2008-05-06 - Spousal Earnings Valuation
Recently we prepared a study for an elderly couple. The matter
concerned the distribution of assets to each person. Our review
included consideration of whether the trend in the cost of living was
the same for elderly persons as th...
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2008-04-22 - Personal Injury
We recently assisted an attorney in a personal injury case involving a construction worker injured on the job. The worker had a wife and young child. The accident rendered him a paraplegic. The prospect for future recovery was considered small b...
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2008-04-09 - Employment and Labor
Earlier we noted an article by a Bureau of Labor Economics (BLS) economist describing the multiple uses of the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey dat...
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2008-04-02 - Employment and Labor
Effective April 2008 the Bureau of Labor Statistics will no longer provide paper copies of its local Consumer Price Index data, among other items. This move is part of the budget reduction program required by the 2009 Federal Budget. The data will...
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2008-03-12 - Personal Injury
In a recent article we discussed the factors used by economists to determine the discount rate used to calculate the net present value of future amounts. These rates have f...
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