Construction Industry Documentation and Record Keeping
Documentation is very important in a construction project because it provides a "memory" of the project. It is the only contemporaneous record of what was actually happening at any given time during the course of the project.
Warring Cops: Making Our Mission Even Tougher
I'm sure many of my fellow law enforcement professionals watched the video carried on Fox News Channel, myfoxphilly.com and other outlets that showed neighboring Pennsylvania law enforcers at war with each other. I think all would be as embarrassed for our profession as I was.
Case Study: Analysis and Optimal Design of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The client was interested in designing a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for the Department of Defense. As part of this work the client wanted a thorough analysis of the various design tradeoffs that could be made when designing the unmanned aerial vehicle.
The Construction Expert Industry: New Developments
As necessity is the mother invention, an entire industry has been spawned by the growing field of construction-defect's law. Construction defects involve an enormous set of circumstances, including actual or imagined construction defects, deviation from what the industry considers the standard of care, and design defects, which relate to the specifications.
Case Study: Automobile Dealership Deceptive Sales Scheme
A publicly traded dealer group, along within 15 of its dealerships, was sued on the theory that the sales of Window Etching Theft Deterrent were deceptive, misleading and part of a plan orchestrated by the dealer group to encourage and assist dealers in a deceptive sales scheme.
Investment Fraud: Seasoned Investor Conned by Phony Investment; If It Can Happen to Him...
In early 2008 I met an investor who explained to me that he had a business dispute lawsuit he was preparing to file. He planned to engage my services to support the litigation.
Parent Counseling and Training: Should this be a Related Service on Your Child's IEP?
What is parent counseling and training? Parent counseling and training is defined as a related service under IDEA. Here is the definition: (i) Parent counseling and training means assisting parents in understanding the special needs of their child;
Radiation Therapy in Cochlear Implant Recipients
Since the first commercial multichannel cochlear implant was marketed by Cochlear in 1985 (1), use of the device has grown exponentially. As of mid-2010, more than 188,000 people worldwide have received a cochlear implant system (2). Recent developments in the manufacturing of cochlear implants by the market leader, Cochlear Limited (based in Australia), have resulted in an aim to provide electronically stable models (3).
Cyberbullying and the Law
Cyberbullying is one of the fastest-growing problems facing families and the people responsible for protecting our children: school administrators, lawmakers and law enforcement officials. Cyberbullying is such a new frontier, the laws that define and police it are, in many places, weak to nonexistent. Its "sudden" pervasiveness and severity is now shocking people into action as evidenced by the rash of suicides making national news and the resulting public outcry.
Recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences Regarding the Forensic Discipline of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Most of us are familiar with the recent report from the National Academy of Sciences regarding the current state of forensic science. The section of the 254-page report that addresses the forensic discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis comprises fewer than two pages, yet succeeds, I believe, in making some astute points.
