Agreement Telephone Seminars

What Every Business Person Needs to Know About Legal Issues in Contracts ... to. All too often this is not actually the case. Written agreements may not reflect what a business believes it negotiated. Parties may later recall terms different from what seems to be reflected in the initial agreement. And all too often, the legal boilerplate terms turn out to matter in ways never considered by the parties. This audio conference will help you avoid many of the common  more...

Commercial Loan Documentation ... of drafting and reviewing the key provisions of a credit agreement. You will also gain insight into typical collateral documents and working knowledge of which agreements should be used for a variety of collateral types. Get valuable tips on navigating complex commercial loan documents and understand the key components of a credit agreement, as well as current trends in documentation. This  more...

Impact of NLRA on Nonunion Employers ...s are not bound to or confined by a collective bargaining agreement, the implementation of certain employer policies may unintentionally (or otherwise) impact adversely upon the exercise of these federally protected rights. This live audio conference will educate nonunion employers as to their obligations to their employees, what they can and cannot prohibit, how to be aware of when union  more...

Business Associate Obligations and Agreements after HITECH ...Agreement (BAA) forms and practices largely preceded the HIPAA compliance implementation date. BAAs and their use have often not been updated to reflect experience or sometimes even new law and regulation. In negotiating BAAs, HIPAA Covered Entities frequently overreach by including topics unrelated to the Business Associate's obligations under HIPAA and imposing unnecessarily complex and  more...

Are You Prepared for the Financial Institution Record Match Program? ...ncial institutions should start consideration of the FIRM Agreement and how to comply with the FIRM requirements. Financial institutions will need to plan for the technical aspects of the FIRM, including how to send and receive information from the Franchise Tax Board. This live audio conference is designed for presidents, vice presidents, branch managers, loan officers, compliance officers,  more...

Current Issues in Billboard Leases ...bjectives: - You will be able to describe how a billboard agreement differs from a typical lease, license or easement. - You will be able to recognize property owners valuation of a billboard agreement. - You will be able to discuss government regulations. - You will be able to explain terms of the agreement between the sign company and the business being advertised. This live audio conference  more...

AIA Contracts: The Owner-General Contractor Agreement BenefitsFor more than a century, The American Institute of Architects has published an integrated set of contract forms for the construction industry. While other industry groups independently have prepared their own competing set of forms and, more recently, some have banded together to create more of a consensus-based set of forms, the AIA forms remain the most widely used and accepted in the  more...

New Rule 502: Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Limitations on Waiver ...r work product, including inadvertent disclosures and the agreement of the parties regarding disclosure. This teleconference will discuss the elements of the privilege and protection, and then apply the provisions of Rule 502 to intentional and inadvertent disclosures of protected information. There will also be a discussion regarding the duties of a party who receives inadvertently disclosed  more...

Boundary Law Issues ...used to establish boundaries and a discussion of a sample agreement. The teleconference will provide you with some general concepts to allow review of the issues specific to your area with greater economy. Learning Objectives - You will be able to describe how to determine boundaries. - You will be able to review legal issues. - You will be able to define boundary line agreements. - You will  more...

Surety Bonds and Contract Provisions ... rules of suretyship, a performance bond is a tri-partite agreement among owner (oblige), contractor (principal) and surety (obligor). The surety acts as the guarantor of the contractor's performance. The rights, duties and obligations of the parties will be determined by the rules of contract interpretation. Key areas of potential dispute focus on the surety's potential exposure to extra  more...

Land Abandonment and Vacation Fundamentals ...s or a use will be established without anyone reaching an agreement. This teleconference will provide you with an understanding of how to deal with issues of abandonment, vacation and prescriptive easement, and provide some strategies for avoiding problems in future transactions. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss easements and abandonment. - You will be able to explain nonuser  more...

The FLSA Comp Time Controversy ...agencies; however, a private corporation may have a labor agreement that outlines the specific award and use of comp time in place of financial compensation. Comp Time should not be confused with flex time and this teleconference will eliminate any confusion on this topic. The old rule for comp time was that the employee had the right to use accrued compensatory time as the employee saw fit  more...

Forbearance Agreement Fundamentals ...value of the collateral for all stakeholders. Forbearance agreements are flexible tools that allow borrowers and lenders to achieve many different goals and potentially avoid litigation and exercise of remedies. This teleconference will help parties to a defaulted or distressed loan understand what options may be available to them under a forbearance agreement - an arrangement with the lender  more...

Noncompetition Agreements for the HR Professional: Protecting the Company's Business Resources? ...inst the actions of departing employees is the noncompete agreement. But effectively using noncompetes requires knowledge of your and other states' laws, and good decisions both in the design and enforcement of the noncompetes. This teleconference will give you the tools to start effectively using noncompetes or, if you already are, to improve your company's program. Human resource managers,  more...

AIA Document A401 ...agreements are often given less strategic consideration than prime contract documents. Whereas the prime contract may be analyzed and negotiated for an extended period, the subcontract may be pulled from an older project and put in place with a simple name change and scope of work change. Failure to consider the subcontract strategically may prove disastrous. Subcontractor disputes are common,  more...

Challenges and Rights of the Subordinate Debt BenefitsEven with the ongoing credit crisis, providing forms of subordinate debt can be a lucrative business model. However, the higher pricing and upfront fees come with substantial risk. If a subordinate lender can adequately review those risk factors and can hedge against them, a portfolio of subordinate debt can be a successful one. This teleconference will explore the potential risks of  more...

Purchasing Law: Breach, Repudiation and Excuse ... have survived the battle of the forms or signed a supply agreement but there is a problem - your supplier hasn't delivered, the goods don't work the way they should or you have reason to think that they won't be delivered. This teleconference will provide you a basic understanding about what you can do when your purchase contract goes bad. You will receive a primer on the steps you need to  more...

Who Should Bear the Risk? Top 10 Things Developers Need to Know About Loan Documents BenefitsWith the tightening in the commercial lending market, developers are under increased pressure to provide lenders with projects that present no more than a responsible risk. After an equity requirement, loan documentation is the primary vehicle for allocating risk between the parties. This teleconference will help you understand lenders' requirements and the variety of loan documentation  more...

Private Foundation Grant Agreements: Basics and Beyond ...s. It is what you do! Therefore, a solid foundation grant agreement ought to be the legal backbone for much of a foundation's operations. Surprisingly however, for many private foundations the grant agreement is merely a form document that has been given little thought - if it exists at all. This teleconference will cover some of the basics of the private foundation grant agreement and then  more...

Drafting Settlement Agreements in Personal Injury Cases: A Primer ...es can present unique challenges when drafting settlement agreements. Personal injury cases often involve multiple parties, special ethical considerations, the necessity of court approval and the participation of known (or unknown) nonparties who may hold liens or other claims on the impending settlement payment. It is important that the lawyer drafting a settlement agreement in a personal  more...

Utilizing Settlement and Severance Packages Properly nFor HR professionals and CFOs, this teleconference is a must. As companies face ongoing reductions in force, mass layoffs and performance-based terminations, this teleconference will tell you what you need to do in planning terminations both as reductions in force and other terminations. You will learn how to decide the appropriate severance and what should be contained in the severance agreement  more...

Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: 14 Penn Plaza and Other Recent Developments in Arbitration of Statutory Employment Claims ...he Supreme Court held that a union-negotiated arbitration agreement can bind individual employees to arbitrate statutory age discrimination claims. This decision continues the trend of enforcing agreements to arbitrate employment discrimination claims. 14 Penn Plaza should cause all legal professionals to consider the advantages of agreements to arbitrate statutory claims - whether in the union  more...

Key Provisions of Two New EJCDC Contract Documents nThe EJCDC documents are widely used in the construction industry for design and construction of public and private infrastructure projects, including bridge, highway and other transportation projects, water and wastewater treatment facilities, utilities, processing facilities, pipelines, landfills, and other engineer-designed facilities. This teleconference will provide a focused discussion of  more...

Current Issues in Construction Lending nIn view of the downturn in construction lending activity nationwide and the inability to sell developed lots, completed homes, condominiums and to lease-up commercial buildings, the focus of bankers has shifted to portfolio management as opposed to new business development. With this in mind, this teleconference will review loan portfolio techniques and strategies required to stay on top of  more...

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project - How and Why It Affects Your Business ... years of their efforts, the Simplified Sales and Use Tax Agreement came into effect on October 1, 2005. The SSTP now includes 19 full member states and three associate member states. Although initially taking effect as a voluntary program for taxpayer participation, legislation has been introduced in Congress to make it mandatory. If the SSTP becomes mandatory, it would effectively eliminate  more...

Challenges and Contractual Issues With Sub-Subcontractors ...t can lock in a bidding subcontractor without any written agreement, to subcontractor form contracts that are written largely, if not entirely, in favor of the general contractor. In addition to concerns in bidding and contract formation, a subcontractor must constantly evaluate and preserve its relationship with the prime contractor on its projects. In doing so, a subcontractor is often  more...

Multiplaintiff Settlement Negotiations nMultiplaintiff, class and collective actions continue to increase. More and more employers are facing wage and hour cases and collective actions under the FLSA. Plaintiffs' counsel increasingly are relying on the benefits of Rule 23 certification to bring their wage and hour claims under applicable state wage and hour laws, bypassing the more restrictive FLSA collective action "opt-in" process.  more...