Dispute Resolution Telephone Seminars

Resolving Corporate and Construction Disputes with Collaborative Law BenefitsIn today's economy, all business people are looking for ways to cut costs. One budget item that can be substantially reduced is the expense associated with litigation. Corporations can cut overhead and construction companies can avoid unnecessary project delays by getting disputes resolved quickly and economically outside of the courthouse. Litigation involves more than legal fees; there  more...

Construction Joint Ventures: Benefits and Pitfalls BenefitsConstruction joint ventures, properly conceived and implemented, enhance the marketing opportunities and organizational assets of the individual joint venturers thereby enabling the joint venture to obtain and successfully complete larger more complex projects than those the joint venturers could undertake individually. Construction joint ventures are excellent vehicles for combining  more...

Forums for Resolving Construction Disputes ...ssion of the most important considerations for choosing a dispute resolution forum, including the legal requirements and practical considerations that apply to each. Specifically, this teleconference will provide the pros and cons of the various forums from the perspective of the legal/expert team representing a party in dispute. This unique perspective will include a discussion of the level of  more...

Community Association Legal Issues - Charting the Course Through Rough Seas ...r enforcement of the governance documents and alternative dispute resolution. Then, special circumstances of a project caught in the middle of the economic crisis will be discussed, including the period of developer control, funding the Association by the developer and occupancy issues. Finally, the teleconference will consider the dilemma of resales of property, the required disclosures and  more...

Alternative Dispute Resolution for Paralegals ...professionals may misunderstand the nature of alternative dispute resolution, including its advantage and disadvantages. The myths that arbitration is 'just like a trial' or 'just like mediation' also can produce confusion. This teleconference helps provide an essential understanding of ADR, focusing on paraprofessionals and others who may never have encountered the unique procedures of  more...

Understanding Legal Issues with Construction Subcontracts ...ntered, such as changes and extras, pricing, termination, dispute resolution, risk allocation, pay to be paid provisions and other common clauses. The information obtained through this will assist you in fully comprehending the risk you are assuming in a contract. Knowledge of the risk will allow you to better evaluate the desirability of bidding upon or taking a specific job, and how to  more...

Challenges and Contractual Issues With Sub-Subcontractors ...as of subcontract language that most often lead to costly dispute resolution for the parties. The teleconference will also aid subcontractors in countering a general contractor's attempts to shift any and all risks associated with a subcontract to the subcontractor. This program is critical for subcontractors, because failure to have a clear understanding of the parties' rights and  more...

AIA and ConsensusDOCS Contract Documents: Comparison and Contrast ...d administration, change order and claims processing, and dispute resolution. n nLearning Objectives: n- You will be able to describe what is new and different from the prior 1997 AIA document editions. n- You will be able to identify why and how the 2007 ConsensusDOCS were developed. n- You will be able to compare the 2007 AIA Documents and the 2007 ConsensusDOCS. n- You will be able to  more...