Litigation Speaks

by J. Richard Claywell

Litigation Speaks is designed to assist attorneys in identifying when the expert's work product is not based on reliable principles and methods. We can provide you with information that will allow you to make better informed settlement offers and/or trial strategies. Every month we will make available to you real world examples of the misapplication of principles and methods of business valuations, economic damages and or forensic accounting.

Episodes

The Five Forces of Industry

7m · Published 26 Apr 17:00

This week's episode I cover one of the five forces of industry. Join me as I discuss an in-depth description of "Threat of new entrants".

Can I have your Business Valuation model so I can update it myself?

5m · Published 17 Apr 16:28

What Does Fair Market Value Mean to Me?

6m · Published 29 Mar 17:25

Do you know if your expert followed recognized valuation practices? Consistency in business valuation methodology is crucial to the conclusion of value.

How to disqualify an expert that uses a calculation of value

7m · Published 15 Mar 18:29

Welcome back to another episode of Litigation Speaks As much as you want to help your clients get a lower or higher value, professional standards are not negotiable..

An Easy Way to Discredit a Business Valuation Expert

7m · Published 02 Mar 20:00

This is an easy way to discredit a business valuation expert Some experts aren’t applying the standards in their valuations. The reason this is an important issue is that if the business valuation expert cannot be trusted to follow their Professional Standards by not using the proper language to describe the conclusion of their work product, how can they be trusted that they have not violated other sections of their Professional Standards

How Can Valuation Experts Have Widely Differences of Opinion?

10m · Published 15 Feb 18:00

It’s beneficial for the client in all business valuations to share information with both sides of the case. Not sharing information potentially leads to having to make incorrect assumptions and weaker analysis to arrive at a conclusion of value.

What is a Business Valuation Review?

5m · Published 01 Feb 18:00

The ABAR Concept of Creditability is grounded on consideration of inclusion of all known facts and circumstances (the good, the bad and the ugly ones) in the business valuation report. “Creditability” can be defined by seven basis processes, applied throughout the assignment. “Creditability is defined as “Worthy of belief”.

Establishing Billing Rates for Business Valuators

7m · Published 18 Jan 20:00

Preparing a business valuation report is very complex and time consuming. Understanding how to implement both the art and science takes years of experience and is critical for the business valuator and the reader of the report. All these factors play into the price but there is more that you may not know of.... Tune in and find out!

Is a Business Valuation an Art or Science?

5m · Published 04 Jan 18:00

Welcome to 2023! This week's episode I will be discussing the different factors of the art and science that impact a conclusion of value in a report. Although its not your ideal piece of "art" the technique and experience is what I consider to be art in a valuation. Even though we aren't mixing chemicals business valuations has its own science which would be the professional standards and the recognized text books that interpret those standards.

Why Do You Restrict Who Can Use My Business Valuation Report?

5m · Published 21 Dec 18:00

Do you really understand a valuation report? This week's episode I will be elaborating why you cant use a the same valuation for two different purposes.

Litigation Speaks has 60 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 7:53:08. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 3rd, 2024 23:43.