Alternatives Telephone Seminars

Nonprofit Revenue Stream Alternatives: Thinking Outside the Box BenefitsContribution income is flat or slightly down, state and local government funding looks bleak - you have already cut back on expenses and pared staffing to the bone. Now what? This live audio conference will explore ways to re-engineer some of your current revenue streams. You will hear of many 'out of the box' ways to find new revenues for your nonprofit organization. Concrete case  more...

ALTA Policy, Endorsements and Transaction Strategies With Title Insurance BenefitsThis live audio conference will examine the changing role of title insurance in real estate transactions and review policy forms, with an emphasis on the 2006 ALTA Policy. Using the commitment for title insurance, this program will discuss how you can avoid title pitfalls and coverage gaps, expedite a pre-closing response to coverage requests, and ultimately enhance coverage. Critical  more...

Considering Medicare's Interest in Future Medical Expenses While Avoiding MSA Overfunding ...ttling workers' compensation and liability cases. Explore alternatives to submission for CMS approval as a means of compliance. The program advocates a reasoned approach to allocating for the Medicare Set Aside and to deciding whether submission for approval is advisable considering anecdotal evidence of MSA overfunding. This live audio conference is designed for human resources managers,  more...

Pervious Pavement Alternatives BenefitsPorous pavements are becoming one of the most important tools for meeting nonpoint source pollution goals, building low-impact developments and rehabilitating cities in a sustainable manner. However designers, developers and municipal officials are reluctant to use porous pavements until numerous questions about their practicality and feasibility are answered. This audio conference conveys  more...

Recent Developments in Material Participation for LLCs and LLPs ...r current law. The audio conference will also examine the alternatives the IRS might pursue as it contemplates amending the regulations to address the judicial defeats. Gain a better understanding of the circumstances that will satisfy the material participation test and avoid the limitations on deducting business activity losses. This audio conference is designed for accountants, CPAs,  more...

Protecting Assets for Long-Term Care Medi-Cal Benefits BenefitsFamilies with relatively substantial assets can often access California's Medi-Cal program to pay for long-term care. Attentive planning is required, however, to avoid the minefields of government rules and potentially disastrous consequences. Each family's needs beyond Medi-Cal and other government benefits must also be considered. Further complexity has been added to the planning process  more...

Conflicts With Additional Insured Coverage ...e's interest to be insured. - You will be able to discuss alternatives to additional insured coverage. - You will be able to recognize the differences between CGL and property insurance policies. - You will be able to review practice pointers when dealing with additional insured requirements in contracts. Attorneys, project managers, presidents, vice presidents, owners, contractors,  more...

Emerging Trends in Infrastructure Finance - The Stimulus and Beyond ...ructure comes to an end because of diminishing resources, alternatives must be explored. Governments in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom have long recognized the need to look for alternative ways to develop and construct both transportation and social infrastructure (schools, hospitals, prisons, etc.), but this concept is just starting to gain some acceptance in the United States. This  more...

Green Leases: Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Agreements BenefitsA steadily increasing number of tenants, along with state pension funds and other institutional partners of commercial landlords, and state and local legislators are combining forces to press commercial landlords into moving forward with green buildings and the greening of existing buildings. The LEED movement for green building leases started with encouraging energy efficiency and then  more...

Financial Planning After Retirement: Coordinating the Retirement Plan with the Estate Plan ... do not, and how to ensure they do. It also discusses two alternatives to owner control that are often overlooked - the trusteed IRA and the IRA annuity. Comparison charts and decision trees will assist you to understand and communicate these options to clients in the clearest possible manner. Attorneys, financial and estate planners, accountants, CPAs, business owners and managers,  more...

Practical Transportation Design and Solutions: Concepts and Implementation ...ment of properly sized facilities and minimizes overbuilt alternatives. Evaluation of the Kentucky practical solution approach indicates that given a constrained budget, a practical solution approach can treat three times as many miles of road as a traditional design approach, with a 20 percent reduction in system-wide crashes and a 10 percent reduction in delay. This teleconference is critical  more...

The Claims Process on Federal Government Contracts - Maximizing the Return on Your Investment BenefitsMany federal contractors incur additional costs for changes, delays, differing site conditions and contract terminations. However, all too often these contractors do not understand how to effectively seek compensation for these additional costs. This teleconference will help you understand the types of costs you can recover, the circumstances under which certain costs may be recovered and  more...

Employee Wages: Administration of Caps, Freezes, Reductions and Furloughs ...stments to compensation and to working time can be viable alternatives to job cuts, but they are not without legal risk. This teleconference will address the legal and business cases for compensation adjustments and provide a road map for implementing wage cuts, caps and freezes so that employers can realize their goal of cost savings without buying expensive legal claims as part of the  more...

Decentralized Wastewater Solutions ...er technology is providing many creative and eco-friendly alternatives for sub-division planning and smart growth development. The economics of open space developments versus the cookie-cutter-maximize-the-number-of-lots development approach is being driven by the cost of land. Because the availability of public sewers is a major contributor to this development cost, alternative solutions  more...

Alternatives to Reductions in Force ...ere are compelling business and legal reasons to consider alternatives to layoffs. This teleconference will address the legal and business cases for considering alternatives to layoffs and will discuss several potential alternatives, including pay cuts, forced vacation, hiring freezes, reduced work schedules, dividend reduction and increased attention to performance reviews. You'll also learn  more...