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View ArticleThe FTC Has Proposed Banning Most Noncompete Agreements
For the supposed purpose of fostering competition in the labor market, the Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban most noncompetition agreements.
View ArticleSeveral Cases Have Now Entered the Covenant Not to Compete Fray
By way of background, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule to, in their words, “ promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental...
View ArticleUpdate on Artificial Intelligence—Superconvergence
Get a look at some of the futuristic concepts discussed in the book Superconvergence and look at how AI factors into all of it.
View ArticleAmerican Society of Appraisers (ASA) 2024 International Conference
I had the pleasure of attending the 2024 ASA International Conference in Portland, Ore., September 15 to 19. This was my first time to visit Portland, Ore., and I found it to be a very pleasant and...
View ArticleNACVA Creates New 'Advisory Briefs' and Issues the First One on 'The Use of...
Parnell Black, NACVA’s co-founder and CEO, has announced that NACVA has issued its first Advisory Brief on “The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.” This is the first such AI advisory...
View ArticleMultiple Lines of Business—Let Me Count the Ways
Recently, I read an article from McKinsey titled “How CEOs Are Turning Corporate Venture Building Into Outsize Growth." While the article and survey are about what the title indicates, it reminded me...
View ArticleIRS Issues New “Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published (Federal Register, Dec. 26, 2024) new proposed regulations on practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Of particular interest to the business...
View ArticleIs This the Last Gasp? FTC Makes One Last Plea to Get Its Noncompete Ban Back...
In a last ditch effort to revive its covenant not to compete ban, the Lina Kahn-led FTC is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a federal district court ruling that halted the FTC ban.
View ArticleComments on Proposed Rule Regarding Appraisal Standards
Business Valuation expert Jim Alerding shares his thoughts on the IRS' proposed rule changes to Circular 230—paragraph L.
View ArticleWhat Could Happen When We Regulate Valuation Standards
The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) has an active campaign to encourage and assist countries to legally adopt the International Valuation Standards (IVS) as the law in their country....
View ArticleIs Your Curriculum Vitae (Resume) Accurate?
There is a lot of material where an inadvertent inaccuracy might exist or there might be an omission. Any such inaccuracies could lead to your not being allowed to testify. Is your resume up to date?
View ArticleCircular 230 Update Alert!
Regarding the new proposed regulations for Circular 230, the proposed regs were published in late December 2024. Interested parties, including yours truly, have submitted comments, and the public...
View ArticleThe Results Are in: The Top Five RADA Queries
BVR's Research and Data Assistant (RADA) has been helping users boost their productivity and transform their research process in a wide array of circumstances. Let's take a look at some of our most...
View ArticleBusiness Appraiser Liability
Mostly, when we hear about a business appraiser (i.e., a business valuation professional) being sued, we think about ESOP cases or occasionally maybe a divorce case or something similar. But recently,...
View ArticleOne Way Tariffs Might Impact Valuation
During the pandemic, many in the business valuation community were warning valuation professionals to be wary of using historical earnings and income as a measure of future income when formulating...
View ArticleAI Update: Is AI Moving Too Fast and Is Humanity Moving Too Slow?
As many of you who have been reading my blog posts know, I started down a path of updating you on the current status of artificial intelligence (AI) from time to time. What started out as a leisurely...
View ArticleIVSC urges worldwide adoption of IVS 2017
IVSC chairman Sir David Tweedie says that “valuation is not a profession. If valuers wish to become a profession, and continue with self-regulation, then VPOs must adopt IVS and enforce compliance—no...
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