In Climate Change Risk Management Lawsuits, Kai Alderson, Fasken Martineau, and Stephen Higgs, of Perkins Coie, write that public companies face exposure to legal liability for investor losses blamed on failure to anticipate or disclose climate change risks. Plaintiffs have brought lawsuits alleging that a company’s GHG emissions contributed to…
What Is an Insurance Expert Witness? An insurance expert witness is someone with extensive experience in and knowledge of the insurance industry who is called to the witness stand to provide information about aspects of a case which involve insurance. Expert witnesses can be used to provide judge and jury…
Insurance claims expert witness Tommy R. Michaels offers a glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms on his website. For example: Abandonment A clause in property insurance policies prohibiting the insured from abandoning damaged property to the insurer for repair or disposal. Arranging for repair or disposal is the insured’s…
In Publicity and Credibility Through Writing, marketing strategy expert Rosalie Hamilton writes: When your expertise is publicized in articles and books, it does not look like advertising, it does not feel like advertising, but, delightfully, it works like advertising. Publicity is, in fact, the best promotional avenue after networking. Even…
In Be a Better Expert Witness, marketing expert Rosalie Hamilton asks “What proactive steps will you take to be a better and more in-demand expert consultant? Developing your practice and becoming a more effective expert consultant requires that you perform an honest assessment of yourself and your practice. Based on…
The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations will hold its 2010 Fall Meeting and TMCSuperTech2010 National Technician Skills Competition Sept. 20 to 23 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, N.C. The meeting theme, Quality Control in Maintenance Operations, will be carried out through technical sessions…
American Trucking Associations trucking policy experts met with three members of the National Transport Commission Australia on July 1 to discuss commonalities and challenges the trucking industry faces in each country. Representatives of both delegations talked about the need for increased infrastructure funding and the obstacles to increasing taxes. Other…
Pest control expert witness Allan Snyder; ACGIH, AIHA, SPCI, of AFC Forensic Consulting writes on the treatment and control of termites: PREVENTION • Building design may contribute to termite invasion. • Keep all sub-structural wood at least 12 inches above the soil beneath the building. • Identify and correct other…
Pesticides expert witness Allan Snyder; ACGIH, AIHA, SPCI, of AFC Forensic Consulting writes on the treatment and control of termites: Treatment and control techniques vary depending on the species causing an infestation. • Multiple colonies of the same species of termite or more than one species of termite can infest…
In The Value of a Construction Expert Witness, William Gulya, Jr., construction expert witness and President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes: By its very nature, construction is unique in that construction projects, along with the laws governing construction, affect so many different kinds of parties — project owners, developers,…