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te ai insights archive get published about resources home top stories valuation appraisal case law expert witness financial forensics forensic accounting healthcare litigation consulting m a and exit planning practice management tax gift estate ai insights archive get published about resources search for quickread top story valuation appraisal tariffs are not a macro footnote they are a valuation input part i of vi october 28 2026 a dollar impact that matters for a 1 to 2 million company may not register for a 1 to 2 billion one that determination still comes down to your professional judgment but the screen itself should run on every engagement involving import or export dependent operations not just the obvious ones in this first of six articles on tariffs and business valuation the author shares his thoughts on how tariffs impact business valuations business valuators have spent the past few years treating tariffs the way they treat gas prices something that shows up in the news moves margins around and eventually continue reading quickread top story valuation appraisal operating experience and normalized earnings practice tips from a private equity fund principal october 28 2026 the author a private equity fund principal shares his views on questions and issues that business valuation professionals must consider as they recast earnings the author shares his views on owner compensation related party rent and nonrecurring adjustments and the risks that arise post closing in one industrial development company the owner handled general management and led sales a conservative market cost for that combination of functions priced against published compensation data for those roles rather than a single ceo percentile and blended to the hours and scope he worked rather than two full time salaries stacked was at least 400 000 he was continue reading litigation consulting quickread top story the construction project went over budget measuring the financial impact part ii of ii october 21 2026 construction projects do not usually go as planned and sometimes when delays and overruns occur questions arise regarding fault and damages a project can leave an unmistakable financial trail and still present a difficult causation question this is a two part series article read part i here this article is the second article of this two part series the author in this part focuses on what is the measure of economic damages and what is excluded in the analysis once the construction findings define the financial scope the analyst turns to the resulting economic consequences consider a project budgeted at 10 million continue reading artificial intelligence litigation consulting quickread top story ai as ip framework reasonable measures in the age of artificial intelligence part ii of ii october 21 2026 in this second of a two part article in the ai as ip series read part i here the authors discuss how ai is changing the business environment propose that ai functions in a manner like ip and a framework to protect and manage ai the focus is when ai operates in the physical world failure can result in property damage bodily injury business interruption insurance claims regulatory investigations and litigation physical ai and the expansion of reasonable measures artificial intelligence ai is entering a new stage much of the public conversation has centered on information based applications content generation software development search continue reading artificial intelligence teach ai your process why business valuation analysts should create skills october 21 2026 business valuation analysts often repeat the same instructions when using ai follow the firm template preserve source figures explain adjustments and flag missing information skills offer a way to package those expectations into a reusable workflow this article explains how to choose a practical first use case build in review requirements and test results before wider adoption the takeaway is straightforward start with one recurring task and turn a proven process into instructions your ai assistant can reuse if you use ai in your valuation practice how often do you repeat the same directions follow this format keep the source continue reading litigation consulting quickread top story the construction project went over budget what went wrong part i of ii october 13 2026 construction projects do not usually go as planned and sometimes when delays and overruns occur questions arise regarding fault and damages a project can leave an unmistakable financial trail and still present a difficult causation question part i of this ii part series explains how construction professionals reconstruct what occurred and why their findings set the boundaries of the economic damages analysis that follows a project can leave an unmistakable financial trail and still present a difficult causation question this article explains how construction professionals reconstruct what occurred and why their findings set the boundaries of the economic damages analysis continue reading artificial intelligence litigation consulting quickread top story ai as ip framework reasonable measures in the age of artificial intelligence part i of ii october 13 2026 in this two part article in the ai as ip series the authors discuss how ai is changing the business environment and propose that ai functions in a manner like ip and a framework to protect and manage ai organizations increasingly need ai asset inventories disclosure controls governance records evidence preservation board oversight and independent assurance when ai operates in the physical world failure can result in property damage bodily injury business interruption insurance claims regulatory investigations and litigation introduction the next stage of ai as ip artificial intelligence ai has become one of the most significant categories of enterprise assets continue reading artificial intelligence your custom gpt is changing here s what to do next october 13 2026 openai is transitioning custom gpt workflows to plugins this article outlines what transfers what does not and how professionals can prepare a reliable replacement before the retirement timeline if you have built a custom gpt to streamline valuation research draft client communications organize source materials or standardize recurring analysis now is the time to take inventory openai is planning to retire custom gpts and move creators toward plugins reusable packages that can combine instructions reference files and connected apps for affected workspaces the scheduled retirement date is december 11 2026 although availability and timing can vary by account and workspace continue reading healthcare quickread top story private equity in healthcare pivot not retreat october 7 2026 private equity has not left healthcare it has instead pivoted away from the leveraged physician roll up and toward larger later stage and asset backed targets this article examines past and current private equity activity in healthcare commentary through the first half of 2026 has described private equity as retreating from healthcare the data supports a narrower conclusion investment in physician practice management companies ppmcs has fallen sharply from its 2021 peak but aggregate private equity deal counts and disclosed capital deployed across the industry have both risen year over year private equity has not left healthcare it has instead pivoted away from continue reading healthcare quickread top story defensible by design a framework for physician compensation in today s regulatory environment october 7 2026 regulators and whistleblowers are increasingly focused on whether physician payments exceed fair market value lack commercial reasonableness or vary with referrals any of these factors may trigger costly investigations and penalties in this article the authors discuss what constitutes a proactive approach to compensation planning in today s increasingly rigorous regulatory environment hospitals and health systems must ensure physician compensation arrangements are defensible by design meaning they are proactively structured to withstand legal scrutiny rather than requiring reactive remediation enforcement of the federal physician self referral law stark law and anti kickback statue aks often pursued under the false claims act fca has continue reading healthcare quickread top story 2027 proposed physician fee schedule cuts payments overhauling the medicare physician fee payment schedule and fee for service model september 30 2026 on july 14 2026 the cms released its proposed mpfs for cy 2027 according to cms administrator dr mehmet oz the proposed rule reflects some of the most significant medicare reforms in recent years to strengthen primary care expand accountable care and modernize physician payment this article discusses the cy 2027 mpfs proposed rule s payment update and significant policy proposals on july 14 2026 the centers for medicare and medicaid services cms released its proposed medicare physician fee schedule mpfs for calendar year cy 2027 1 the proposed rule would decrease both statutory conversion factors used to calculate physician payment reversing continue reading litigation consulting quickread top story the unimpeachable rise of intellectual capitalism when the tools cost less than the wage september 30 2026 this 28th article of the unimpeachable neutrality series defines intellectual capitalism traces labor market capitalism from smith and marx to coase and baumol separates the professions from the nurse and the lineman whom robotics will not reach reads the employment data against its base years and explains why the petite bourgeoisie marx said would be swamped is coming back with a cpa license and why the one asset that cannot be downloaded is an unimpeachably neutral method in january 2017 i opened a forensic accounting firm with one employee i had been working alone for a while before that at a continue reading financial forensics quickread top story 30 years of learning from fraud reflections on the 14th edition of the acfe report to the nations september 21 2026 in this article michael pakter a certified fraud examiner shares several of the findings contained in the 2026 acfe report to the nations this report analyzes 2 402 occupational fraud cases investigated in 143 countries and territories and documents losses exceeding 3 4 billion there are many constants and the author shares his views on why that remains so for three decades the association of certified fraud examiners acfe has published what has become a definitive benchmark study of occupational fraud in 2026 the acfe released the 14th edition of its landmark research publication occupational fraud 2026 a report to the nations continue reading case law quickread top story legal update chavez deremer v medical staffing of america llc standards of review used for employment classification and damages september 21 2026 in this case the issues before the trial court were 1 whether plaintiff was an independent contractor or employee 2 whether plaintiff acted in good faith and 3 the computation of damages on appeal the court discussed the standard of review for employment classification and damages jarod kintz a somewhat famous humorist and self published author once said most employees are like interchangeable machine parts when they show up to work there is no trace of the person they replaced and then they leave they make no lasting impression and it s as if they were never there he was probably joking continue reading quickread top story valuation appraisal quality of earnings takes center stage due diligence requirements for business acquisitions september 16 2026 qoe engagements have steadily moved downstream as buyers lenders and advisors seek greater assurance that the earnings presented by a seller are not only historically accurate but also recurring and sustainable beginning october 1 2026 qoes will take on an even more significant role in certain transactions financed through the u s sba in this article the author discusses the new sop quality of earnings qoe analyses have become an increasingly important component of financial due diligence in mergers and acquisitions historically associated more frequently with private equity and larger middle market transactions qoe engagements have steadily moved downstream as buyers lenders continue reading quickread top story valuation appraisal multidisciplinary blind spots identify the blind spots and build a stronger defensible valuation september 16 2026 multidisciplinary valuation engagements are complex there are blind spots that if not addressed will undermine the valuation this series is written to identify those blind spots and solve the problem for everybody the easy way the author s intent is to support the valuator s authority and credibility in the courtroom and in all valuation applications mixed discipline assignments can seem much more straightforward than they actually are for example valuing an interest in a partnership that holds real estate requires underlying property value and the rest of the balance sheet plus ownership rights property type and leverage so you can connect with continue reading litigation consulting quickread top story commercial real estate bankruptcy the cram down option and the impact of till september 9 2026 the u s supreme court s plurality decision in the chapter 13 case till v scs credit corp could be one of the most significant supreme court decisions on reorganization since the passage of the bankruptcy code many bankruptcy and appellate courts have found the till decision to be instructive and informative in guiding the courts in determining cram down rates for chapter 11 bankruptcy cases but the question for experts is what information do you need to determine the appropriate cram down rate this article will discuss the till factors circumstances of the estate the nature of the security and feasibility continue reading artificial intelligence quickread top story valuation appraisal business valuation in litigation maintaining accuracy and defensibility in the age of ai september 9 2026 in litigation the issue is whether the expert can explain the analysis the data and the judgment that produced the opinion ai can accelerate parts of that process but it does not remove the expert s responsibility for the conclusion therefore the question addressed in this article is where ai can assist without taking ownership away from the expert a valuation expert can arrive at the stand with years of experience a detailed model and a carefully prepared report however the expert may stumble when asked to explain an input that came from an ai tool and cannot explain why that continue reading artificial intelligence quickread top story valuation appraisal valuing ai ip demystifying the black box september 2 2026 this article 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