A computer expert witness opined on the computer irregularities in the city of Sarasota, FL’s IT system. The consultant said some files are missing, data that should have been private was not, and emails were erased. City Manager Robert Bartolotta has denied any wrongdoing.
In United States: Section 1782 Discovery Ordered Against Chevron’s Environmental Expert For Use In UNCITRAL Arbitration Relating To Ecuador, Louis M. Solomon, Chairman of the Commercial and International Litigation Groups and Co-Chairman of the Litigation Department at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, writes: A decision from a Magistrate Judge in…
Expert witnesses for R. Allen Stanford have resigned because they haven’t been paid. Stanford, former head of the Stanford Financial Group, is facing charges for allegedly taking $7 billion from investors. Stanford’s attorney asked the U.S. District judge to postpone his trial.
Douglas Lovell’s attorneys requested that hearings relating to expert witnesses be held behind closed doors without prosecutors. Lovell is on death row for the death of Joyce Yost in 1985. His defense attorney argued in Utah 2nd Judicial District that including prosecutors would give the state insight into the defense…
Compensation expert witness Dr. Sanjai Bhagat presented his paper Bank Executive Compensation And Capital Requirements Reform this month to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington DC. Abstract, Part 2 We recommend the following compensation structure for senior bank executives: Executive incentive compensation should only consist of…
At Daily Herald.com , Barry Stone writes: Q. I am a court-certified expert witness in construction defect lawsuits. Many of the cases I see involve home inspectors who fail to disclose defects. One inspector confided that an inspection report with “too many problems” might “kill” the sale, and then the…
Compensation expert witness Dr. Sanjai Bhagat presented his paper Bank Executive Compensation And Capital Requirements Reform this month to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington DC. Abstract Part 2: We study the executive compensation structure in the largest 14 U.S. financial institutions during 2000-2008. We focus…
Google Inc has announced it will hook up Kansas City, Kan., and then Kansas City, Mo., local computers to enhanced internet service. Media expert witness Larry Gerbrandt, an analyst for Media Valuation Partners and a former cable operator, says, “One market doesn’t change things. Even Google doesn’t have enough money…
In the mid-1960s President Johnson envisioned the Urban Institute, chartered in 1968 to provide “independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America’s cities and their residents.” This month, insurance coverage experts at the Urban Institute write on Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010, published by the…
Risk management expert Mike Prusinski, senior vice president of LifeLock, comments on the DOJ study warning the public to be more careful of Social Security numbers and debit cards being stolen: benningtonbanner.com.