WebWire writes that computer forensic expert witnesses: …deal with some of the most grave and serious of criminal cases that involve digital evidence. However it may be surprising to hear that currently there is no regulatory body to ensure the quality of their work, their security, and the expert’s individual’s…
As reported at p2pnet.net: Word of the new Expert Witness Defense Fund is getting around online fast, and not only on English language sites. Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US), the members of the Big 4 organised music cartel, are engaged in…
Debra Cassens Weiss reports Attorney Fee Expert Angers Judge, ABA Journal, 11/19/07. A Philadelphia judge has chastised an expert witness for his testimony challenging attorney fees in two cases, including the class action case against Wal-Mart for unpaid overtime. In opinions issued last Wednesday, Judge Mark Bernstein criticized the defense…
Kansas State University Professor and expert witness Bob Shoop has been writing about teacher sex abuse cases since 1984. The child sex abuse expert witness says that “consistently most studies have indicated that between 5 and 10 percent of the students in a high-school setting have had an inappropriate relationship…
An Expert Witness Defense Fund was established today by the Free Software Foundation and the Recording Industry vs The People blog (run by copyright attorney Ray Beckerman) to help defendants cover the costs of entertainment and media expert witnesses used to defend themselves against file-sharing lawsuits brought by the recording…
Media expert witness Dr. Mary Lynn Young will be heard on Oct. 29 and 30 at the Cornwall Ontario Public Inquiry. Young is the acting director and an associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. The expert witness will speak on the impact media coverage…
Texas lawmakers heard complaints from medical expert witnesses about the Texas Medical Board on Tuesday. During the proceedings, legislators questioned the board about former member Dr. Keith Miller, who resigned in August after a law was passed banning board members from acting as expert witnesses in malpractice cases. The Statesman…
While some may think expert witnesses are paid to say what lawyers wants them to say, these experts tell the real story: DNA expert witness Dr. Richard Saferstein says the legal system could not work without expert witnesses. “Expert witnesses such as myself are an important safeguard in the judicial…
Former Adelphia executives John and Tim Rigas filed a petition Wednesday to have their case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Adelphia former chairman John Rigas was sentenced in 2005 to 15 years in prison and his son, former chief financial officer Timothy Rigas was sentenced to 20 years in…
The Trans Canada Keystone Pipeline plans to run 220 miles through South Dakota in its Alberta-to-Illinois route. Heidi Tillquist, an environmental expert witness with ENSD of Fort Collins, CO, says chances of a spill along South Dakota’s part of the line are no more than once in 41 years. The…