Category: Accounting Expert Witness
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Financial Expert’s Opinions on Value Added Promotions Admitted
This action is about holding Chargebacks911 (“CB911”), its CEO (Monica Eaton) and its former CEO (Gary Cardone) accountable for their roles in keeping a massive online Keto diet pill scam (the “Keto Racket”) profitable, viable, and undetected while it victimized Plaintiffs and tens of thousands of other consumers across the country. Troy Carrothers is Defendants’…
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Banking Expert’s Opinions Regarding the Card Processing Industry Admitted
This action is about holding Chargebacks911 (“CB911”), its CEO (Monica Eaton) and its former CEO (Gary Cardone) accountable for their roles in keeping a massive online Keto diet pill scam (the “Keto Racket”) profitable, viable, and undetected while it victimized Plaintiffs and tens of thousands of other consumers across the country. Defendants filed a motion…
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Belated Production of the Accounting Expert’s Report Was Not Justified
Asserting various state and federal claims arising from alleged trademark infringement, Sacks Holdings, Inc. (the “Plaintiff” or “Sacks”) sued Grin Natural USA Limited, Grin Holdings Limited, Grin Natural US Limited, and Grin Natural Products Limited (collectively, the “Defendants” or “Grin”) for, inter alia, trademark infringement. In July 2024, Defendants’ counsel contacted Julianne “Juli” Saitz at…
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Accounting Expert’s Opinion Concerning Labor Costs Excluded
This case arises out of Delta’s delayed donut wrapping system. In late 2021, Bon Appetit Danish, Inc. and Bon Appetit Specialty Snacks, LLC (collectively, “Bon Appetit”) and Delta Systems and Automation, LLC’s (“Delta”) entered into a set of three contracts for Delta to manufacture packaging systems for Bon Appetit’s baked goods. But the donut packaging…
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Law And Legal Expert Was Not Allowed to Testify Regarding State Law Ethical Standards
Plaintiff Kuantay Reeder filed a civil rights lawsuit against Jason Williams, the Orleans Parish District Attorney, in his official capacity. Reeder had spent more than 26 years in prison following a wrongful conviction for murder. He claimed the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office (OPDA) violated his right to due process by failing to disclose exculpatory…
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Psychology Expert Witness is Unqualified to Testify as to Reputational Damages
On June 15, 2020, Michael J. Fitzgerald and Ronda and Will McNae finalized a Settlement Agreement to resolve claims related to alleged rape and sexual assault. This agreement included Fitzgerald paying a sum of money and, in return, the McNaes releasing their claims, agreeing not to contact Fitzgerald’s employer, SoftwareONE, refrain from writing about him…
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Accounting Expert Has Not Violated the Anti-Corruption Code by Virtue of his Professional Experience
Back in 2012, Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America (Travelers) provided Aluma Construction Corporation with a General Agreement of Indemnity and issued surety bonds guaranteeing Aluma’s completion of three construction projects in Puerto Rico. After being obligated to pay out on these bonds, a situation covered by the indemnity agreement with both the company…
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Rule 26 Met: Accounting Expert’s Report Provided the Correct Kind of Appendix
Ink 477, LLC and Grove Ink, LLC, operating the Miami restaurant and bar “Amal” and “Level 6,” are accused by former employee Jose Petersen of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Petersen, who worked as waitstaff at Amal from June to September 2022 and then at Level 6 from May to September 2023, claims…
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Accounting Expert Allowed to Testify Despite Lacking Forensic Accounting Expertise
This case involves a dispute over the alleged misuse of funds from two New Mexico payday lending businesses, Cashco, Inc. and Budget Payday Loans, L.P. The Light Defendants (John Ernest Light, Tina S. Light, and Investors Services, Inc.) were hired to manage the financial operations of these businesses, including record-keeping and transaction processing. They were…
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Accounting Expert’s Reliance upon a Disputed Fact does not Equate to Insufficient Facts
In a recent legal battle between Mo Pow and Crypto, the spotlight has fallen sharply on expert testimony, specifically the lost profits analysis provided by Mo Pow 4’s expert, David A. Hall. This case, fundamentally about two failed digital currency mining agreements, has turned into a fascinating examination of expert witness reliability and the challenges…
