• Litigation Consulting - QuickRead Top Story

    Ensuring Data Authenticity and Governance

    March 18, 2026

    In Litigation and Business Environments As digital interdependence and geopolitical fragmentation grow, ensuring data authenticity, security, and regulatory compliance is more crucial than ever. Trust in data has eroded due to the opaque nature of AI systems, varying regulatory regimes, and governance gaps, reinforcing a critical need for transparency and accountability. The authors of this article discuss the regulatory framework, importance of data protection, risks of failing to protect the same, and how protected data is of value key to the use of AI. Introduction Ensuring data authenticity, security, and regulatory compliance is more crucial than ever as digital interdependence…

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    Case Law Update: Recent Delaware Court Cases

    August 27, 2014

    Fair value litigation and more The Delaware Chancery Court is considered one of the pre-eminent U.S. courts when it comes to business valuation and governance issues. This article reviews some recent court decisions pertinent to valuation practitioners and which will be discussed in more detail in NACVA’s Federal and State Case Law Update this fall.

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    Entrepreneurship and Transition Planning

    January 2, 2014

    Is there a disconnect between client expectations and advisory services? Valuation professionals are uniquely positioned to help clients identify opportunities and third parties that can take them to a proverbial next level. Business valuation is about more than just benchmarking and deriving a defensible conclusion of value, it should entail understanding the value and interplay of governance, risk, relationships, and knowledge.

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    Study: Independent Board Is Key to Family Business Succession Plans

    May 18, 2012

    A relatively unexplored area of family business research is the role that an active, independent board of directors can play in perpetuating the family business from one generation to the next.  David Thayne Liebell reports at Trusts & Estates that a  recently published book, Building A Successful Family Business Board, seeks to close that research gap. In fact, according to the book’s authors, an active, independent board can serve as an objective steward, overseeing the creation and execution of a leadership succession plan that works for both the business and the family. Even in the healthiest of families, the leadership succession…