Category: Security A Business Plan Must Include Security TASA ID: 915 Fraudulent business practices, shootings, workplace violence, acts of terrorism, embezzlement, fraud--with the list getting longer every time one picks up the newspaper. Continual attacks on businesses, large and small. Attacks launched from inside and out, motivated by greed, politics or revenge. Read more
Category: Financial/Economic, Security The Due Diligence Mess TASA ID: 2774 Indictments for Ponzi schemes and investor fraud have been increasing everyday. While pundits, Congress and financial experts pinpoint problems with regulatory agencies such as the SEC, the real problem centers on what I call the "Due Diligence Mess," the way in which this process is handled. Read more
Category: Employment, Security Security Guard Contracts TASA ID: 2483 Before September 11, 2001, "security" consisted of three parts: it was a business function, an industry, an academic discipline. The terrorist attacks on that date added a fourth: Homeland Security. Each segment is different, but the one generating the most interest from a legal viewpoint is security as a business function. This is where security's goal is to prevent losses to the greatest extent possible and minimize the cost of those that are inevitable. Read more
Category: Premises Liability, Product Liability, Safety, Security Recent Fires Turn Safe Deposit Vaults Into Ovens TASA ID: 1018 Over the past few months, the events that followed damaging fires at several financial institutions across the nation have significantly affected our safe deposit industry. These fires were caused by severe lightning strikes, electrical wiring problems and a carelessly discarded cigarette. After fires totaled all of these facilities, each one was confronted with some very difficult challenges and tough decisions. Read more
Category: Premises Liability, Real Estate, Safety, Security Aging Malls Breed Litigation TASA ID: 396 Prior to October of 2012, my previous shopping center personal injury case was in 2004. Since last October, I have been asked to serve as an expert witness in four litigation matters involving serious personal injury or wrongful death that happened in or around regional malls. In my analysis of this unique cluster of cases, it occurred to me that they all shared a common, but poorly understood, element that I thought worth sharing with readers of The TASA Knowledge Center. Read more
