Celebrity Cruises, Inc. v. Essef Corp. (II)
Damages case comes back for a third—and perhaps final—tour.
Washington v. Kellwood Co. (I)
Court rejects bright-line reliability test for yardstick analysis, saying expert’s failure to find a “nearly identical” comparator did not render analysis unreliable and inadmissible under Daubert and finding companies were similar in material respects.
Case Law Update: The Latest in Lost Profits and Motions to Exclude Experts
Throughout BVR's Online Symposium on Litigation & Economic Damages, expert appraisers and attorneys have discussed the methodology by which lost profits claims are calculated, argued, and tried. At the same time, courts, appellate courts, and arbiters have been weighing in on the admissibility, reliability, and accuracy of these same techniques in their continuing development of case law and judicial precedent. In this, the 13th and final installment of BVR's Symposium, curators Nancy Fannon and Jonathan Dunitz ...
Valuing Law Firms
In Valuing Law Firms, BVR's Industry Spotlight Series continues with an examination of one of the trickiest and, some would say, most ubiquitous professional service companies. Through their presentation, experts Ron Seigneur and Pete Peterson will review the operational characteristics of law firms, the challenges they present, and how best to overcome these obstacles in the valuation process. In addition to Seigneur's past position as CFO of a 50-attorney firm, this panel has consulted with ...