5/22/2006· Legal Issues
By: Barbara Lamar
The Limited Liability Company ("LLC") gives its owner the liability protection of a corporation, combined with relatively informal management. The owners of an LLC are called Members, rather than shareholders or partners. An LLC can be formed in any of the 50 United States, and most states allow single-member LLC’s
12/15/2005· Criminology
Embezzlement: Are you at risk?
There is an unusual rash of embezzlement scandals. Newspapers report that governments and organizations small and large are at considerable risk to white collar crimes. Even regional educational organizations are vulnerable as evidenced by one NY BOCES in which $3 million dollars was supposedly taken to illegally enrich an individual’s pockets
6/3/2021· Marketing
DIY Websites For Forensic Experts in 2021
By: Beryl Vaughan
Are you ready to build your website? Or did you build one yourself? Can you really build a website yourself? You may well be tempted to take a Saturday afternoon and follow the lure of a DIY site: that it will be inexpensive and easy. DIY sites offer premade templates called Themes. You plug in your info (name, address)
5/30/2021· Expert Witnessing
As An Expert Witness, Avoid Implicating In Hypothetical Examples
By: Beth Mohr, CFE, CAMS, CCCI
Certified Fraud Examiners build solid careers by considering all potential legal pitfalls, anticipating problems and taking opportunities to educate others about CFEs’ roles and responsibilities. For example, were precluded from opining about the legal guilt or innocence of any party in any of our cases…
2/25/2021· Digital / Crypto Currency
What Criminal Defense Attorneys Need To Know About Bitcoins
By: Beth Mohr, CFE, CAMS, CCCI
What is Bitcoin, and how might it impact your practice as a criminal defense attorney? In this article we’ll look at Bitcoin, what it is and how it works; we’ll discuss how bitcoins are used, both for illicit purposes, as well as for legal and legitimate business purposes. We will also examine how you might encounter bitcoins; discover ways
4/7/2021· Expert Witnessing
Retaining The Expert Witness: Begin With The End In Mind
By: Beth Mohr, CFE, CAMS, CCCI
This article will discuss the forensic accounting expert, but these same strategies apply to other types of expert witnesses in a variety of fields, including medical experts, psychologists, accident reconstruction experts, engineers and other forensic experts. The consulting expert is a member of the legal team whose job it is to support the advocacy of the attorney.
2/14/2014· Accident Investigation & Reconstruction
Automated Retrieval System Failure Results in Catastrophic Fire at Storage Facility
By: Bill O'Donnell
The largest storage rack/ retrieval system, larger than two football fields and eighty feet wide was constructed to store 108 million pounds of paper products. On July, 2002, after two months of use, the facility collapsed and sparked a fire that destroyed the entire structure and 45 million pounds of paper. Nearly 50 fire departments responded to the inferno, which burned for three weeks. The owner of the facility sued a number of companies that included the contractor that designed and built the structure, a subcontractor, and the company that supplied the 110 foot steel columns.
4/5/2013· Engineering
Case Study: Coke Oven Battery Analysis
By: Bill O'Donnell
A comprehensive engineering analysis was performed on a coke oven battery roof and heating walls. Coke oven batteries are constructed with refractory bricks.
8/26/2015· Finance
FINRA Code of Arbitration and Discovery Guidelines
By: Bob Lawson
In FINRA-related cases many attorneys see discovery requests objected to by opposing counsel. Typically, opposing counsel objects to discovery requests citing that items requested are either "overly broad, vague, or ambiguous", or "impermissible per FINRA's Code of Arbitration Procedure". However, despite opposing counsel's reasoning, many objections to discovery requests are irrelevant and do not hold up in regard to FINRA's Code of Arbitration Procedure. Attorneys should not be intimidated or discouraged by these objections, but rather should understand that FINRA's guidelines concerning arbitration allow for most applicable and reasonably obtainable discovery information to be delivered.
9/23/2015· Finance
FINRA Dispute Resolution Essentials
By: Bob Lawson
I receive phone calls throughout the year from attorneys who have taken on their first FINRA case and they frequently are unaware how the FINRA Dispute Resolution process differs from other venues. I thought it would be helpful to provide a quick overview for new participants and a refresher for those more experienced securities attorneys on how the FINRA Arbitration and Mediation process works.
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