statutory appraisal actions. Yet, in the past...
