Duties Telephone Seminars

Wage and Hour Update: Overtime Concerns With Mobile Devices BenefitsEmployer expectations for 24/7 access to employees is now the norm for many industries as new technologies allow work to be done virtually anywhere at any time. Serious questions have emerged about how employers should limit, monitor and compensate remote work hours. Recent litigation trends also show that compensation for time worked away from the office during nontraditional hours is  more...

Learning on the Job: Creating Legally-Sound Internship Programs ...cruiting interns, whether to compensate interns, and what duties and tasks interns may perform while spending time with your organization. This program will also address whether your organization's internship program satisfies the legal requirements established by the United States Department of Labor (or any applicable state laws or guidance). Organizations that offer internship programs are  more...

Estate Planning Ethics ...n current on rules that direct and govern the fundamental duties an attorney encounters while serving the needs of the client. This program will touch upon the most frequent rules and issues that an attorney engaged in estate planning needs to know. Topics covered will include duties of communication, confidentiality, conflicts, scope of representation, obligations and dealings with  more...

Ethical Settlement Negotiations ...us 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 audio conference will better equip you to strike an appropriate and effective balance between the need to represent clients vigorously and the need to adhere to the applicable rules of  more...

New Rule 502: Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Limitations on Waiver BenefitsKnowing and preserving the attorney-client privilege and work product protection is a fundamental for most litigators. Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence has been adopted to clarify and resolve a common dispute regarding the effects of certain disclosures otherwise protected by the privilege or work product, including inadvertent disclosures and the agreement of the parties  more...

Roadway Rights of Way: Understanding the Legal and Practical Issues BenefitsThis teleconference will provide comprehensive and useful information about rights of way, easements and issues related to their creation, use and liability. If you are a land surveyor responsible for determining property boundaries, an engineer involved in highway and roadway design, a governmental official affected by route location and selection, or an attorney involved in real estate  more...

Understanding Fiduciary Investment Duties for Trusts: Be Prudent and Diversify BenefitsIn the current volatile and uncertain economic climate, estate planning advisors and their clients need to re-examine conventional estate planning wisdom, better understand how fiduciary performance will be tested and evaluated, and how fiduciary risk can be managed by proper conduct. This audio conference is designed for attorneys, estate planners, accountants, trust administrators,  more...

Surety Bonds and Contract Provisions ...he guarantor of the contractor's performance. The rights, duties and obligations of the parties will be determined by the rules of contract interpretation. Key areas of potential dispute focus on the surety's potential exposure to extra contractual damages. The payment bond is for the benefit of those furnishing labor and materials to a construction project. Hence, laborers and/or materialmen  more...

Basics of Trust Administration ...trust administration under U.S. law, including powers and duties of trustees; relations with beneficiaries; removal and replacement of trustees; the use of directed trustees, protectors and investment managers, etc., to 'slice and dice' trustee powers; probate court involvement in trust administration; and concepts in fiduciary accounting and income tax reporting. The materials and the speaker  more...

Meeting Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under ERISA BenefitsMaintaining an employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 requires that people managing the plan or investing plan assets become fiduciaries. You need to know when they might become an ERISA plan fiduciary. You must understand your legal obligations to plan participants and beneficiaries. This teleconference will provide you with an overview of the  more...

The Art and Science of Ethically Firing a Client ...hips with the court, implications of common-law fiduciary duties and the ever-important consideration of getting paid after withdrawal. What are the lawyer's obligations upon withdrawing from ongoing representation? What steps must be taken to successfully terminate your duties to that client? Under what circumstances is the lawyer entitled to recover any fees or expenses from its subsequent  more...

The Vital Role Paralegals Play in Appellate Practice BenefitsLitigation paralegals provide invaluable aid to attorneys in the litigation process. They are the backbone of the trial team, coordinating thousands of details that must be accomplished before, during and after trial. In appellate practice, paralegals are a valuable asset if properly utilized. This teleconference outlines some of the major duties and responsibilities of litigation  more...

Pros and Cons of Cost-Plus vs. Fixed Price Contracts ... adverse economic climate may impact the legal rights and duties that apply to a construction project. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to review factors to consider in choosing between lump sum and cost-plus contracts. - You will be able to define advantages and disadvantages of lump sum and cost-plus contracts. - You will be able to describe current economic climate on the legal  more...

Impact of Confidentiality Rules in Bankruptcy Proceedings ... to share information with creditors with their practical duties in working through a Chapter 11. This teleconference will provide both a relevant overview of the statutory and rule setting, as well as practical examples of orders and agreements for the careful sharing of confidential data and pursuit of joint litigation matters. This program is primarily designed for attorneys. Other  more...

Determining When an Individual With a Disability Is "Qualified" Under the ADA ...ment tests and physical standards) accurately reflect the duties of a job; (2) write a job description or job announcement that appropriately identifies a job's essential functions; (3) make sound decisions about whether and what type of reasonable accommodation to provide an individual with a disability; and (4) handle performance, conduct or safety issues that may arise with employees with  more...

Environmental Issues in Commercial Leases ...gal effect, but a material economic effect on the rights, duties and risk allocation between the landlord and the tenant. From pre-delivery site and building assessment to operational risks, insurance and indemnification obligations to premises surrender, restoration and abatement, the proper treatment of environmental issues - whether in a ground, industrial, office or retail lease - can make  more...