2/27/2013· Banking
Strategic Risk: What the Board of Directors Should Know About It and What They Should Do About It
Strategic risk is currently a focus of regulatory scrutiny and the board of directors should understand what it is and how to manage it. Strategic risk is the risk to a bank's earnings and capital from making poor business decisions, from not implementing business decisions properly, or from failing to respond to industry changes.
2/27/2013· Audio Forensics
Family Law Audio Evidence: Altered Without Editing?
By: David Smith
A party in a divorce case hired me after his attorney told him that his wife's council was planning to introduce audio recordings during an upcoming custody hearing.
2/27/2013· Medical - Medicine
Corrective Supracondylar Humeral Osteotomies Using the Small AO External Fixator
Traditional methods of correcting malunited distal humeral fractures in children involve complex wedge osteotomies held with pins or internal fixation devices.
2/26/2013· Transportation
Buses and Motorcoaches: Alcohol and Public Policy
By: Ned Einstein
Alcohol and bus ridership present a curious enigma. As a matter of public policy, we allow intoxication. As a matter of free market dynamics, we encourage it. And rightfully so, we want to protect those intoxicated from hurting themselves and others.
2/21/2013· Life Expectancy - Life Care Planning
By: Vera Dolan
The advantages of a life expectancy using life insurance underwriting and life settlement methods include:
2/21/2013· Fires & Explosions
Fires: Why the Cause May Not Be Electrical
By: Jeffrey Williams
Electrical appliances or wiring are often fire cause scapegoats, simply because they're there. It's unusual to find a burned structure without some electrical wire or device in or near the fire origin.
2/20/2013· Medical - Medicine
Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Selective Cyclo-oxygenase-2 Inhibitors in Man
It is well established that the use of traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the vulnerability of the gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa for the development of peptic lesions and serious ulcer complications. In addition, selective and traditional NSAIDs have also been associated with increased frequency of cardiovascular toxicity, especially in susceptible patients.
2/19/2013· Warnings & Labels
U.S. Judge Halts Implementation of Graphic Cigarette Warnings
Last month, Judge Richard J. Leon of the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. permanently blocked the FDA reqillrement that was to go into effect later this year that would have forced the tobacco industry to put extremely graphic warnings on the top half of the front and back of a pack of cigarettes.
2/11/2013· Crisis Management
The Blacksmith, the Nail, the Horse and Disaster Prevention
By: Luiz Hargreaves
The proverb above has received different versions, including this one credited to Benjamin Franklin. A kingdom lost because of a nail. We could also say, a disaster caused by a simple problem that could have been avoided.
2/6/2013· Laws & Procedures
Judicial Notice, A Misunderstood Tool
Litigators often reach for doctrines such as res judicata or collateral estoppel to narrow the scope of a case. Res judicata prevents re-litigation of the same claim that was litigated in a prior case. Collateral estoppel prevents re-litigation of the same issue that was decided in a prior case.
