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Did Ballmer Overpay for the LA Clippers Can Bert the Hippo Pass the Smell Test?

A ‘Rose.com’ Is a ‘Rose.com’: What’s the Value of a Domain? IRS Kicks Off ‘Limited’

Studies Show Merger Synergies Are Optimistic – Concerns with M&A Targets – No Easy Money in M&A Shareholder Suits for Plaintiffs – Candy Crush Gets “Crushed” But Other IPOs Do Well – Priorites for the Healthcare Industry – Hospitals Shift M&A Focus to Outpatient Facilities – Plaintiffs’ Case Undermined by Lack of Valuation Expert – VMI Highlights

When is the Right Time to Sell a Business? – Valuations High for Private Firms, Says New Pepperdine Report – New Analysis of Value of Small Online Biz – FASB Endorses PCC Alternatives for Goodwill and Interest Rate Swaps – Step Zero Surprise in New Goodwill Impairment Study – New Cases Spotlight the Value of ‘Right of Publicity’ – DE Chancery Prefers Use of Merger Price to Determine Fair Value

M&A Activity Brisk, 3rd Quarter 2013 Multiples Up Purchase Price Allocation Shifts Away from Goodwill

Stars Align for More M&A Activity Looking for the Elusive Value of Synergy in M&A

Some Insights on Recent ‘Baffling’ FLP Rulings US Court of Federal Claims Agrees with the

Expert’s Evidence is Key to Reversing a Zero Damages Verdict Battle of Three Experts Turns

The 2012 Gifting Opportunity ESOP Fiduciary Review of a Valuation Actual Transaction is “Gold Standard”