Re: Archiving old magazines on website

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Ken Arromdee wrote:

>In article <404f5293_8@corp.newsgroups.com>, Joe  <joko@nospam.com> wrote:
>>> You better be charging for that...after all, as a computer expert you 
>>> should be able to get $100/hour, one hour minimum.  Heck, for lawyers, 
>>> you should probably be charging more.
>>Thanks Greg for planting the seed.
>>When I told the latest attorney this morning that $100/hour would help to
>>refresh my memory, he didn't even flinch. And, no wonder...it's about a
>>patent lawsuit involving all the "biggest hitters"...
>>It's all kind of amusing to me. But, perhaps lucrative ;-)
>
>I'd personally be reluctant to do that without knowing about
>1) tax implications of doing it, and
>2) liability if I gave bad information (or even if I gave good information
>but someone decided to sue me anyway)

The tax implications are the same as making $x doing anything.

I have never heard of an expert witness being sued for testifying
under oath, barring perjury.

-michael

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