Virtually every state has a dissenting stockholder statute, and now most states have minority oppression statutes. In almost all of these states, the statutory standard of value for stock is fair value, and recently some states have adopted the fair value standard for marital dissolutions.Appraisal actions under both dissent and oppression statutes are on the increase, and it is a fertile field for business appraisers. BVR's updated Guide couldn't come at a more opportune time, and provides a great resource for BV appraisers and attorneys to use whenever their work involves fair value as a standard of value in dissenting stockholder actions, judicial appraisals, marital dissolutions, and more.

BVR's Guide to Personal v. Enterprise Goodwill delivers first-hand knowledge and the most current issues in goodwill with expertise from Mark Dietrich, Ron Seigneur, Kevin Yeanoplos, Jay Fishman, Shannon Pratt, David Wood, Noah Gordon, and more. Save valuable research time with the one resource that every BV professional needs to have in their business valuation library. "BVR's Guide to Personal v. Enterprise Goodwill is an indispensible tool that should be on the shelves of every practitioner." Dr. Shannon Pratt, CFA, ARM, ABAR, FASA, MCBA, CM&AA Highlights of the new edition include: The most current thought-leadership with new and updated articles on personal and enterprise goodwill from leading experts, including: Personal Goodwill: Three Recent Taxpayer Defeats Affirm Existence of a Sometimes Forgotten Asset (by Michael F. Lynch, David J. Beausejour, and David B. Casten) Apportioning Goodwill in Divorce: A Discussion (by Jim Alerding and Andrew Soshnick, Esq.) The most important court cases regarding goodwill, including court cases digests of critical decisions (full text of court cases available with online version) Easy-to-use summary data including a newly updated article with aggregate summary data from the Goodwill Registry on medical and dental practices (published by The Health Care Group).