This session will discuss the various methods available to a valuer under all three approaches to value.

Valuing investments is a critical issue for the private equity and venture capital industry. After more than five years of effort, the AICPA has published the final version of the Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Portfolio Company Investments of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds and Other Investment Companies. This session will highlight the key concepts from the new guidance.

Financial service professionals and investigators will learn how to conduct business intelligence investigations, due diligence, asset and enhanced background checks using the latest and most effective cybertools.

This session will leverage Jonathan Wolfe’s nearly 20 years of ABA Section of Family Law leadership, and discuss the Section’s current areas of focus, and what the future of family law looks like in the coming years for clients, attorneys and experts.

This discussion panel will provide insights on the developing regulation of digital assets and activities of various actors in the crypto markets, as well as the government enforcement and litigation landscape. It will also introduce the principal issues pertaining to digital token valuation, virtual asset accounting and emerging cyber risks in cryptocurrencies.

Session covers investigation report writing, focusing on all other types of reports other than those required under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26 (e.g., non-expert witness report). The session will review elements, visual aids, formats of reports, and will also cover the new forensic standard.

In this session we will describe the fundamentals of forensic accounting and related investigations. Using real-life examples we will explore fraud schemes, methods of concealment and how forensic accounting can help answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why and how.

Speakers, who include representatives from the AICPA Business Combinations task force, which is developing an Accounting and Valuation Guide on this topic, will update you regarding the latest developments regarding the inventory valuation section. This section was released for feedback in November of 2018 and it generated a number of comments.

This session will leverage Mr. Dowd’s nearly 20 years of ABA Section of Litigation leadership roles, and discuss the Section’s current areas of focus, and what the future of litigation may look like in the coming years for clients, attorneys and experts.

TCJA has been implemented for over a year. We will dive into the changes to valuation models as a result of the TCJA and what we have seen in practice. How are different folks handling various aspects of the change and which are more acceptable than others. Will also consider how to put it in practice.