4/30/2025· Architecture
Embracing Best Practices in Local Construction
By: Christopher D. Ling, AIA, NCARB
This piece delves into the essence of best practices, elucidating how local contractors' skills, experiences, and comfort zones significantly influence the success of a project. It underscores the importance of architects being attuned to the local trade practices to ensure project success for the owner.
4/21/2025· Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML)
The Hidden IP Risk Of Using AI With Independent Contractors
If your company relies on independent professionals—and especially if you use AI to analyze or optimize their output—there’s a growing compliance risk you may not have considered: your current contractor agreements may expose you to large-scale liability in an AI-enabled world.
4/21/2025· Ethics / Ethical Duties
California's Rules of Professional Conduct Makeover
The new Rules of Professional Conduct are coming. With new numbering, new language and additional rules that we have not seen before, there will be growing pains. However, think of these new rules as a new opportunity to re-familiarize yourself with the Rules of Professional Conduct and your ethical obligations as a California attorney.
4/21/2025· Medical Malpractice
The Medicolegal Expert - It's A Protection Racket
By: Shawn Hayden, MD, PhD, MBA
Generally a medical expert witness is a qualified and experienced healthcare professional who provides their opinion in legal proceedings based on their expertise in a particular field of medicine. Their testimony assists in clarifying complex medical issues for judges and juries.
4/21/2025· Expert Witnessing
Bottom Line: Experts Need to Practice Long Term Marketing
By: Hana Zumout, MS
Long–term marketing is essential for building a successful practice, and it’s something every expert witness should prioritize. If you want to learn how to secure growth and visibility for your practice, watch Episode 5 of The Expert Edge, or read the rest of this article!
3/28/2025· Transportation
The Misuse And Underuse Of Video Cameras
By: Ned Einstein
This article will address a theme that continues to pop up more and more in the lawsuits on which I work, as an expert witness, in various modes of public transportation: The use of video cameras as part of the industry’s monitoring efforts - the industry’s weakest link.
3/28/2025· Police Practices & Procedures
Understanding And Preventing False Confessions
By: Beth Mohr, CFE, CAMS, CCCI
Although false confessions were once believed to be extremely rare they may prove to be alarmingly common when DNA testing exonerates suspects who’ve previously confessed. Law enforcement can inadvertently generate false confessions but so can fraud examiners and occupational theft investigators.
3/26/2025· Expert Witnessing
The Expert Advantage: Winning Strategies In Personal Injury Litigation
By: Dick Bridy, PhD
To navigate the intricate landscape of personal injury litigation, expert witnesses are indispensable. These individuals, possessing specialized knowledge from fields such as medicine, accident reconstruction, economics, vocational assessment, and mental health, serve as crucial interpreters, bridging the gap between complex technical data and the pursuit of legal redress
3/24/2025· Foot / Ankle Surgery
Spacer As Definitive Management For Postoperative Ankle Infection
All patients with a retained antibiotic cement spacer were mobile and able to perform basic activities of daily living with minimal discomfort. Cement The long-term use of antibiotic impregnated cement spacers following postoperative ankle infection is a reasonable option in the low demand patient with surgical or medical co-morbidities.
3/21/2025· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Healthcare Manufacturing Company Gains Access To Real-Time Data And Enables Mobile Workforce
With products and services sold in 120+ countries worldwide, this organization was struggling with process inefficiencies across locations. Many of these locations were isolated, so demand planning and forecasting had long lead times to get raw materials.
