In Case You Hadn’t Heard… Daubert Challenges Were Down in 2011

May 24, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

PwC just issued their annual Daubert Challenges to Financial Experts: A yearly study of trends and outcomes.  Always an interesting study to read, here are a few excerpts from the report, which you can download for free if you follow the [...]

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A case of the “I told you so’s” (you were right Mom!)

August 17, 2011 by Rebekah Smith

In June, I attended NACVA’s National Conference, where on Saturday, NACVA ran its Litigation Bootcamp for Financial Experts program which culminates in a live Jury Trial. The participants are afforded the opportunity to watch both the expert testimony and then [...]

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In Case You Hadn’t Heard…Altman Weil Law Firm Survey Indicates Law Firms are Confident!

June 29, 2011 by Rebekah Smith

As financial experts, consultants, and valuation professionals, the outlook and performance of law firms has a direct impact on our practices.  If companies are working on estate planning with attorneys then there tends to be a related decline in estate [...]

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Case Update: Tax Court uses Rule 702 and Daubert standard to exclude expert

June 2, 2011 by Rebekah Smith

Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Daubert standard has been long used in the courts for excluding or including an expert’s testimony in civil cases but rarely, if ever, has been used in a tax court [...]

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A Case of Alphabet Soup…

May 18, 2011 by Rebekah Smith

In a litigation trial, the process of qualifying the expert as an expert (capital “E”) in their field usually requires the expert to go through their credentials, training, experience, prior instances of qualifying as an expert, and anything else the [...]

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