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Real estate appraisal expert witness Ron Zitzow testified for Aurora County regarding the value of the South Dakota Thompson Farms dairy. Thompson Farms is seeking $2.6 million in damages saying that a county ordinance forced their business to close. Zitzow testified their were no damages as a result of the county ordinance.

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Cell phones expert witness Jeff Strohm testified in the murder trial against Preston Strong. Strohm is a custodian of records for Sprint Nextel Communications and explained how cell phones search for the strongest signal which is usually dependent upon distance to the tower. Defense attorney Kristi Riggins argued that Strong may not have been in the vicinity of victim Dr. Satinder Gill’s Yuma home.

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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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In A Look Inside Hosted e-Discovery Pricing: Secrets your service provider may not want you to know, Megan Miller of Gallivan Gallivan & O’Melia writes for The Organization of Legal Professionals:

Lawyers and litigation support teams researching alternatives for e-discovery have a daunting task, complicated by the fact that information on which they will have to base an important purchase decision is often fuzzy at the time the e-discovery solution is being selected.

Read more at the Organization of Legal Professionals.

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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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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 of dispute resolution – arbitration, mediation, special masters.

This webinar gives you a better grasp of electronic discovery and its application to mediation, arbitration, special master proceedings or other dispute resolution forums. It introduces attendees to best practices when mediating electronic discovery issues and presents various tools and strategies practitioners can employ when engaged in electronic discovery mediation.

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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.