by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
The United States District Court for the District of Wyoming dismissed a lawsuit seeking to declare Indian tribes exempt from employer penalties under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) shared responsibility provisions. The tribe argued that Congress...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
Russell v. Allianze Life Insurance Co. of North America, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1946 (Jan. 8, 2015) “Trust, but verify,” is a motto that has stood politicians in good stead. Valuators should take it to heart as well, as illustrated by a Daubert case in which an...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
In re Mauer, 2015 Iowa App. LEXIS 172 (Feb. 25, 2015) Double counting remains a preoccupation for divorce courts across all jurisdictions. Recently, the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision to circumvent the problem by endorsing one expert’s use...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings
American Eagle Waste Industries, LLC v. St. Louis County, 2015 Mo. App. LEXIS 168 (Feb. 24, 2015) The latest dispute in the long-running litigation between several garbage disposal companies and a Missouri county focused on the trial court’s damages findings. The...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Financial Planning, Valuations
Financial experts are often needed in commercial litigation cases. They could be used to value a business, figure out economic damages, or to look into fraud allegations. In these cases, the quality of the numeric data that is available to the expert is critical,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Court Rulings
What happens if you’re the owner of a limited liability company (LLC) that generates tax losses, and you don’t spend a lot of time in the activities of the business? The losses might be classified as passive, and your ability to currently deduct them might be severely...