Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Ethics, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts It’s Not Personal, It’s Only Business…Identity Theft TASA ID: 2346 (For purposes of privacy, the names have been changed)For three years a fraud was perpetrated upon A2G Company Inc. of Los Angeles. The company's real name is being withheld because the fraud almost destroyed it. The crime was finally discovered when a tax department levied the corporate bank account for three years in back payroll taxes. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Ethics, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Seasoned Investor Conned by Phony Investment If It Can Happen to Him... TASA ID: 2346 A few years ago I met an investor who explained to me that he had a business dispute lawsuit he was preparing to file. He planned to engage my services to support the litigation. Read more
Category: Articles, Appraisals / Valuations, Business & Commerce, Real Estate, Resources for Attorneys Every Attorney Should Know About Appraisal Report Critique TASA ID: 450 The theory and practice of Appraisal Review (critique) differs among practitioners. One reason is that the appraisal profession is diverse. It includes valuation of businesses, real estate, antiques, fine art, jewelry, coins, stamps, wine, trademarks, copyrights, and machinery. Read more
Category: Articles, Appraisals / Valuations, Architecture, Business & Commerce, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Analyzing Architectural Designs for Copyright Disputes TASA ID: 10524 IntroductionThere’s nothing simple about architectural copyright litigation. Activity generated from The Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 continues to increase. The law continues to develop, but factual realities, though seemingly obvious, are often complex and difficult to compare What is an architectural work? It is a building design embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including a building itself, architectural plans, or drawings. Overall form is copyrightable. Exterior and interior spatial arrangements and elements of these arrangements are copyrightable. Individual standard features are not copyrightable. These presuppositions raise further questions. Read more
Category: Articles, Appraisals / Valuations, Business & Commerce, Real Estate, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts Dissecting a Commercial Appraisal Report TASA ID: 1813 There are two styles of written appraisal reports: narrative and form (U.R.A.R.). This article only deals with narrative reports. While your focus is on proving that a bad appraisal caused or impacted a damages claim - and not on violations of The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (U.S.P.A.P.), due to a recent major change - you need a brief understanding of U.S.P.A.P. prior to January 1, 2016, where there were three types of written appraisal reports and now there are only two. Read more
