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, Valuations
In 1993, the Supreme Court positioned judges as “gatekeepers” against “junk science” in Daubert v. Merrell Pharmaceutical, Inc. (509 U.S, 579). Then, in 1999, Kumho Tire Company v. Carmichael (526 U.S. 137) extended the scope of Daubert beyond...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Wisniewski v. Walsh, 2013 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 724 (April 2, 2013) Children learn that bad behavior has consequences. An appellate court recently taught a similar lesson to a troublemaking shareholder whose doings forced a buyout. Three siblings each owned a...
