Class Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Telecommuting: The Next Wave of Wage and Hour Litigation ...er of lawsuits filed by telecommuting employees (often as class actions) claiming violation of various state and federal wage and hour laws, suggesting a new trend in wage and hour litigation. If you currently have nonexempt telecommuting employees or are considering allowing nonexempt employees to telecommute, you need to be aware of the legal landscape affecting such employees and take steps  more...

A Primer on International Estate Planning ...ng and planning for common issues that can arise for this class of individuals. This teleconference specifically reviews basic transfer tax issues for U.S. citizens, noncitizen residents and nonresident aliens; the treatment of foreign and domestic trusts; and estate planning issues concerning noncitizen spouses. The teleconference will also discuss special considerations for U.S. citizens  more...

S Corporations: How to Avoid Common and Often Overlooked Pitfalls (Simple to Complex) BenefitsAs many practitioners will attest to, there are many pitfalls when S corporations are involved. This teleconference will identify the most common pitfalls, such as not properly maintaining earning accounts, ineligible shareholders, the one class of stock principle, invalid or missing S Corporation elections and built-in gain. You'll not only learn how to identify these pitfalls, but you'll  more...

Hot Wage and Hour Issues: Assuring Proper Exempt and Nonexempt Classification of Your Employees ...oyees and their counsel continue to pursue individual and class action overtime claims based on the alleged misclassification of exempt workers at a fever pitch. Thousands of lawsuits asserting violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act or parallel state laws are filed each year and the costs of defending these matters and the damages claimed and paid, whether through trial or settlement, are  more...

Enterprise Resource Planning - Getting the Payback From Your ERP System ...u will get an overview of the planning hierarchy in world class businesses and how the planning process utilizes the ERP system. You will better understand the need for robust metrics and an accountability infrastructure, and will become more aware of the power the ERP discipline has in getting the most return for the effort invested. It will become apparent that there is a lot of opportunity  more...

The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: Application to Condominiums and Single Family Homes ...poses them to individual rescission actions and sometimes class action suits on a broad scale. Finally, the issue of piggyback exemptions will be explored and discussed. Whether to defend against rescission for sales already made or to increase the chance of compliant future sales, this teleconference is critical for strengthening ILSA compliance to withstand and overcome the heavy burden of  more...

Pupil Records: Rules, Responsibilities and Requirements ...asks for a list of students in the top 5 percent of their class for an upcoming article. Do you provide the information and if so, do you need parental consent? What if the request was for the bottom 5 percent? 3. Student has been injured in an auto accident and litigation ensues. The party opposing the student's claim for damages subpoenas the student's records. How do you respond? 4.  more...

Options Under Section 504 BenefitsPublic and private educational facilities that receive federal assistance must comply with the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1973, concerning the rights of disabled employees and students. An educational facility's failure to comply with this law and its related regulations can result in a school being assessed with significant liability, including potential loss of federal funds.  more...

Ethical Issues in Effective Settlement Negotiations BenefitsThis teleconference will outline the key ethical rules and parameters faced by lawyers during negotiations of litigated matters, and emphasize the recent guidance from the ABA and various state and federal courts on matters ranging from basic duties of disclosure to the often murky rules affecting class actions and the settlement of complex litigation affecting numerous parties. This  more...

Prevailing Wage Law--An Understanding of The Davis-Bacon Act ...ecome the principal source for the new wave of employment class actions, which often result in hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in many cases millions of dollars, of recoverable damages and attorneys' fees awarded to the successful litigants and their attorneys - in addition to the substantial amount of legal fees and administrative costs incurred by contractors in defending these actions.  more...

Fair Housing Act: 2009 Hot Topics ...nt actions ranging from state agency complaint letters to class action litigation seeking many millions of dollars in damages and remediation. The faculty consists of three attorneys: a prominent litigator who has assisted property owners, lenders, developers and managers in FHA, ADA and Rehabilitation Act compliance and litigation all across the country; a registered architect, attorney and  more...

Reductions in Force Litigation Update ...tself; and special issues regarding electronic discovery, class or collective actions and the unionized workforce. Although the presenter speaks based on a career of representing employers, the lessons to be learned also will be beneficial to attorneys representing individuals, labor organizations and regulatory agencies, as well as human resources professionals. This program is primarily  more...

Don't Bet the Company: Understanding and Avoiding Class Actions in Labor and Employment Law! ...ws media reports of companies settling employment-related class actions for many millions of dollars. The horror of class actions is that a small claim among a few employees can mushroom into a huge claim worth millions of dollars once some ferocious plaintiff's lawyers get their teeth into it and add hundreds of additional claims through the simple process of becoming a class action. Not  more...

401(k) Plan Costs Including Recent Update on Supreme Court Rule LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates Inc. ...ment of Labor investigations, IRS investigations, massive class action lawsuits - an ever-expanding list of factors bombards sponsors of 401(k) plans and places companies and their management potentially in the cross hairs. From Enron, Worldcom and Sarbanes-Oxley, to the more recent massive class actions filed against Fortune 500 companies regarding 401(k) plan service fees, decision makers  more...

Multiplaintiff Settlement Negotiations ...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. Where courts  more...