Articles Posted in Expert Witness News

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Semiconductors expert witness Michael Thomas has sued the law firm of King & Spalding in San Mateo County Superior Court for fees in a large ITC case. Thomas has over twenty years in the semiconductor industry, primarily in the fields of Operations, Test and Product Engineering, Project Management and Quality Assurance. He says the law firm is telling him that a bankrupt former client is liable for the expert witness fees.

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Sydney Federal Court Judge Annabelle Claire Benne warned Samsung counsel Katrina Howard regarding the accusation that Apple inappropriately influenced patent expert witnesses. Technology expert Aruna Seneviratne, Director of the Australian Technology Park Laboratory of NICTA, said Apple lawyers pointed out a typographical error in his report and he was not pressured by Apple.

Apple claims that Samsung copied designs and features from the iPhone while Samsung accuses Apple of violating their wireless technology patents.

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Accident reconstruction expert witness Amrit Toor has sued attorney Thomas Harding claiming defamation after Harding compared the expert to Johnny Carson’s fictional magician character Carnac. Toor is a forensic engineer specializing in accident reconstruction at Intech Engineering Ltd. He is also suing the Canadian news agency Postmedia seeking damages over an article published in the Vancouver Sun.

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International patents expert witnesses may provide reports and testify regarding computer patents, design patents, and international patents and licensing. This week, in a patent infringement case, a German court ruled on Friday in favor of Microsoft. The court issued an injunction against Motorola to stop the sale of phones using Microsoft’s File Allocation Table technology. Included are Motorola phones the Razr, the Razr Maxx, and the Atrix.

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Psychology expert Dr. Jeffrey Gardere said accused shooter James Holmes may be emotionally exhausted and/or exhibiting malingering, intentionally feigning or exaggerating physical or psychological symptoms. Dr. Gardere is an adjunct clinical professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in NYC and is a regular guest on television news programs.

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In Avoiding the $475,000 Mistake – Entering the Credit Bid, John L. Hosack and mortgages expert witness Joffrey Long write:

Finally! The delays are over and your foreclosure is going to sale. The trustee asks for bidding instructions. The grand total owing on your loan (a first trust deed) is $575,000. The value of the property is $500,000. Would you open the bidding at $575,000? It could be a big mistake. Surprisingly, many otherwise sophisticated lenders and servicers, including large banks, are completely unaware of this problem.

Read more: https://www.jurispro.com/files/documents/doc-1066205274-article-1920.pdf

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Should companies that hold patents essential to a standard be prohibited from requesting that infringing products be banned in the U.S. market? Congress is considering this issue and patents expert witness Mark Lemley says the International Trade Commission could cite the public interest as a reason for declining to ban products that infringe essential patents. Lemley is Director at the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology.

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Both plaintiffs Jill Clausen, et al, and defendant Dr. Ezea Ede have selected their medical experts in a Jefferson County District Court (TX) medical malpractice case. Ede is charged with the 2010 wrongful death of Judy Gregory. Plaintiffs allege that Ede did not properly diagnose Gregory’s cardiac condition which contributed to her death.

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The William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN, is offering their second Expert Witness Training Academy this summer. Instructors will include judges, lawyers, and Mitchell professors who will instruct experts on how to dial their brilliance down to a level the average person can understand.

“We want to help expert witnesses understand how to communicate their science better in a variety of forums” says Professor John Sonsteng, who along with his colleagues developed the academy with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

More information: 888-962-5529

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Night clubs expert witnesses may consult and testify on bars, lounges, and night clubs. With over 30 years experience in security and surveillance operations, including Security Director for the Sahara Tahoe and High Sierra resorts in Lake Tahoe as well as corporate security for Del E. Webb, Corp. in Nevada, security and surveillance consultant Alan W. Zajic writes that he does not believe a background check is the most important thing in a gaming security program. More important is how the business owner trains their employees.

Read more: https://www.jurispro.com/AlanZajicCPPCSP.