Category: Business & Commerce, Entertainment Case Study: Guild Residual Calculations - Studio vs. Independent Film Models TASA ID: 3919 The Writers Guild of America (WGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) track the international box office, DVD, VOD, and television revenues of films around the world in order to assess the correct residual amounts for their members. The challenge facing the producer; however, is that the Guilds utilize the same accounting methods to assess royalties with independently financed films as they do the studio financed films, and; therefore, the producer can be overcharged dramatically on an indie film. Read more
Category: Engineering, Safety Things the Robot Safety Engineer Will Learn in Legal Depositions Now That the ISO 10218 Document Is Adopted by ANSI (The Primacy of OSHA over ISO is settled in an Ohio Court) TASA ID: 3199 America is different from all other industrial nations due to the unique American system of justice. Any company who attempts to manufacture products and systems in America must be mindful of this significant difference. To ignore the difference is imprudent and not advised. In the unique American civil justice system the use of the advocate system, trial by jury, the lack of a ‘loser pays’ process and the presence of the Occupation Safety and Health Administration sets the US apart from the rest of the industrialized world. Bluntly put: America is truly different from the rest of the world in industrial safety and our track record of safety success speaks for itself. Read more
Category: Aviation, Business & Commerce, Employment How to Value Airline Pilot Careers: The $8 Million Dollar Man has Wings! TASA ID: 616 Airline pilot careers are much more valuable than many attorneys, spouses, and even the pilots themselves often realize. Even after all of the well-publicized pay reductions and retirement plan failures at our established legacy passenger airlines, these careers are still providing high career values. Read more
Category: Crime Investigation, DNA Detecting the Presence of Male DNA in Cases of Sexual Assault without Ejaculation TASA ID: 3158 If a sexual assault occurs and there is no ejaculation, is it still possible to detect and identify a male assailant? Traditional forensic DNA analysis of sexual assault-type samples focuses on the identification and typing of sperm cells collected from the victim's body, clothing, or bedding. Read more
Category: Crime Investigation, Employment Interrogation Safeguards TASA ID: 2483 An article entitled, “WHEN EMPLOYEES CONFESS, SOMETIMES FALSELY” appeared in the business section of the March 9, 2014, edition of The New York Times. It discussed the interrogation of employees suspected of misconduct, mainly theft, by private persons acting in an employer's behalf, pointing out that confessions, when obtained, are not always true or necessarily accurate. Rather, they result from what might best be described as questionable interrogation techniques. The article did not discuss legal action that might be taken by an employee subjected to an interrogation, whose reputation is sullied thereby, against his or her employer. Read more
