2/14/2019· Finance
A Crime of Passion, Sweetheart Scams Can Be Costly
By: Marguerita Cheng
My mom was one of thousands preyed upon by this nasty con. Here’s what to watch out for and how to protect those you love.
2/14/2019· Finance
A Crime of Passion, Sweetheart Scams Can Be Costly
By: Marguerita Cheng
My mom was one of thousands preyed upon by this nasty con. Here’s what to watch out for and how to protect those you love.
1/16/2019· Finance
An Introduction to Asset Allocation
By: Marguerita Cheng
When you approach your financial planner, a term that most of you might have heard from him/her would be "asset allocation." In this article, you will learn about asset allocation, the importance of asset allocation, different asset allocation strategies and the benefits of asset allocation in portfolio management.
11/9/2018· Transportation
Safety Compromises, Part 11: Wheelchair and Passenger Securement
By: Ned Einstein
As with most things, the ADA requirement to make all new motorcoaches purchased after 2001 wheelchair-accessible, and the 2015 ruling to install three-point occupant restraint systems, introduced an entirely new spectrum of safety, liability and social concerns to the motorcoach industry. But a couple of responses to these requirements, particularly by one OEM and one supplier, have opened up a whole new set of opportunities for savvy motorcoach operators.
6/14/2018· Telecommunication
Unreasonably-low Royalties in Top-down FRAND-rate Determinations for TCL v. Ericsson
By: Keith Mallinson
While Ericsson is a leading contributor to mobile communications standards, a US District Court in California has significantly undervalued Ericsson's standard-essential patents (SEPs) by relying heavily on flawed "top-down" valuation analysis that prorates royalties by company for 2G, 3G and 4G based on SEP counting. This analysis applies a series of inaccurate assumptions which whittle down royalty rates from an understated notional maximum in a succession of unreliable steps. The resulting rates derived are a lot lower than those found in a European court's FRAND determination for the same company in the same year (2017) and for the same 2G, 3G, and 4G patent portfolios. The differences between these US and European determinations are irreconcilable.
7/24/2018· Legal Issues
Court Clarifies Notice Requirements for 20-Day Preliminary Notice
By: Darryl Horowitt
It has long been a requirement that any subcontractor or material supplier seeking to enforce a mechanic's lien must first file a 20-day preliminary notice. The requirement existed before the California legislature revised laws relating to mechanic's liens and stop notices in 2012, and similar requirements exist after 2012.
12/29/2014· Plastic / Reconstructive / Cosmetic Surgery
So, You Want to Get Started with Lasers? - Pearls On How to Incorporate Them Into Your Practice
One of the most common questions that other physicians ask me is how to begin to use lasers in their practice. It can seem exciting, yet daunting, to bring in a new procedure that centers on a device.
12/5/2018· Computers
By: Philip J. Isaak
One of the new terms in the data center industry is Edge Data Centers. What is the Edge? Where is the Edge? Before we begin to understand what an Edge Data Center is, it might be helpful to first understand what it is not.
2/5/2015· Medical - Medicine
Leveling the Laser Playing Field: The Time is Now to Establish Objective Training Protocols
Lawsuits pertaining to injuries from laser treatments gone awry or just not as expected are on the rise. Part of the issue is the lack of objective training protocols. There is relatively vague legal language across many state medical boards and often lax regulation of these procedures, who is allowed to perform them, and what training and supervision is required.
1/24/2019· Telecommunication
Maintaining Cellular Growth Until Large-scale 5G IoT Adoption in the Mid 2020s
By: Keith Mallinson
The notion of "peak smartphone" is widely discussed of late, including by the Economist. Revenues are flattening with longer replacement cycles, saturating markets, resistance to Apple's price increases, decreasing prices among Android's fiercely competitive OEMs and allegedly diminishing technical improvements in successive new device models. 5G holds massive growth potential, but much of that is in industrial and IoT markets that will take at least several years to establish themselves and grow to levels that will have substantial impact on overall device and service revenues.
8/1/2014· Plants & Trees
Valuing Plants That Have No Value
By: Joe Samnik
There are no formulas to assist a plant appraiser in valuing a plant that has no value in the marketplace due to its small size (Think, tree farms and liners, seedlings, or other immature plants which have suffered a casualty). Almost without exception, an appraiser will either value the immature plant as if it were a mature plant, or rely upon the weakest of all strong arguments, ipse dixit ("because I said so") to substantiate his opinion; however, the latter approach to value is being challenged more and more in court by judges.