Allocation Telephone Seminars

Essential Concepts In Construction Contracting ...ivery systems, basic concepts and contract terms, and the allocation and avoidance of risk in construction contracts. Pitfalls for the unwary will be addressed, especially when using standard form agreements and informal contracting on small projects. This program is appropriate to persons whose previous responsibility did not involve negotiating construction contracts or understanding the  more...

Allocation and Reimbursement of Defense Costs: Insurer's Duty to Defend BenefitsThis live audio conference will provide an overview of insurance coverage for defense of third-party claims and suits, focusing on how defense cost coverage is allocated and defense costs reimbursed under difference types of insurance policies, as among insurers, and as between insurers and insureds. Areas addressed will include critical components of the 'duty to defend,' key principles  more...

The Carryover Basis Election for 2010 Decedents ...rate. There remained considerably uncertainty. Form 8939 'Allocation of Increase in Basis for Property Acquired From a Decedent,' is the primary tax return to elect the optional carryover basis provisions, but until the recent pronouncements there was no final form or guidance. These pronouncements are the key guidance for all professionals endeavoring to apply the 2001 law to 2010 estates.  more...

Legal Implications of Environmental Contamination BenefitsThis live audio conference will provide business managers, landowners, environmental consultants, and legal practioners a practical grounding in the basic concepts underlying environmental common law tort, statutory/regulatory and contractual liability. You will understand the framework of federal and state sources of environmental liability and learn how to avoid and mitigate exposure to  more...

Waiver of Subrogation Clauses and Provisions in Construction Contracts ...e among the parties. It will address if the intended risk allocation sought by the waiver of subrogation clause has been achieved. Further, this live audio conference seeks to educate participants in a better understanding of other key contract terms that may assist in avoiding disputes during the careful planning and drafting of these clauses from the outset. Learning Objectives - You will  more...

California E-Discovery Rules: Still in Their Infancy BenefitsOn June 29, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB 5, California's first set of statutes designed to address the realities of electronic discovery. AB 5 added two new statutes to the California Code of Civil Procedure and amended 19 pre-existing CCP sections. On August 14, 2009, the Judicial Council followed suit by amending California Rule of Court 3.724 to require  more...

Partnerships and Section 704(c) ...y flexible but very complicated set of rules for required allocations that apply to contributions property to or distributions property from an entity that is treated as a partnership. This audio conference is designed to help the drafters of the basic operating documents for an entity treated as a partnership, including partnership agreements, operating agreements and trust agreements; the  more...

Structuring Renewable Energy Projects in Challenging Conditions ...iew the key concepts of project finance, analyze how risk allocation determines the structure of most project finance transactions, and allocate risk via key contractual provisions in project documentation and perspectives of key sources of debt and equity financing, emphasizing markets for renewable energy projects. Further exercises will explore how to analyze the effects of tax incentives  more...

California Water Law Update: Rights, Transfers and Supply Assessments BenefitsAs California surface waters become more and more burdened, the utilization and management of groundwater within the state has increased dramatically. Groundwater management is a key, if not the key, to the provision of potable water in the 21st Century. This teleconference will discuss California groundwater basics, its allocation and its future in providing water to many within  more...

Managing Construction Costs ...on project at which you can influence your company's risk allocation and influence who pays when construction costs rise. This teleconference will explain important methods for limiting your risk during all phases of design, pre-construction, during construction and post-construction during a claims process. Learning Objectives - You will be able to analyze main reasons costs escalate and how  more...

Navigating Form 1041 BenefitsWith more individuals using trusts in estate planning, knowing how to prepare an accurate Form 1041 is becoming more important than ever. Properly computing taxable income and correctly allocating taxable income between the entity and its beneficiaries can avoid not only challenges by the IRS but also disgruntled beneficiaries. This teleconference will help you understand the main rules on  more...

Green Leases: Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Agreements ...ives for landlords and tenants on operating expenses, the allocation of carbon credits and tax credits, and the responsibility for capital costs for the retrofitting of buildings. Such negotiations will challenge the representatives of the parties - this teleconference will assist you in meeting this challenge. LEED is a registered trademark of U.S. Green Building Council and this event is not  more...

Direct Cost Accounting and Indirect Cost Allocation for Not-For-Profit Organizations BenefitsThis teleconference will help you deepen your understanding of direct cost accounting and indirect allocation rules, risks and best practices to achieve compliance with accounting requirements and maximize cost reimbursement. Accountants, attorneys, executive directors, officers, controllers, CFOs, tax managers and enrolled agents  more...

Current Issues in Riparian and Littoral Rights ...parian and littoral rights. - You will be able to explain allocation of riparian and littoral rights. - You will be able to explain differing legal treatments of riparian and littoral rights. - You will be able to review Stop the Beach Renourishment. Attorneys, developers, planners, government officials, presidents, vice presidents, executive directors, land use professionals, city  more...

Tax Implications of Generation-Skipping Techniques - Planning to Minimize the Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax ...s of the GST tax rules, including the rules for automatic allocation of GST tax exemption. Benefits and differences between different types of basic GST tax planning techniques, including various lifetime planning and post-mortem planning along with the implications of leveraging GST tax planning with discounted assets will also be discussed. Insight into considerations for coordinating GST tax  more...

Understanding Legal Issues with Construction Subcontracts ...nd extras, pricing, termination, dispute resolution, risk allocation, pay to be paid provisions and other common clauses. The information obtained through this will assist you in fully comprehending the risk you are assuming in a contract. Knowledge of the risk will allow you to better evaluate the desirability of bidding upon or taking a specific job, and how to protect yourself from  more...

Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes (UDIPTA): Business vs. Nonbusiness Income Tax ...anics of UDITPA and how that set of uniform laws requires allocation of nonbusiness income to a particular state and apportionment of business income among the states in which the business conducts activities. It also details, through existing and emerging case law, the narrow transactional test and the broad functional test, and the exceptions to those tests that courts have both found within  more...

Environmental Issues in Commercial Leases ...a material economic effect on the rights, duties and risk allocation between the landlord and the tenant. From pre-delivery site and building assessment to operational risks, insurance and indemnification obligations to premises surrender, restoration and abatement, the proper treatment of environmental issues - whether in a ground, industrial, office or retail lease - can make or break the  more...