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Month: November 2012

HARRY PHILO AND THE EVALUATION OF RISK

HARRY PHILO AND THE EVALUATION OF RISK

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Harry Philo was a nationally known plaintiff’s lawyer and author of a number of legal publications including  the Lawyers Desk Reference. He practiced in Michigan for many years and died this year.  He wrote about hazards and the obligation to protect from injury. His analysis included the concepts of  risk which refers to the degree of exposure to a hazard. For example, the risk of one car a day crossing railroad tracks compared to 1000 cars a day. Hazard refers to the potential…

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NEURO LINQUISTIC PROGRAMING & PERSUASION THROUGH EMBEDDED COMMANDS

NEURO LINQUISTIC PROGRAMING & PERSUASION THROUGH EMBEDDED COMMANDS

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The book with the interesting title Unfair Secrets of Hypnotic Selling with NLP  was written under the pseudonym  Franz Anton Mesmer II. In spite of the implications of the title, this book has very helpful information about techniques of NLP regarding presenting information in a powerful manner.  For our purposes it is important to understand concepts of “light trance” and “embedded commands” as well as framing issues and negotiation ideas which the book discusses. The author also discusses NLP concepts of…

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DEPOSITION OF DEFENSE HIRED SURVIELLANCE INVESTIGATOR

DEPOSITION OF DEFENSE HIRED SURVIELLANCE INVESTIGATOR

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I recently deposed an investigator hired by the defense who kept my client under surveillance over a long period of time. While you may not have had this happen to your client you may find the outline helpful. EXAMINATION OF INVESTIGATOR (“tailing, stakeout, spying, tracking, snooping, secretly watching, sneak, peeping Tom, prying, invading privacy”) INTRODUCTION 1.NAME (only – not address -save for later) WHAT HE DID GENERALLY  IS IT TRUE STARTING IN MARCH OF 2011 YOU BEGAN SECRETLY WATCHING THE…

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