Classic Telephone Seminars

Avoiding Legal Pitfalls on Construction Projects: The Three Ds (Dollars, Delay and Defects) ...ference will help you anticipate and maybe even avoid the classic legal pitfalls arising on construction projects. We will explain how emerging technologies - such as high-tech 3-D computer assisted design and sustainable construction methods - will provide new tools for avoiding old problems. Anyone who has worked on the design or construction of a project of any size over the past ten years,  more...

Don't Bet the Company: Understanding and Avoiding Class Actions in Labor and Employment Law! ... members, but attorney's fees are added on top of that. A classic example of this concerns overtime payments. Employees may show up early or stay a few minutes late, but the employer is responsible for paying overtime for this work, even though it was never authorized and the company may even have a policy against it. Once a plaintiff's lawyer gets hold of the case, the company may have to pay  more...

Pitfalls with Lean Implementation nAre you (or about to be) in the 90% lean failure group? In implementing lean, the cards are stacked against your success. The sad truth is this: eight or nine organizations of 10 who embark on implementing an improvement initiative like lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma FAIL to get the benefits they should. This wastes time and money, and disenfranchises the workforce. In extreme cases, it can  more...