4/19/2021· Damages
Economic Damages From ERISA Portfolio Mismanagement
The fund managers were alleged to have violated their fiduciary duty to maintain proper diversification in the fund by allowing one particular security to make up more than 25% of fund value and up to over 40% of fund value by mid-2015.
4/12/2021· Failure Analysis
Glass Failure Analysis: Glass Oven Dish Failure
By: Dr. Thomas Read
The annealed borosilicate glass pie plate failed as a result of “thermal shock”. There were multiple origins for the failure, and these all initiated at damage sites on the bottom of the Pyrex baking dish. It appears that the bottom of the pie plate was convex. Thus, setting the dish down and moving it on hard (abrasive) surfaces such as tile or granite counters created bottom “rim” damage.
4/12/2021· Transportation
Defending Public Transportation Contractors, Part 1: Lead Agencies and Brokers
By: Ned Einstein
For decades, motorcoach providers have provided commuter-express service, under contract, to transit agencies (and, occasionally, to municipalities, counties or regions which do not have formal transit agencies). Particularly in the past 20 years, this role has expanded:
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.
3/14/2021· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Meat Processor Selects Modern ERP System To Keep Pace With Its Rapid Growth
Vertical integration allows the company to control all aspects of beef production. It partners with ranchers and operates feed lots, ensuring cattle are fed to their standards. In addition to its processing capabilities, the company operates its own trucking line, providing products from farm to table. The company supplies beef to the US retail grocery and foodservice markets, federal school lunch programs and the US military worldwide.
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
2/19/2021· Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit Dissolution: What Do You Need To Know
By: Jess Birken, Esq
Dissolution can be a happy occasion (yay, we accomplished our mission!) or it can be very sad and emotional. But no matter what brings a nonprofit to that point, the decision to dissolve is a big one. And, to the surprise of some folks, that decision is just the very beginning of what can be a very long process
2/13/2021· Transportation
COVID-19, Shenanigans and Liability Part 2: Making Money by Compromising Health
By: Ned Einstein
Amtrak, the heavily-subsidized enemy of the motorcoach industry, is now outdoing its airline industry colleagues. But as a quasi-government monopoly, the taxpayers will effectively cover the damages if problems develop. That Amtrak may not even belong in most parts of the country is …
2/2/2021· Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Failed Implementation of a Major Software Developer's Payroll System
Panorama’s Expert Witness team was retained to provide a forensic analysis and written report to the court regarding the failed implementation of a major software developer’s ERP/payroll system. The goal of the implementation was to allow for the generation of accurate and traceable employee payrolls for a large governmental entity.
1/22/2021· Patents
Right-Pricing Cellular Patent Licensing in 4G and 5G Connected Vehicles
By: Keith Mallinson
While litigation is bogging down the licensing of cellular standard essential patents (SEPs) in vehicles with disputes about where in the production supply chain licensing may or must occur, this is also delaying payment of Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) royalty charges in these cases and causing confusion about licensing value.
