Pesticides expert witnesses may give opinions regarding pesticide contamination, pesticide products, and pesticide pollution. According to the International HCH and Pesticides Association, it is very difficult to estimate to assess the real extent of the obsolete pesticides problem, as only a limited number of field investigations have been made globally,…
The Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Trial Advocacy Section on Monday, Oct. 8 presents its “TAP (Trial Advocacy Project): Expert Witness Workshop.” According to the LACBA meeting announcement, “The Expert Witness Workshop” provides introductory and advanced level instruction on how to use expert witnesses in civil and criminal actions, with…
Paralegal Knowledge Institute is offering a free one hour webinar Dispute Resolution and eDiscovery October 30, 2012. The instructors are Yoav M. Griver, Esq., Partner at Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP and Daniel Garrie, Esq, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management and the Journal of Cyber Warfare.…
Patents expert witnesses are qualified to testify on software patents, invention patents, and international patents, as well as related issues. In The Foreman’s Aha Moment in Apple v. Samsung Was Based on Misunderstanding Prior Art, Groklaw discusses how the Apple v. Samsung jury reached their verdict. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120828225612963
Trucking expert witnesses may write reports and testify on the Department of Transportation, truck driver qualifications, and federal motor vehicle safety standards, as well as related issues. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be working on 29 new rules over the next two years which include one regarding electronic…
In Buying a Foreclosure? Watch Out for These 5 Landmines, residential real estate expert Brendon DeSimone writes for Zillowblog on what to expect in a foreclosure sale. Mr. DeSimone is a realtor & HGTV real estate expert who has collaborated on multiple real estate books. and his expert advice is…
The Paralegal Knowledge Institute is presenting a one hour webinar on The Use Of Facebook And Other Social Media in Litigation September 12, 2012. Few people are unfamiliar with social media. To some people it means Facebook, to others it means Twitter or YouTube, and to still others, it’s everywhere…
Internet expert witnesses may testify on issues involving cyber-squatting, spam, email, websites, and related matters. In the news this week, the Federal Trade Commission has fined Google $22.5M for violating an earlier privacy settlement with the federal agency. The FTC charged Google with misrepresenting to users of Apple Inc.’s Safari…
Copyrights expert witnesses may testify on copyright infringement, copyright notice, and copyright limitations. In the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Electronic Arts sued Zynga this week for copyright infringement stating that Zynga copied the game The Sims Social in creating The Ville. EA is the second largest U.S.…
The Paralegal Knowledge Institute is offering a free one hour webinar on Dispute Resolution and eDiscovery, July 31, 2012. Today, lawyers, neutrals and clients are spending more money and time on electronic discovery. Increasingly, these parties confront electronic discovery outside the court systems with the growing use of alternative methods…