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Finance expert witnesses may opine on financial analysis, interest rate risk, and other aspects of finance. In Our Very Own Greek Tragedy, finance expert Terry Savage writes:

Greece may dominate the headlines, but we have a big debt problem in the US that could hurt our economy just as badly in the long run…

What do we do about the debt? That is the biggest question in the world today, whether we’re talking about mortgage debt here in the United States, the US national debt-now over $15 trillion-or European debt, particularly the Greek debt that obviously cannot be repaid.

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The Nevada Paralegal Association (NPA), in conjunction with The Legal Assistant’s Division of the State Bar of Nevada (LAD), will hold their ANNUAL SEMINAR on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Harrah’s Las Vegas. The event is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The speakers and their topics include:

Hilary Muckleroy, Esq. – Employment Law – Title VII, ADA, GINA Josh Hicks, Esq. – Nevada Lobbying Process Shaun Haley, Esq. – Employment Law – Unions David A. Clark, Esq., State Bar of Nevada: Ethics – Crossing the Line of UPL Rex Velasquez, Esq. – Immigration Law
More info: administrator@nevadaparalegal.org

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Entertainment expert witnesses may opine on motion picture distribution, media formats, and media piracy. The Motion Picture Association of America website describes how rogue websites traffic in stolen movies, TV shows, and music or even counterfeit prescription medications and other goods.

The potential harm from rogue sites – exposure to malware, identity theft, unsafe and untested medicines and other counterfeit products, and lost jobs and income for creative workers – is profound. Innumerable companies rely on their intellectual property to do business and create valuable products, which supports well-paying jobs, workers’ pension and healthcare plans, and healthy local economies and tax revenues. In the U.S., the motion picture industry alone supports more than 2 million jobs, including truck drivers, architects, accountants, make-up artists, animators, costumers, digital effects technicians, set-builders and more.

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Accident reconstruction expert witness Jonathan Anna testified in the case against megabus driver John Tomaszewski in Onondaga County Court NY. The expert testfied that two victims were killed when they struck the bridge directly and the other two were crushed in the wreckage. The defenandt is charged with four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

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The Nevada Paralegal Association has announced their annual seminar will be in conjunction with The Legal Assistant’s Division of the State Bar of Nevada on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Harrah’s Las Vegas. The speakers include insurance bad faith expert Hilary Muckleroy who will speak on Employment Law – Title VII, ADA, GINA.

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In OSHA Regulations and their Complexity construction site expert witness William Gulya, Jr., President & CEO, Middlesex Trenching Company, writes:

Get it in writing

When trying to decide how to apply a rule, ask for it in writing to make sure it supports the corresponding standard or official position of the agency, and utilize the document as demonstrative evidence. When it comes to regulations, their ambiguity can be the expert’s worst enemy in the issue of “to a reasonable degree of certainty.” Don’t be afraid to ask for the answers in writing from OSHA or other governing agencies.

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Entertainment expert witnesses may opine on motion picture distribution, media formats, and media piracy. The Motion Picture Association of America website describes how rogue websites traffic in stolen movies, TV shows, and music or even counterfeit prescription medications and other goods.

These sites are located throughout the world, and while they often look legitimate – featuring advertising from reputable companies, accepting major credit cards – they’re really online havens for theft, enabling criminals to profit from content or intellectual property they had nothing to do with creating.

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Patents expert witnesses may opine on computer patents, design patents, international patents and associated matters. In the news, Motorola lost a patent dispute in Munich against Apple regarding the “slide to unlock” feature on smartphones. The high court decided that two of the devices made by Motorola Mobility that are “unlocked” by sliding an icon across the screen infringe on Apple’s patent.

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In TRADEMARKS, INJUNCTIONS, AND eBAY v. MERCEXCHANGE: FROM AN EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE media expert witness Michael A. Einhorn, Ph.D. writes:

This article is based on an expert analysis that I recently performed in a matter that concerned the unauthorized taking of a trademarked logo by a major media company. The facts of the case were as follows. Plaintiff in the year 2006 began providing conference services under a trademarked logo. Defendant appropriated use of the logo as a slogan for marketing of its similar offering in the year 2010. Plaintiff sought a Preliminary Injunction to stop immediately all infringing uses of the logo, so implicating the possibility of irreparable harm in the defendant’s use.

Read more: TRADEMARKS, INJUNCTIONS, AND eBAY v. MERCEXCHANGE.