2/2/2011· Computers
Case Scenario: Failed Wholesale Distribution ERP System
By: Brooks Hilliard
A regional wholesale distributor of construction products was sold a manufacturing ERP system that the software developer and implementer claimed was capable of meeting its distribution needs.
2/21/2011· Computers
Case Scenario: Business Software Patent Litigation
By: Brooks Hilliard
A distributor of products used in the health care industry invented a system and filed patents describing the system and associated methods.
4/11/2013· Investigation & Surveillance
The Truth About Surveillance Systems : Reality vs. TV
By: Bryan Neumeister
We've all seen the TV crime shows where the forensic technician opens the grainy surveillance, then zooms in on a tiny face, license plate or scrap of paper, hits the enhance button and, magically, the image becomes sharp and clear (accompanied by appropriate background music).
1/23/2012· Insurance
Using an Expert Witness: Tips to Maximize Their Value
By: Burl Daniel, CPCU, CIC, CRM
Insurance attorneys are busy people! No two cases are the same! Attorneys face weekly court filings, deposition schedules, and courthouse deadlines. Not to mention phone calls and counseling clients on a daily basis.
3/26/2014· Marine - Maritime
Integrated Navigation System: Not a Sum of Its Parts
Similar to the evolutionary process for living organisms, marine navigation systems are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated. Both by design and function, shipboard and shore-based navigation systems are no longer individual equipment components operating independently. Instead, the trend is toward integration, data fusion and synergy. One example of this are new Performance Standards being considered by IMO to achieve a "harmonized" presentation of all navigation-related information on the display of an integrated navigation system (INS).
11/27/2008· Healthcare
By: Carol Bradley
It started with Joe. My elderly neighbor had lost his wife and his only child lived in New Jersey. He was totally deaf. How could I not help? My children were then young, and we adopted Joe. How could I have known he would become my charge for over five years
9/30/2008· Banking
What Banking Regulators Want: A Guide to Bracing For Your Next Examination
Bankers are hearing horror stories about examiners’ demands and are confused as to how to plan for their next examination. What should they focus on? And will those things be the wrong things when the examiners come into their bank
1/22/2011· Banking
The Tangled Web of Enforcement Actions
As more and more banks are being downgraded to a problem bank status in this difficult economic environment, they are facing the prospect of a regulatory enforcement action.
10/15/2009· Banking
Corporate Governance: How to Act in a Post Bailout Era
Corporate governance refers to the manner in which a company is directed by its board of directors. With the collapse of such companies as Enron, WorldCom, and others, there has been greater scrutiny of corporate governance and the manner in which boards of directors make decisions affecting their companies.
4/21/2009· Banking
Banking Regulation: Now is Time to do Away with the Too Big To Fail Doctrine
For almost thirty years, bank regulators have operated under the Too Big To Fail (TBTF) Doctrine, whereby insolvent large banks are treated differently than insolvent community banks by keeping the large banks open and closing the community banks. Now is the time to do away with TBTF once and for all
