Diligence Telephone Seminars

Conducting Successful HR Audits ...and results of HR activities, to assist in performing due diligence and to help ensure compliance. To help you improve the effectiveness of your HR auditing activity, this live audio conference reviews and discusses current HR auditing techniques, techniques of employment practices risk assessment, key HR audit areas and the five critical components of an HR audit. This live audio conference  more...

Tax Diligence, Representations, Covenants and Indemnifications in Business Acquisitions ...ons and their tax professionals determine how to go about diligence of tax matters to uncover tax risks and expected tax treatment of the target company's operations post acquisition. This live audio conference will also help you to draft tax representations and indemnities to ensure that the parties have considered and properly allocated responsibility for tax liabilities. This live audio  more...

Commercial Lease Negotiations and Due Diligence ...ophisticated level. You will learn about the critical due diligence issues and developments that impact you, whether you work on large or small deals; whether you're involved in office, retail or industrial properties; or whether you represent the landlord or the tenant. This is one professional opportunity you won't want to miss! This live audio conference is designed for attorneys, property  more...

Legal Implications of Environmental Contamination ...y. Prospective purchasers will learn how to undertake due diligence and negotiate appropriate risk transfer vehicles to both avoid liability and ensure that they have the ability to shift liability onto the entities properly responsible for site contamination. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to identify the legal sources of liability. - You will be able to discuss compensatory and  more...

But It's Only Our Opinion:The Legal Opinion In Commercial Transactions ...ure everyone understands the applicable standards and the diligence expectations upon which the lawyer must be focused in order to avoid committing malpractice in rendering the opinion. Are you current in your understanding of these standards and expectations, as well as significant recent cases and trends in state and national third-party legal opinion practice? This live audio course is  more...

Due Diligence Considerations for Participation Loans BenefitsAn increasing number of commercial loans are syndicated or participated, and an increasing number of lenders sell interests in loans they originate or acquire interests in loans originated by other lenders. This audio conference will explore loan assignment and participation transactions from the perspective of the originating lender and the assignee or participant. You will learn about  more...

Agreements of Sale and Due Diligence in Commercial Real Estate Transactions ...d assisting clients with the performance of essential due diligence, attorneys can allocate the risks associated with land transactions and save their clients the cost and uncertainty imposed by unpredictable default rules. This teleconference addresses how to negotiate and draft effective warranties, representations and contingency terms in agreements of sale for commercial property  more...

Screening Commercial Tenants: Priorities and Pitfalls ...ening process. This teleconference will highlight key due diligence during the tenant screening process and provide tips to avoid common leasing pitfalls. Inasmuch as selecting a viable tenant and conducting the right due diligence before executing a commercial lease can result in decreasing default and vacancy rates, this teleconference provides critical information for any party seeking to  more...

Commercial Foreclosure Due Diligence Checklist: What to Do Before, During and After Foreclosure ...s. For the lender, it is imperative that it conduct a due diligence review of its file, the loan and the collateral as soon as possible. Should the default not be cured or the parties not be able to restructure the loan, the lender faces the options of foreclosing on the property, taking a deed in lieu of foreclosure or exercising other remedies that may be available to it. But these steps pose  more...

Challenges and Rights of the Subordinate Debt BenefitsEven with the ongoing credit crisis, providing forms of subordinate debt can be a lucrative business model. However, the higher pricing and upfront fees come with substantial risk. If a subordinate lender can adequately review those risk factors and can hedge against them, a portfolio of subordinate debt can be a successful one. This teleconference will explore the potential risks of  more...

Construction Release Due Diligence BenefitsIt's not the release you see that will hurt you. It's the release you don't see. The release embedded in the fine print of the standard form contracts you sign. The release that's not called a release. It's called a lien waiver, or a pay application, or acceptance of final payment, or a change order, or waiver of subrogation. The document you sign without recognizing how it may impact your  more...

Navigating through the Maze of Unclaimed Property Compliance - Unique Rules and Regulations for Financial Institutions ...pliance, performing adequate and statutorily required due diligence, and implementing the necessary steps to ensure you are prepared for a compliance examination. We will also provide measures to achieve internal best practices and compliance as well as a summary of the latest state regulatory requirements, various cases, enforcement efforts, voluntary disclosures and state legislative updates.  more...

Scope, Extent and Effect of EPA's New "All Appropriate Inquiry Standard" for Environmental Due Diligence BenefitsThis teleconference will explain who is affected by the EPA final rule, when all appropriate inquiries must be conducted or updated, and what specific activities the final rule requires. You will hear from one of the leading experts on CERCLA, brownfields and lender liability on the EPA's all appropriate inquiries final rule. Learning Objectives - You will be able to define all  more...

Real Estate Market Studies: Critical Decision Tool or Superfluous Information? ...s are required to pass the market study hurdle during due diligence. What factors impact the applicability, reliability and timeliness of these market studies? This teleconference will help real estate professionals identify the best providers of market studies, formulate a scope of work to suit the needs of the assignment, assist the consultant without clouding the conclusions and understand  more...