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Siesmology expert witnesses may provide reports concerning earthquake building codes, earthquake engineering, and structural issues involving earthquakes. In the news this week, seismology expert John Armbruster of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory predicts more minor earthquakes in the northeast Ohio area after the 4.0 event New Year’s Day. Scientists at the observatory study the planet from its deepest interior to the outer reaches of its atmosphere, on every continent and in every ocean.

Read more: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/.

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The American Bankers Association Insurance Risk Management Annual Forum will be held January 22-25, 2012, at Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami, FL. Programs include:

BLACK SWANS: Your New Normal? Real Life Solutions for Complex Risk Management Challenges

Real LIfe Solutions for Risk Management’s New Normal

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In Preventing Texting-while-Driving Reduces Distracted Driving, wireless technology expert witness Ben Levitan writes:

While it has been recognized that there is no such thing as multi-tasking, many people still believe that they are able to multi-task. According to cognitive psychologists, multi-tasking is more accurately described as a continuous partial attention. Hence, with this awareness, multi-tasking is all the more dangerous when operating equipment. Levitan has been working on technology that disables cellphones in moving cars.

Read more: benlevitan.com.

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In What’s the difference? Making sense of titles for doctors, nutritionists, theRepublic.com writes:

Finding the right medical expert can be one of the most frustrating aspects of health care. Osteopathic physicians are medical doctors (M.D.s), for example, but not all M.D.s are osteopathic physicians. Meanwhile, all dietitians are nutritionists, but not all nutritionists are dietitians. Huh?

To help break this down, here’s an overview of the distinctions between four commonly used – and misunderstood – health care titles.

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Worker’s compensation plans expert witnesses may consult on wage-loss benefits, medical and career rehabilitation benefits, and benefits to dependents. A starting point for research into state specific links regarding worker’s compensation insurance may be found at the International Risk Management Institute, Inc. site: Workers Compensation Assigned Risk Plans and Pools.

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While the North Carolina legislature will be studying the state’s auto insurance system in 2012, insurance expert and Chair of the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance Department at Appalachian State University David Marlet says “I don’t think you have a clear consensus among the industry that they (General Assembly) want change.”

Read more: financeappstate.ecu.

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Douglas Lovell’s attorneys requested that hearings relating to expert witnesses be held behind closed doors without prosecutors. Lovell is on death row for the death of Joyce Yost in 1985. His defense attorney argued in Utah 2nd Judicial District that including prosecutors would give the state insight into the defense strategy.

Read more: scholar.google.com.

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In Watch Out: A Deluge of Legal Blogs is Approaching, Robert Ambrogi writes:

Better start building that ark, because a deluge of new blogs will soon flood the legal profession. At least, that seems to be the conclusion of a just-released survey of social media in the legal sector conducted by LexisNexis and Vizibility.

Robert Amgrogi is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He is author of the book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer.

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