Justice Alan Scheinkman’s highly detailed, 33-page decision last week in Verghetta v Lawlor, valuing a minority interest in two LLCs that own and operate Planet Fitness health clubs, is must reading for lawyers and business appraisers who handle fair value contests. Learn more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Zelouf (Part Two): Fair Value Ruling Addresses Range of Issues
Last week’s post highlighted Justice Kornreich’s rejection of a marketability discount in the Zelouf case, a dissenting shareholder appraisal proceeding. In this week’s Part Two, New York Business Divorce examines a number of additional issues of interest in the Zelouf decision, including tax-affecting, control premium, and damages for quasi-derivative claims. …
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Zelouf (Part One): Marketability Discount Rejected in Fair Value Proceeding
This week’s New York Business Divorce presents the first of a two-part examination of Justice Shirley Kornreich’s must-read decision in Zelouf International v. Zelouf, a dissenting shareholder appraisal proceeding in which the court rejected application of a marketability discount. …
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