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LATEST NEWS

10 / April 2018

Court of Chancery disregards deal price where sales process is not ‘Dell compliant’

Recent rulings from the Delaware Supreme Court make it seem as if the discounted cash flow analysis has lost its top ranking among valuation methodologies in statutory appraisals involving publicly traded companies. Not exactly. Read more >>
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: statutory appraisal action
Tags: arm's length auction ''collective judgment of the many'' deal price Delaware Supreme Court ''Dell compliant'' DFC Global discounted cash flow (DCF) discounted cash flow analysis efficient market expert testimony expert valuation sales process statutory appraisal
13 / October 2017

Management forecasts receive close scrutiny from courts

In assessing the soundness of valuations, courts in a variety of cases have been paying close attention to the management projections appraisers have used or decided not to use in performing their value analyses. If courts are scrutinizing projections for reliability and plausibility, experts hoping to prevail in the litigation context must do so as well. Read more >>
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: management forecasts
Tags: bankruptcy employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) expert valuation fair value forecast management projections projections reliability statutory appraisal
05 / June 2017

Tax Court's Koons decision withstands appeal: DLOM ruling anchors valuation

The 11th Circuit recently affirmed a four-year-old Tax Court valuation of a revocable trust’s interest in a limited partnership. The linchpin in the valuation was the marketability discount. Read more >>
Posted in: Business Valuation Law News Written by: Sylvia Golden
Categories: discount for lack of marketability (DLOM)
Tags: deficiency discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) distribution estate tax expert testimony expert valuation generation skipping tax internal revenue service (IRS) limited liability company majority interest redemption regression analysis valuation methodology