1/10/2021· Insurance
Arbitration and Insurance Litigation: Beware of Retrospective Premium Adjustments
I have been retained as an Insurance Expert or Insurance Arbitrator to confirm the proper calculation of insurance premiums, based on actual exposures, completed by the insurer at audit. In the first case, a large Hotel bought out their partner and inherited a large Wrap-Up Program of Insurance.
2/3/2011· Security
Architectural Security: Integrating Security With Design
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
The "form follows function" tenet of 20th century architecture holds that the specific functional requirements of a building should determine design criteria.
2/18/2005· Finance
Beginning with The Bank Holding Act of 1956 that exempted Industrial Loan Companies from federal banking regulations except for keeping them eligible for government- sponsored FDIC insurance, these secondary lenders were a valuable source of high interest loans to a public segment otherwise unbankable. A financial stranglehold has proliferated on all citizens, however, because of misusing an otherwise well conceived statute
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…
12/28/2019· Construction
As-Built But-For Schedule Delay Analysis
An As-Built But-For Schedule Delay Analysis (ABBF) is a retrospective CPM schedule delay analysis technique that determines the earliest date that the required mechanical completion activity, project completion activity, or various milestone activities could have been achieved but-for the owner-caused compensable delays that occurred during the project.
11/25/2020· Refrigeration - Cooling Systems
ASME B31.5 Piping Stress Analysis In Refrigeration Systems
By: James Caylor, PE
Refrigeration system designers and users incur regulatory liability from their design documents’ claims of B31.5 compliance when these are based on only partial knowledge of its requirements. This article will clarify these requirements, suggest current and legacy resources for accomplishing the calculations and hopefully promote a greater overall familiarity with B31.5.
11/6/2018· Power Supplies
Aspects of Lithium Ion Batteries
By: Chet Sandberg
The 18650 cell has become the workhorse of the lithium ion battery industry and is a good candidate for analysis of most lithium ion batteries properties. Tesla automobiles, laptop computers, e-cigarettes, scooters, and grid energy storage all use the 18650. The 18650 cell is a leader in cost reduction, stored energy has been continually increasing and over 2 billion cells were manufactured in 2016. Lithium ion cells are truly a marvel of chemistry and electrical engineering.
5/28/2013· Construction
Assessing Damages Arising From Construction Defects
Defects that were introduced during construction can lead to classic legal disputes between owners and contractors where considerable sums of money are involved.
12/28/2017· Economics
Assessing Economic Damages in Wrongful Termination Cases
This paper presents a method for measuring economic damages in wrongful termination cases. Such cases present the damages expert with a problem since the available studies of earnings recovery after a job loss are based on a limited time period after a job loss and many workers never catch-up to the previous earnings level. A two-step approach is offered. First, the expert uses appropriate available empirical evidence to develop a typical earnings catch-up period. Second, the expert gathers information about case factors affecting the duration of the period to earnings catch-up. Using these factors, the expert modifies the base time period to develop a reasonable range of years for earnings catch-up. The ultimate choice of lost earnings is left for the court to decide, given the range presented by the expert. Cases directly or indirectly supporting this method are presented.
2/11/2014· Psychiatry
The medical expert cannot express an opinion about the ultimate question to the trier of fact: how much is the plaintiff's emotional distress (emotional injury) worth in dollars? Yet when the question of these monetary damages is put to a jury, their deliberations are better-served if considered in the context of a Forensic Psychiatrist's knowledgeable findings and testimony.
