Authority Telephone Seminars

Powers of Attorney: Medical Records Release Concerns ...ling with a deceased or incapacitated patient. Under what authority do you have to release patient information pertaining to a deceased individual? Do family members have the right to authorize the release of records to third-parties? This live audio conference will educate you on how to identify a valid power of attorney to determine whether information should be disclosed. Additional  more...

Enhanced Foreign Asset Reporting Rules for 2011: An Update on FBAR and FATCA Requirements ... they have a financial interest in, or signature or other authority over, foreign bank accounts, and impose substantial civil and criminal penalties for failing to do so. On the heels of the U.S. government's global crackdown on the use of secret foreign bank accounts, the Internal Revenue Service has recently imposed additional reporting requirements that will obligate U.S. taxpayers to  more...

Form-Based Zoning: An Alternative to Traditional Ordinances ...riety of legal issues, such as the municipality's general authority to adopt form-based provisions, application and approval processes, and the treatment of nonconforming structures in a form-based district. This live audio conference is based on publicly available information concerning the LEED rating and certification system, and is not specifically endorsed or approved by the U.S. Green  more...

Social Networking and Electronic Communications: Issues for Public Schools ...d the intersection of individual rights with the school's authority to regulate the school environment. You will learn how student and employee policies should address teacher and student use of social media, including discipline of teachers and students, respectively. During this live audio conference, we will examine recent litigation involving student and employee use of social media in the  more...

Medical Records 101: Responding to Requests for Patient Information ...rized patient information. You will learn about the legal authority for release of patient information, electronic record pitfalls (including potential corporate liability issues in medical malpractice cases), HIPAA and submission of patient health information to third parties, and heightened privacy protections for special medical information, including mental health, substance and child abuse  more...

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Overhaul of the U.S. Financial System BenefitsThe Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Obama overhauls the United States financial system. This legislation will affect every corner of the financial services industry. Learn how this legislation is likely to affect you. This teleconference will review many important aspects of the Act, including the new Financial Stability Oversight  more...

Statutory Research and Legislative History for Paralegals ...authority, there may be questions as to what the language of the statute means and how it can be applied to a given situation. Attorneys often need to research the legislative history of the applicable statute to create a viable argument as to what was the intention of the legislative body that passed a particular law. Courts have different approaches to using these unique secondary materials  more...

Employee Safety and Health Systems: Cutting Injuries Using the Team Approach ...mittee, and thus the system success, is predicated by the authority given to the committee and its leadership which in most cases is low to nonexistent. The bottom line is that employee safety will be as good as management wants it to be or as poor as management will allow it to be. And although most managers care for the health and well being of their workers, they usually do not understand  more...

Living With Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA) ...the UPMIFA provides nonprofit institutions with the legal authority to make prudent expenditures despite having endowment funds which have asset value below their original or historical dollar value (underwater funds). Learn how new spending rules requiring application of the seven factors of prudence change the legal landscape for all nonprofit institutions. Learn how to draft around UPMIFA,  more...

Taxation Issues When Conducting Business With Native American Tribes ...pment on Native American reservations, including expanded authority for American Indian tribes to issue tax-exempt bonds for projects on American Indian lands and a $500 million investment of funds for infrastructure, renewable energy, tribal detention facilities and other such projects. As the stimulus measures give rise to specific development projects in American Indian country and as Native  more...

When Worlds Collide - Bankruptcy and Probate ...ing in Marshall clearly grants bankruptcy courts with the authority to adjudicate matters that could have an impact on probate proceedings. This teleconference will help you (a) analyze and determine what issues a bankruptcy court may adjudicate notwithstanding the possible effect on a probate estate, (b) analyze and determine when a bankruptcy court must abstain and when it may abstain from  more...

From TV to Twitter: Working With the Media During a Crisis ...s on your ability to respond quickly, to communicate with authority and to demonstrate leadership. Are you ready to survive a crisis - and the media attention that goes with it? This teleconference, created specifically to meet your needs, covers the critical fundamentals of crisis communications. You will learn the five keys to successful crisis communications, including what you need to do  more...

Payroll Hiring Issues: Forms and Tax Credits ...required to produce upon audit by the IRS or state taxing authority and how long certain forms should be retained. The teleconference will educate you regarding the issues involved in determining when a specific form should be completed and submitted to a taxing jurisdiction, as well as potential consequences for failing to do so. The teleconference will also review federal employment-based  more...

Understanding the Rules of Legal Citations ...ively in the legal field requires that citations to legal authority follow a uniform citation format. Readers of legal prose must be given the research coordinates to locate any authority that is used to support legal propositions. Beyond the competency communicated by technically correct citations, effective use of citations can also be used as a persuasive communicative tool to direct a  more...