Category: Financial/Economic, Real Estate, Resources for Attorneys Pros and Cons from a Mortgage Professional: Should You Make an “All Cash” Offer TASA ID: 4349 Let’s say you’ve started looking for a home. At some point, your realtor may say, “If you really want the house, you should make an all cash offer!” What does that mean – you come to the closing with a giant stack of bills? You tap the trust fund and write a big check? No – it means you waive your mortgage contingency. Read more
Category: Resources for Attorneys Survey Research to Support Litigation (third edition) TASA ID: 2383 Survey research is used to provide greater levels of understanding in a wide variety of disputes. Issues such as consumer confusion, misleading advertising claims, disparagement, copyright infringement and trademark disputes can be better assessed as a result of developing and executing survey research. The purpose of this monograph is to aid attorneys in understanding what research standards and guidelines might be relied upon in their use of survey research. Read more
Category: Automotive/Trucking, Construction, Engineering, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Resources for Experts, Safety, Transportation Preservation of Weld Fractures for Evidence Evaluation TASA ID: 1850 Sometimes when a weld fractures, it may result in personal injury, property damage or even a fatality. If litigation is the result of a weld fracture, it is important to retain and preserve the weld and the fractured weld surfaces for evaluation by the experts. Read more
Category: Marketing, Real Estate, Resources for Experts, Working With Experts Homebuilding and Residential Development: Expert Witnesses and Litigation Consultants - Know Your Facts! TASA ID: 1440 I certainly will not suggest that the expert is always right, as there are always two sides to any dispute and both sides cannot be correct, in either fact or in the eyes of the judge or jury. But when an expert fails to have prepared a credible opinion based upon discernible and verifiable facts utilizing proven and accepted methodology, i.e., the “truth,” the outcome should be foreseeable and obvious. Read more
Category: Construction, Safety Excavating Accidents TASA ID: 1092 OSHA states that workers have a right to a safe and healthy work environment, including construction workers handling excavations in trenches. A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully or ditch) and narrow compared to its length (as opposed to a simple hole). Trenches are used on many construction sites to lay pipe, cables and conduits among other reasons. Read more
