Advertising expert witness Paul Wright, is a principal of SignValue. This SignValue survey includes bad news for print media: 1) Contrary to previously published survey results, 24.7% of all respondents here indicated that their 2009 media expenditures will remain flat to potentially increase approximately 10% over 2008. 2) As a…
In Good Data Drives Out Bad Cases, marketing expert witness and president of Applied Marketing Science, Inc, Robert L. Klein writes on the value of early data: Sometimes even the results of a survey pre-test can be valuable. Pre-testing or pilot testing a survey is a standard research practice that…
In Expert Witnesses and Reports, Manuel Lopez and David Chaumette of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. write: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Texas after Daubert and Robinson. Rule 702 governs the admissibility of expert testimony in Texas: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of…
In Negotiating and Settling Insurance Bad Faith Cases , insurance expert witness Guy O. Kornblum of GK Consultants, LLC, writes: Thus, a bad faith claim has these three very separate and distinct components: A breach of contract is not bad faith – there must be an examination of the conduct…
Good Data Drives Out Bad Cases marketing expert witness and president of Applied Marketing Science, Inc., Robert L. Klein writes on the effective use of surveys in legal cases: A survey can be a very effective way of helping a client see the true “beauty” of her case. For example,…
Samuel McCargo faced cross-examination Friday in the final session of his trial on charges of professional misconduct while representing former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the text message scandal. McCargo’s lawyers want to use Thomas Cranmer, a Detroit criminal defense lawyer, as a legal malpractice expert witness to counter the…
In Expert Witnesses and Reports, Manuel Lopez and David Chaumette of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. write: The practical effect of Robinson in Texas has been an increase in the scrutiny of expert testimony. Even popular media coverage has identified the 1993 Daubert decision as a severe restriction on expert…
In Five Factors that Suggest a Case is Ripe for Mediation, bad faith expert witness Guy O. Kornblum writes: · The parties have non-lawsuit reasons to settle. There may be non-lawsuit related reasons to settle. The existence of the lawsuit or a “bad” result may trigger losses in business relationships…
In Negotiating and Settling Insurance Bad Faith Cases , insurance expert witness Guy O. Kornblum of GK Consultants, LLC, writes: Many types of property and casualty policies contain both first and third-party coverage. For example, an auto policy which protects the insured against the risk of property damage to its…
Roger A. Lenneberg of Constructive Solutions, LLC can tell you that the best experts know more than just their field-they know how to be a witness. His seminar Law, Evidence & Testimony For Building Forensics Experts – What to Say, When to Say It, and How to Say It is…