Television expert witness Edwin Desser, president of Desser Sports Media Inc., testified this month on behalf of Fox Sports in the Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy case. The former senior executive in the NBA Commissioner’s Office for 23 years said that the Dodgers are worth about $100M a year. U.S. District…
Anesthesiology expert witness Dr. Steven Shafer testified for the prosecution in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial. Shafer, who has special expertise in postoperative pain, testified there was an improper “employer-employee” relationship between the singer and the defendant. He also testified that when the drug propofol is administered outside of a…
Attorney Steve Gordon served as an entertainment expert witness in In Capitol Records v. MP3Tunes, Inc. District Judge William H. Pauley (S.D.N.Y.) ruled that the digital music locker business of MP3Tunes is protected by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Gordon served as Director of Business Affairs at Sony Music from…
The US Department of Justice has blocked AT&T from taking over Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA. Antitrust law expert witness and Howard University law professor Andy Gavil testified before Congress saying, “Having read the complaint, I don’t see a basis for a negotiated settlement.”
Two medical expert witnesses testified Friday in the Charleston, WV, trial of Larry Allen Hayes Jr., accused of abusing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter. Forensic pathology expert witness Dr. Thomas Young said the child’s death was not from shaken baby syndrome but a result of an earlier incident.
Education expert witness Eric Hanushek testified this week in the Lobato v. State (Colorado) school funding case. Hanushek, a professor at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, testified for the defense regarding achievement and school funding.
Bruce Baker, a national school finance expert, testified Friday that Colorado’s school finance system is especially regressive for districts with high numbers of poor children and English language learners because it doesn’t compensate for the higher costs of teaching such students. Read more: ednewscolorado.org.
Hometown Bank notified the Galveston County 10th District Court on July 1 that it has selected Michael L. Wilson to testify as an expert witness on legal fees during litigation arising from Pasadena resident Manzoor A. Memon’s case. Memon is suing Syed Rashid Bukhari for assaulting him in the bank’s…
A study by environmental expert witness Alisa Rich showing elevated levels of air pollutants and toxins such as benzene led residents in Denton County, TX, to complain to the state that they were breathing polluted air and suffering negative health effects from natural gas compressor stations. When controversies have arisen…
Procter & Gamble won a big victory in its defense of dozens of lawsuits over its Fixodent products. A federal judge in Miami threw out the lead case in a series of lawsuits that claimed using the denture cream caused nerve damage. U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga did not…