Archived Webinars

TASA ID: 1013

Program Description:

On March 12, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with engineering experts Carl Berkowitz, Oren Masory, and Jim Blaze presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Railroad Safety, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Carl, Oren, and Jim discussed:

• Railroad-highway grade crossing and right-of-way safety
• Slips, trips, and falls in the railroad environment
• Rail safety and incident analysis
• Passenger and railroad worker safety
• Railroad operating rules, regulations and industry standards

TASA ID: 3592

Program Description:

On March 6, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with product safety expert Gerald Goldhaber, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Litigating a Failure to Warn Claim in Product Liability/Personal Injury Cases, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Gerald Goldhaber discussed:

• Legal vs. practical definition of a warning
• When a warning is needed
• Legal requirements of a warning
• Process of creating/evaluating a warning
• Samples of effective warnings and wacky warnings
• Different perspectives on litigating a failure to warn claim

TASA ID: 2774

Program Description:

On March 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic profiler Dale Yeager, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Florida School Shooting – School Safety - Liability and Special Education, for all legal professionals.

During this presentation, Mr. Yeager discussed:

• The facts 
• The lack of accurate understanding of Federal Law regarding special education 
• Safety issues: A management issue: Reaction NOT Prediction 
• The real problem: Poor management of schools
• If Parkland Florida school district violated IDEA in their interaction with Nikolas Cruz
• Similarities between Parkland Shooting and Sandy Hook -  Adam Lanza and Nikolas Cruz

TASA ID: 4724

Program Description:

On February 21, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with psychiatric expert Burton Singerman, will present a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Medicolegal Consequences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Civilian and Military Populations, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Burton discussed:

• History of our understanding of PTSD
• Difficulties with diagnosis of PTSD
• Types of PTSD
• PTSD and employment
• Combat/Military PTSD
• Resolving PTSD
• PTSD and civil litigation
• Difficulties in litigation
• Is it PTSD?

TASA ID: 10391

Program Description:

On February 15, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with education and workplace harassment expert Dr. Susan Strauss, presented a free, one and a half hour (90-minute) interactive webinar presentation, A Leer, A Pat, A Joke, A Gesture, An Innuendo, A Kiss:  Are You Prepared To Be the Next Social Media Blitz, Identified on #MeToo, or a Headline in the Newspaper?, for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Susan discussed:

• Difference between flirting and sexual harassment
• Effective elements in your organization’s prevention strategy
• Review complaint procedures that must be incorporated into your harassment policy
• Critical elements of sexual harassment training
• Identify the elements of sexual harassment on the target, the work unit and organization
• Retaliation
• Steps to take if you are targeted by a sexual harasser
• Management’s legal and ethical responsibility in the prevention and intervention of sexual harassment
• Steps to take if an employee complains about an “old” incident of sexual harassment