Category: Webinars, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Working With Experts Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Calculating Economic Damages (But Were Afraid to Ask) TASA ID: 10362 On October 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic economists Nora Ostrofe, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Calculating Economic Damages (But Were Afraid to Ask), for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Ms. Ostrofe discussed: Calculating Present Value, Growth Rates, and Prejudgment Interest Determining the Duration of Economic Loss: Work-life, Life, and Healthy Life Expectancies Determining Wage Loss: Earning History; Earning Capacity; Self-Employed Workers All About Fringe Benefits Earnings in Retirement: Pensions, Social Security, Survivor Benefits Equity Compensation: Restricted Stock Units, Stock Options, Stock Shares, Privately Held or pre-IPO Companies Incorporating Taxes: After-tax earnings, tax neutralization calculations Atypical Plaintiffs: Children, Elderly, Unemployed, Self-employed Practice Pointers Read more
Category: Webinars, Financial/Economic, Lost Wages, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Advanced Topics in Valuing Economic Damages in Personal Injury Litigation: Part 2 TASA ID: 10362 Program Description:On November 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic economist Nora Ostrofe, presented a free, one and a half hour, interactive webinar presentation, Advanced Topics in Valuing Economic Damages in Personal Injury Litigation: Part 2, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Ms. Ostrofe discussed:Projecting post-injury earningsProjecting earnings for plaintiffs without an earning historyDetermining the reasonable value of medical expensesMeasuring personal consumptionApproaches to valuing household servicesUsing actuarial data to project the period of lossValuing income in retirementDiscounting to present valuePutting it all together: Reviewing an economist’s report Disclaimer: Please remember that if you are applying for CLE credit you must attend for the full 90 minutes of the LIVE presentation, not the ONDemand version. If a participant is seeking credit in states we are not approved to issue credit and the participating party seeking credit incurs a fee to receive said credit, it is not the obligation of TASA to remit payment for such credit. It is the participant's obligation to remit payment to the state in which they would like to receive credit. Read more
Category: Webinars, Financial/Economic, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys Ethical Considerations for Working With An Aging Population TASA ID: 11602 Program Description: On October 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with certified financial planner Marguerita Cheng presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Ethical Considerations for Working With An Aging Population, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Ms. Cheng discussed:A demographic overviewClient identificationUndue influenceCapacityMentalFinancialClient waiverElder financial abuseDisclaimer: Please remember that if you are applying for CLE credit you must attend for the full 60 minutes of the LIVE presentation, not the ONDemand version. If a participant is seeking credit in states we are not approved to issue credit and the participating party seeking credit incurs a fee to receive said credit, it is not the obligation of TASA to remit payment for such credit. It is the participant's obligation to remit payment to the state in which they would like to receive credit. Read more
Category: Webinars, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Statistical Tools for Attorneys Calculating Economic Damages TASA ID: 10362 Program Description: On April 24, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic economists Nora Ostrofe and Mark Falkenhagen, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Calculating Economic Damages, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Ms. Ostrofe and Mr. Falkenhagen discussed: Personal InjuryTypes of damagesPossible outcomes to a personal injuryExample of how wage loss varies depending on outcomeLife care plansLost household services Wrongful DeathWrongful death or survivorship actionsTypes of damagesPersonal consumption | maintenance Read more
Category: Webinars, Business & Commerce, Engineering, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Statistical Tools for Attorneys Unplanned Events or “Black Swans” and How to Avoid Them TASA ID: 826 Program Description: On April 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with engineering expert David Russell, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Unplanned Events or “Black Swans” and How to Avoid Them, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, David Russell discussed: Evaluating, discussing and presenting industrial riskAnalyzing risksThe value of fat-tailed statistical thinkingPredicting various types of eventsThe difference between the EU’s approach to risk management thinking vs. the US approach Read more