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When Is Equity Value Really Zero? Image

When Is Equity Value Really Zero?

Rob Schlegel & Randy Sweeten

In the past few years, we have seen several of our valuation assignments conclude with "zero value," which is hardly pleasing. Not only is this type of opinion stressful, it also contributes to expert and attorney fees where fee containment may be one of the underlying objectives of the clients.

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Decisions of Interest

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Expert analysis of two major rulings.

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Is Exoneree's Ex-Wife Entitled to Compensation?

John Council

Steven Phillips spent 25 years in a Texas prison for a crime he did not commit, a miscarriage of justice for which the state of Texas compensated him with millions of dollars. And he will not have to pay $114,459.50 of that money to his ex-wife, thanks to a recent ruling.

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New Jersey Manufacturers and Punitive Damages

Janice Inman

The state of New Jersey is home to the headquarters of 17 of the the top 20 drug-producing companies in the world. An incentive for pharmaceuticals manufacturers to move to or stay in New Jersey is surely its business-friendly laws. One such law has been at the center of several litigations nationwide, as New Jersey drug manufacturers try to export to other states the favorable treatment they receive in their home state.

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Corporate Successorship: What You Don't Know Could Cost You

Jennifer R. Devery & Rachel Gart

A corporate successor's right to coverage under a predecessor's policy is not a foregone conclusion. Thus, to protect against paying claims in error, an insurer's first line of defense is awareness of the issues.

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Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo

J. Alexander Lawrence

In <i>ABC v. Aereo</i>, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit's holding that Aereo did not directly infringe the copyright owners' public performance rights through the operation of the "Watch Now" function of its service.

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Supreme Court Upholds Lanham Act Claim in Juice Wars

Kyle-Beth Hilfer

Pomegranate juice is the subject of an intense legal battle between POM Wonderful and Coca-Cola Co. In its Lanham Act challenge, POM alleges that Coke's juice product's name, label, marketing and advertising mislead consumers into thinking the product is mostly a pomegranate and blueberry juice when it in fact is mostly apple and grape juice.

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The Co-Tenancy Clause

Seth A. Fersko

After <i>Kleban v. Ann Taylor</i>, when a mall or shopping center landlord is marketing space and offers a potential retail tenant a co-tenancy provision, the most applicable legal maxim is <i>caveat venditor</i>, let the seller beware. Landlords can suffer great unintended consequences from a co-tenancy clause that is negotiated as an accommodation to get a tenant into the space and then explodes years later.

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Landlord & Tenant

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

In-depth commentary and analysis of two rulings.

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Court Watch

Alexander Tuneski

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