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Using Structured Settlements to Help Resolve Legal Disputes in the Entertainment Industry

November 18th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

By Kathryn Arnold – Entertainment Expert Witness 
As a consultant and expert witness in the entertainment industry, the vast majority of cases that cross my desk are for economic damage or loss of wages claims. Most of the cases have been for personal injury, worker’s compensation, copyright infringement and wrongful death, with claims ranging from $250,000 [...]

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Current Hot Topics in Lease Escalations: Avoid Theft by Additional Rentals

November 9th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Tuesday, November 16th
1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific)
Run Time: 90 minutes
I would like to invite you to attend my audio conference, “Current Hot Topics in Lease Escalations: Avoid Theft by Additional Rentals” on Tuesday, November 16th.  I will be presenting along with Marc A. Maiona of CyberLease, LLC.
The two costliest line item component issues in [...]

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Expert Witness Becomes Crime Victim Herself

October 24th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

 
Sharon Rosenberg spent 26 years helping to put criminals behind bars. Now, she is a crime victim herself.
“I was never involved in a white-collar crime,” says the 68 year-old Rosenberg. “And I was never expecting to be the victim of a white-collar crime.”
Rosenberg’s former caretaker and friend, Evon Moles, has just started serving a three-year [...]

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Economic Damage Claims In The Entertainment Industry — Speculative or Beyond a Reasonable Certainty

October 17th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

August 28, 2010
By Kathryn Arnold – Entertainment Expert Witness 

The large majority of lawsuits that involve individuals in the entertainment industry revolve around lost wages or fees. These claims often allege millions of dollars in lost earnings depending on the role the person plays within the industry. Given the exorbitant amount that some actors, writers, directors [...]

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Cosmetics Expert Witness – Safe Cosmetics Act Introduced in US House

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

The use of a cosmetics expert witness or fragrance expert witness may have just became more common in the future.  Here is an excerpt from an article about the introduction of the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010:  
For the first time in 70 years, Congress is poised to close the holes in the federal law that allows chemicals [...]

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Entertainment Expert Witness – Points to Consider When Evaluating a Case

July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Entertainment expert witness and article author Kathryn Arnold discusses the challenges an entertainment expert witness may face and when such an expert may be needed to support attornies.  The following is an excerpt from her article "The Entertainment Industry – Points to Consider When Evaluating a Case":
Of the thousands of screenplays written every year, only 450 to [...]

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Electromagnetic Field Expert Witness: Stuart Bagley discusses EMF effects on pacemakers

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Why a blog about pacemakers, ICDs and electromagnetic fields?
Excerpt from the blog of Electromagenetic Field Testing Expert Witness, Stuart Bagley of EMF Testing Services.
Over 3 million people in the world have a pacemaker or ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) and another 600,000 are being implanted every year. Most people know someone who has a medical [...]

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Architecture Expert Witness – What Are Construction Defects?

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · experts

 
Architecture expert witness, Michael S. Poles, GC, CM, RCI, DABFET, ACFE exerpt from his own publication on what constitutes construction defects.

Since the "Building Boom" of the 1980’s and the advent of the ten year cycle ( California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 337.15 ) for "LATENT DEFECTS" ( A latent defect is one that a property [...]

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Acoustics Expert Witness testifies on airport noise

June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · experts

Want to double the number of flights your airport currently handles?  You may need the services of an acoustics expert witness.  Much like this airport in Hampshire, England recently did. 
Airport inquiry hears new round of noise arguments from acoustics expert witness
By Jack Sommers
June 17, 2010
ARGUMENTS about how annoying the noise of 50,000 flights over [...]

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Sales Expert Witness: 10 Mistakes to avoid with Distributor Agreements

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

According to Glen Balzer, international marketing and sales expert witness:
Many factors go into the creation of a great distributor agreement. Mistakes in a distributor agreement are almost invisible during the courtship between a distributor and a manufacturer. Unfortunately, those same mistakes grow into glaring errors at the end of a distribution partnership. In order to [...]

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