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EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Armstrong Forensic Engineers today announced plans to expand operations in the Midwest with the addition a new senior consultant and the relocation of its Chicago offices beginning October 19, 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101019/FL83669LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101019/FL83669LOGO ) Armstrong will now be located in larger office space in downtown Evanston, IL, close to Northwestern University's Center for...
MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Chortek & Gottschalk, a firm of CPAs and Business Advisors, today announced that three of its CPAs/CFEs have co-authored a Practice Aid recently published by The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The more than 90-page Practice Aid for accountants and CPAs is titled, "Serving as an Expert Witness or Consultant." Dave Friedman, partner in the firm, Paul Rodrigues, principal and Heidi Bucklew, manager, wrote parts...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Courtroom Insight(TM), Inc., provider of professional services to the litigation industry, today launched the Courtroom Insight service (www.courtroominsight.com). Courtroom Insight is an online knowledge management system designed to help lawyers and other litigation professionals efficiently and inexpensively locate, evaluate and contact expert witnesses, consultants, mediators, and arbitrators who have been reviewed by verified, practicing...
The role of a medical expert witness needs to be strictly defined and carefully controlled during legal proceedings and physicians need to be aware of their role, states an analysis of the Goudge Inquiry into pediatric forensic pathology published http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj090833.pdf in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) www.cmaj.ca.The Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology by Justice Stephen Goudge looked into the flawed expert testimony of Ontario pathologist Dr. Charles...
LITTLETON, Colo., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the nation's first appellate decision on the use of SCRAM alcohol monitors as a reliable way to monitor criminal offenders for alcohol consumption, the South Dakota Supreme Court has issued a ruling that upholds the admissibility of SCRAM testimony and evidence under the standard established by Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals. The opinion, filed September 16th, was in the case State of South Dakota v. Neal J. Lemler. The defendant,...
University of Miami Law Professor Anthony V. Alfieri has recently authored an essay titled, "Discovering Identity in Civil Procedure" that explores the story of Floride Norelus, an undocumented Haitian immigrant. The backdrop for Norelus's story comes out of Ariela J. Gross's new book "What Blood Won't Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America." In the book, Gross expands on slavery, race, and antebellum trials to investigate the changing meaning of identity in law and...
BLUE BELL, Pa., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The TASA Group, Inc. (www.TASAnet.com) announces the launch of the Challenge History Report, a tool designed to help plaintiff and defense attorneys check past challenges to the admission of expert witness testimony. The Challenge History Report compiles reported and many unreported decisions where a "gatekeeping" standard or rule, like Daubert, has been cited and/or the expert's qualifications or methods have been challenged or strongly criticized...
The National Academy of Sciences is expected to release a report this month that scrutinizes the way forensic evidence is analyzed and used by law enforcement agencies. The report claims that analyses like blood spatter, hair samples, and fingerprinting are "often handled by poorly trained technicians who then exaggerate the accuracy of their methods in court," according to the New York Times.The report includes analysis of widely publicized forensic evidence failures such as the case of...
ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As digital evidence continues to become more common in litigation, so has the need for computer forensic experts. In some situations the success or failure of the entire case might be driven by the findings provided to the litigating attorney by a computer forensic professional says Greg Fordham of K&F Consulting, Inc. "To the uninitiated selecting the right expert may seem as simple as a referral from a colleague, but there are many facets that...
By Kolar, Robert D I. INTRODUCTION Junk Science in the courtroom shall be no more. Thus said the United States Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc.] This rule applies, whether the testimony under consideration is "pure science," or whether it constitutes more general expert testimony in such specialties as engineering, mechanics, economics and the like.2 However, what makes technical or other expert evidence admissible - or not admissible at all - is still a...
