by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Court Rulings, Uncategorized, Valuations
Chancery Adopts Merger Price Sans Cost Savings Reduction Merlin Partners LP v. AutoInfo, Inc., 2015 Del. Ch. LEXIS 128 (April 30, 2015) In a Delaware statutory appraisal action, the Chancery once again determined that the merger price trumped values resulting from...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Which would you (or one of your clients) rather receive in a divorce settlement: cash or stock in a closely held business that is controlled by your former spouse? When divorce gets ugly, and it often does, cash might be a safer bet than in-kind distributions, but the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
In re Honer, 2015 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2531 (April 9, 2015) In a bitter California divorce, the valuation of two grocery stores was a sore point. The wife attacked the work of the husband’s expert because he used what he called the “marital value.” The appeals court...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
There is a common perception that financial expert witnesses are biased in favor of their clients’ financial interests. In truth, credentialed professionals must adhere to various ethical standards that require them to be independent and objective when serving...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Divorce Litigation, Valuations
Reedy-Huffman v. Huffman, 2015 Alas. LEXIS 56 (May 20, 2015) Hire a valuation expert. That’s the message the Alaska appeals court sent in a ruling involving a professional practice caught up in a divorce. The opinion also includes a good summary of the state’s...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Recently there has been a rise in the use of staffing agencies, so the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has sought to redefine the relationship between the employees of such an agency and the agency’s client. To do that, the NLRB had to broaden the legal...
