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Goodwill Registry provides key comparables in divorce case
March / April 2014
Newsletter: Advocate's Edge / Litigation Support
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: Should valuations of professional practices such as law firms and medical practices include an amount for goodwill? This question continues to pop up in divorce cases. This article looks at one such case that highlighted a tool that is often used to assist in valuing goodwill: the Goodwill Registry, which many valuators use as a “sanity check” for goodwill numbers calculated using other methods.
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Ask the Advisor – Q. Should I allow an investor to take a minority stake in my company?
February / March 2013
Newsletter: Merger & Acquisition Focus
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: Along with selling, one of the toughest decisions a privately owned business can make is whether to allow an outside investor to take a substantial minority stake. This type of arrangement can be ideal for a business that isn’t able to borrow what it needs from a bank or raise cash via an IPO. But as this article explains, minority investors may request certain rights, such as voting provisions that enable them to intervene in key hires and major asset sales.
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Mission critical: Assembling an effective forensic accounting team
November / December 2008
Newsletter: Advocate's Edge / Litigation Support
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: As fraud schemes become more complicated and sophisticated, it’s increasingly vital to build an effective forensic accounting team to investigate incidents. This article explains why team members must be free of conflicts, why at least one member should be familiar with issues relating to potential litigation and why members must have practical — not just theoretical — experience with the matter at hand. (Updated 11/30/12)
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Recent developments in accounting standards
October / November 2010
Newsletter: Public Company Insights
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: In the past six months, there have been several accounting standard developments that affect public companies. This article summarizes proposals by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) regarding common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements; a single revenue recognition standard that would apply across various industries and capital markets; and common standards for financial statement presentation.
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Federal Circuit confirms: Patents need written descriptions
August / September 2010
Newsletter: Ideas on Intellectual Property Law
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: Some inventors might think any old written description of their inventions is adequate for patent protection — but they’d be wrong. In fact, in one recent case, the Federal Circuit confirmed that a patent must satisfy a specific written description requirement to be valid. Simply describing the manner and process of making and using the invention won’t suffice.
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Extended deadline for employer contributions is near
August / September 2010
Newsletter: Employee Benefits Update
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: To encourage employees to participate in their 401(k) plans, employers will often make contributions into the trust for plan participants. For example, employers will make matching contributions for eligible participants based on a participant’s elective deferral contribution into the plan. The employer can then deduct these contributions on its tax return — but only if the contributions were made by the IRS deadline.
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Don’t just build a Web site, optimize it
Fall 2009
Newsletter: Law Firm Management
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: Attracting prospective clients to a law firm’s site takes a well-strategized and -executed marketing plan. Central to that plan is search engine optimization (SEO) — which means maximizing the firm’s ranking among Internet search engines so that its site appears among the top search results. This short article offers tips on how to do just that.
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The ins and outs of green leases
September / October 2009
Newsletter: Real Estate Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: As the green building movement continues to take center stage, so do green leases. Through a green lease, landlords and tenants are “bound” to help ensure that high-performance buildings meet and exceed their intended “green” goals. Although specifications vary, a number of characteristics are emerging as likely components in green leases, such as alignment with a third party certification standard such as LEED, BRREAM, Energy Star or Green Globes. But developers who jump through all the LEED or other building certification hoops likely won’t want that certification jeopardized by noncompliant leasehold improvements — so rules defining sustainable product requirements and construction practices should be clearly specified in a tenant construction agreement.
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Moneylines: News Briefs for Businesses
August / September 2009
Newsletter: Trendlines
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 419
Abstract: This issue’s “Moneylines” discusses slower customer payments being experienced by some businesses, while others’ owners are forgoing their own salaries to keep their enterprises afloat. There’s also increased usage of “cloud computing,” and one study shows that surfing the Internet at work might not be the productivity-killer that many have feared.