This highly qualified expert has 25 years of experience in studying and writing about various aspects of sports media. He received his MA in communication studies from California State University, Northridge and his Ph.D. in rhetorical theory and criticism from the University of Southern California. This expert has appeared as an expert on sports media and society in hundreds of articles and news broadcasts including NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, The New York ...
This highly qualified expert is specialized in sports media law. He received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley before completing his JD at San Fernando Valley College of Law. He is an active member in a number of sports associations, including a board of directors position as the president of the Sports Lawyers Association. He has published on the legal aspects of big sports event management and has nearly twenty years of experience at FOX Sports as the ...
This highly qualified expert has studied and taught in the field of sports media for over two decades. He received his BS and MA from Indiana University and completed his Ph.D. in communication and culture with a minor in telecommunication at Indiana University. His focus has been mostly on televised sports and big sporting events, specifically studying the way they unfold within television, completing work on the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and other U.S.-based sports ...
This highly qualified expert first earned his BA at Princeton University before earning his MBA and his PhD, both in marketing, at the University of California-Berkeley and Duke University respectively. He also completed his JD at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has years of industry experience in marketing: he was an economic forecaster for IBM, a marketing and strategic consultant for TEM Associates, and a professional hospital representative for Merck & Co. ...
This expert in wholesale fish market operations has over 40 years of experience in his field. He formerly held roles as President of Everything's Fishy and as Store Manager at Casa Mia Fine Foods. This expert currently serves as Seafood Manager at a seafood marketplace and as a self-employed consultant in New York....
This expert in wholesale fish markets earned his BS in government at the US Coast Guard Academy and his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. After serving on the US Coast Guard for 5 years, he began his own wholesale fish market business. With over 15 years of experience in the wholesale fish industry, he continues to run one of New York's most profitable and successful fish retail businesses....
This extremely qualified expert earned his BS in business administration and a BA in statistics and political science from the University of Kansas. He earned his MBA from Tulane and his PhD in industrial administration with a focus on marketing from Purdue University. He is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Association for Consumer Research. He has worked as a marketing consultant for many companies such as AT&T, General Electric, Intercontinental ...
This expert in wholesale fish market operations earned his AAS in business administration at St. John's University and his AOS in culinary arts and hospitality management at the Culinary Institute of America. He currently serves as Director of Procurement for the second largest fish market in the world....
This expert has over 5 years of experience in the casino and resort industry. She has served as a food and beverage server, security officer, and slot attendant at Grand Traverse Resort and Casinos. She currently serves as the special events coordinator of a casino and resort in MI. In this role, she takes charge of special events from conception to completion and serves as liaison between all casino departments....
This expert has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, specifically in hotel administration and marketing. After earning his PhD in Hospitality Management from Virginia Tech University, he went on to serve as a Senior Associate in Hospitality Consulting with Michael D. Olsen and Associates. Throughout his career, he has worked with several prominent companies in the hospitality industry including Hilton, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Marriott, MGM Resorts, and ...
This expert has amassed over 35 years of experience in systems and equipment operation, design and maintenance, including positions in food and pet food manufacturing and packaging. After serving in the US Navy as a Nuclear Quality Assurance Officer, he earned an MS degree in Engineering Management at Robert Morris University and his MBA at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He served as Chief Engineer and Plant Safety Officer at ARYZTA AG, an international food ...
There appears to be no slowing down for litigation surrounding JUUL, the electronic cigarette company named in a flurry of lawsuits in the past few years. Most recently, a derivate shareholder lawsuit was filed against Altria Group, a major investor…
Celebrity ex pro-wrestler Terry Bollea, better known as “Hulk Hogan,” was awarded $140 million from Gawker Media. This was in a lawsuit for “shameful and outrageous invasion of privacy”. This is after the online media company posted a sex tape…
In the last articles: How to Design a Product Warning and How Best to Communicate a Product Warning for The Expert Institute, I listed the major components found in most warnings. I also made several suggestions that should help improve a warning’s conspicuousness…
Case: Emblaze Ltd. v. Apple Inc., No. 5:11–cv–01079–PSG, U.S. District Court, Northern District California; June 25, 2014 Background: Plaintiff Emblaze, Ltd. is a publicly held Israeli corporation with a worldwide business in development and marketing of innovative, high-tech technologies and…
Case: Federal Trade Commission v. BurnLounge, Inc., et al., Nos. 12–55926, 12–56197, 12–56228, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; June 2, 1014 Background: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asserted claims of unfair and deceptive practices against multi-level marketing business BurnLounge,…
As more people interact with the Internet in meaningful ways, the functionality of Internet-related services becomes increasingly complex. Â An Internet expert witness helps to inform the trier of fact on an array of matters both online and offline, such as…
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Sheetz v. Wal-Mart Stores, East, L.P. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193469 The court agrees with the defendant’s argument. The expert is highly qualified in…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Hain Blueprint, Inc. v. Blueprint Coffee, LLC Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 201886 Facts The plaintiff, Hain, was a manufacturer, distribution, and marketer…
This case involves a defendant company that designed and manufactured large-scale retail sporting goods, such as goal posts. The plaintiff was a big box retailer that had a long-standing relationship with the defendant as a vendor of its products. The…
This case involves marketing campaigns geared at individuals that were allegedly unsuitable for robotic surgery. The campaigns consisted of marketing through TV infomercials, mass emails, and phone calls. The information in the commercials exaggerated the benefits that were reflected in…
This case involves a commercial dispute regarding the feasibility of an international skin care product entering the United States market. An expert in pharmaceutical marketing with experience in new product launches was sought to review the company’s product and financials…
This case involves a class action against a food and beverage giant following the launch of a microwavable food product. The new product was marketed as a healthy, low-calorie dinner alternative. It was later discovered that the product contained high-fat ingredients, unhealthy preservatives,…
This case involves an international manufacturer of high-powered consumer products that was interested in introducing their product in the US market. The manufacturer’s products were not compliant with ANSI standards and EVAP rules prior to their introduction into the market. Several…
This case involves an online clothing company that made false and misleading claims in its advertising. The company was marketed as a luxury clothing line and used high-pressure sales tactics to draw consumers to purchase. The company had various high-resolution images…
This case involves an allegedly defective model of headphones that exploded. The plaintiff was using her headphones while biking in 95-degree weather and was sweating profusely. As the headphones became wet, they began to smoke and spontaneously exploded, causing severe facial…