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Valuing damages for breach of oral contract poses problems

Written by David on October 18, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: breach of fiduciary duty, case law analysis, commercial litigation, damages, daubert, reasonable compensation, valuation experts

Kia v. Imaging Sciences Internat’l, 2010 WL 3516850 (E.D. Pa.)(Sept. 2, 2010) This scene could have played out in countless startup companies—especially in the biotech sector—trying to recruit key personnel: During an employment interview in 2003, the plaintiff, a Ph.D. and one of the “world’s leading engineers” in digital imaging, rejected an initial salary offer [...]

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Delaware Chancery opines on many of the most litigated business valuation issues

Written by David on June 15, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: breach of fiduciary duty, case law analysis, commercial litigation, cost of capital, damages, dissenting shareholder, expert testimony, valuation experts

In the latest “must read” statutory fair value appraisal from the Delaware Chancery Court, the decision (by V.C. Strine) tackles such critical valuation topics as deference to the market price, determination of the terminal growth rate, historic versus supply-side equity risk premium (ERP), and selection of appropriate beta. All of these issues have been litigated [...]

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