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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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Discrimination Expert Witness to be called upon in Hooters case?

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Use of a Discrimination Expert Witness in Hooters case possible? Here is an excerpt from an article speaking about the recent weight discrimination case against Hooters in Michigan. Should the suit continue, it is likely to involve some sort of employment expert witness.
Hooters case sparks debate about weight discrimination
Rule has been unique to Michigan [...]

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Medical Expert Witness Testimony Admissible

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Medical Expert Witness passes Daubert Standard - Expert Witness Testimony allowed in Erb’s Palsy case:  
Cincinatti, OH: A report to be released this fall in Pediatrics for Parents identifies Erb’s Palsy as a condition that affects three out of every 2,000 live births in the US. Typified by paralysis of the arm and stemming from nerve damage, [...]

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Microwave Expert Witness: Are Microwaves Really Safe?

June 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · experts

Microwave Safety Expert Witness, Robert Schiffmann sorts out the facts.
Microwave Oven Safety – What Are the Real Issues?
Robert F. Schiffmann
R.F. Schiffmann Associates, Inc.
149 West 88 Street
New York, N.Y. 10024
The persistence of myths and half-truths in consumers minds have plagued the microwave oven industry from its inception. First there was the worry of using aluminum trays that [...]

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Broadcast Media Expert Witness on Citadel Valuation

June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · experts

Broadcast Expert Witness to Weigh In On Citadel Bankruptcy
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland said after a hearing that he will approve the reorganization plan submitted by Citadel Broadcasting in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, BusinessWeek reports. Citadel’s plan had been facing objections by a shareholder group led by Aurelius Capital Partners, which said the company was [...]

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