Computer Telephone Seminars

GASB 51: Accounting Standards for Intangible Assets ...er or air rights, timber rights, patents, trademarks, and computer software. The implementation of GASB 34 created questions as to whether and when intangible assets should be considered capital assets for financial reporting purposes. An absence of sufficiently specific authoritative guidance resulted in inconsistencies in the accounting and financial reporting of intangible assets among  more...

Avoiding Legal Pitfalls on Construction Projects: The Three Ds (Dollars, Delay and Defects) ...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, or expects to do so in the next five years, needs to be aware of what problems to expect and how to prepare for them.  more...

A Paralegal's Guide for Drafting Pleadings ... learn the basic tools for locating documents, developing computer competencies for maximum efficiency and the importance of keeping essential forms. The speaker will discuss brief and memorandum banks as well as provide an understanding of how to analyze a fact situation, identify the legal issues, research the issues and prepare the appropriate pleadings. Learn how to approach pleadings in an  more...

Current Issues in Cell Tower Leases ...e like strain existing network capacity with data, email, computer and video applications, as well as to fill gaps in coverage. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed due to the FCC's new advanced wireless services and goal of using wireless to increase broadband speeds and coverage. This teleconference will help level the playing field by  more...

Internet Research for Paralegals BenefitsThe internet is a resource for a vast array of legal materials with new or changing resources appearing online regularly. However, not all legal resources available on the internet represent authoritative or relevant information to the legal researcher. Legal web sites organize information in different ways; documents appear in a variety of file formats; and search engines may or may not  more...

Metadata Scrubbing and Mining: Legal, Ethical and Practical Implications ...y electronic document each of us creates and edits. Every computer application and platform we use also generates metadata. The consequences of human error are greatly magnified in the 21st century by the prevalence of electronic communication and the ability of anyone with a web browser to download - for only $0.08 per page - a copy of any document electronically filed in federal court. All  more...

Internet and Email: Monitoring Employee Conduct ...sily track what employees are doing at any given time via computer usage and GPS. Employees can have their say through email, blogging, instant messaging and social networking sites. In this teleconference, we will discuss the legal and practical impact that such expressions and monitoring are having in the workplace, and how employers and courts are addressing the delicate balance between  more...

Major Issues in WiMAX Tower Leases and Zoning ...enefitsHigh speed over the air broadband service for your computer, home or office, often called WiMAX service, is being rolled out in more than 80 U.S. metropolitan areas in 2009 and 2010. WiMAX is like Wi-Fi computer service, but covers an entire city or county. WiMAX will lead to more leases of land for communications towers because an entire new set of antennas and some new towers will be  more...