by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Wright v. Old Gringo, Inc. In this discovery dispute, the defendants sought to exclude the plaintiff expert’s valuation report, arguing it was untimely and the late disclosure would hurt the defendants. In rejecting the defense motion, the court noted any delay was...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Reynolds American Inc. v. Third Motion Equities Master Fund Ltd. The importance of Delaware appraisal jurisprudence beyond state borders was on display in a recent fair value decision out of North Carolina related to a merger involving the tobacco giant Reynolds....
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Remy v. Lubbock Nat’l Bank A fairly routine ESOP case that is being litigated in the 4th Circuit has raised a novel legal issue in this jurisdiction as to the financial liability of co-fiduciaries and nonfiduciaries, including the ESOP appraiser. The plaintiffs in the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lee v. Argent Trust Co. The private plaintiff alleged a number of violations by the ESOP trustee and other defendants. The plaintiff maintained the trustee participated in a prohibited transaction and breached its fiduciary duties. By the plaintiff’s calculation, the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Stillwater Mining Co. Nine days after his ruling in Columbia Pipeline, Vice Chancellor Laster again found the deal price was the most reliable indicator of fair value in a statutory appraisal case involving a publicly traded mining company. The Court of Chancery’s...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Valuations
Kvinta v. Kvinta BV expertise matters, as a recent Florida divorce case shows in which the parties’ experts faced the challenge of valuing a company that once operated abroad but was sold a decade before the divorce trial. Only the owner spouse’s experienced valuation...
