Either Telephone Seminars

Sales and Use Taxation of Internet Sales: The Evolving Case Law BenefitsWith growing budget deficits, many states are taking increasingly aggressive positions in an attempt to impose sales and use tax obligations on internet transactions. Internet sellers face a murky and sometimes ill-defined landscape with respect to sales and use taxes that are impacted by both state law and federal constitutional principles. By exploring the growing body of judicial  more...

Social Security Benefits: Is It Worth It to Delay? ...how spousal benefits are determined and the penalties for either the worker and/or spouse taking benefits early will be discussed. Pursuant to taking Social Security benefits early, especially for those who contemplate such at their normal retirement date, the audio conference will show you when the breakeven of total revenues from early or delayed benefits will occur and the probabilities of  more...

Loan Modification Fundamentals ...erms of mortgage loans in a way that permits borrowers to either retain their homes or resolve their debts and obtain a fresh start and maximizes lender recoveries of loans. Numerous government programs such as HAMP, HARP, HAFA and others will be discussed and details of how all stakeholders can take advantage of them will be presented. By understanding the options and how to pursue them,  more...

The WE in Wellness--5 Skills Every Case Manager Should Know for Effective Case Management ... position to evaluate a client's level of wellness and to either directly provide education or to put together an individualized plan for attaining wellness. This live audio conference will define and describe 5 skills that are essential to helping clients achieve as much wellness as they are willing and able to gain. It will be an honest review of actually how much behavioral change can and  more...

Construction Payment Bond Fundamentals ...ent bonds. We will provide practical tips associated with either pursuing or responding to payment bond claims. A lack of understanding as to how payment bonds work and what they are intended (or not intended) to cover may lead to lost opportunity or financial losses. This program is critical for management and operations personnel who want to protect their companies against unnecessary losses  more...

EPA Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks: Recent Changes and Cleaning Up Contamination ...e most beneficial remediation program to gain assistance, either financially or procedurally, from government agencies such as the EPA. The audio conference also explains the cleanup process from the initial site assessment and characterization of the site to the ultimate goal the receipt of the no-further-remediation letter issued by the EPA. It is critical for anyone who owns or is  more...

Groundwater Control and Dewatering Methods .... Groundwater management falls into two major categories, either handling the groundwater before it enters the excavation or handling it after it enters the excavation. The decision to do one or the other or both is the most important decision to make for his project and requires diligent investigation of the jobsite soil conditions. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss widely  more...

Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: Application to Condominiums and Single-Family Homes ...ance when they're not. These developers do not understand either how to draft unit purchase agreements to comply with the completed home exemption or when circumstances of their program would indicate consideration of registration. This teleconference will help you to understand firsthand how to methodically analyze your projects, whether currently under construction, on the drawing boards, or  more...

Common Principles for Successful Design-Build Projects ...ch to maximize the probability of a successful project in either the private or the public sector and how to select an appropriate contract format. Learning Objectives - You will be able to explain potential risks in design-build. - You will be able to review and apply design-build in the public sector. - You will be able to define and compile contract provisions. - You will be able to  more...

Forbearance Agreement Fundamentals ... arrangement with the lender wherein the lender agrees to either a temporary or permanent forbearance from exercising remedies as a result of the default in exchange for certain agreements by the borrower. This teleconference will also explain different objectives that may be achieved by both borrowers and lenders through effective use of a forbearance agreement, preliminary considerations  more...

Bankruptcy Retention and Disclosures: Knowing When and What to Say ..., the filing of a bankruptcy and one's involvement in it, either as a debtor, professional or even creditor, requires specific and often extensive disclosures to protect the interests of the estate and the integrity of the bankruptcy process. Failing to properly understand the disclosure requirements may have significant consequences that may bar compensation or recovery on your claims, or may  more...

Collection Issues for Condominium and Homeowners' Association: Legal Tips, Concepts and Current Trends in Assessment Collection ... filings. Step-by-step procedure for pursuing litigation, either against a homeowner personally or through lien foreclosure, will also be summarized discussing related costs, risks and other considerations to assist associations in making more effective and sensible business decisions to adapt to current market and economic conditions. Attorneys, presidents, vice presidents, real estate  more...

Integrated Project Delivery Principles and Building Information Modeling ...that have heard about IPD and BIM may be wondering how to either ask for it in their projects or implement these principles in their firms. There are some basic concepts in IPD and BIM that can be used in every project large or small. Dialogue among the project team members is the key but without a level understanding that dialogue can fail to bring the desired results. This teleconference will  more...

Construction Project Management in Remote Locations: Site Considerations and Unique Challenges ...g the work in a timely fashion according to the plan will either make or break the project. The principles of sound construction conceptual planning are illustrated in this teleconference. Whether the project is commercial or industrial, domestic or international, the principles apply to those who practice this demanding and challenging field. This teleconference will help illustrate the major  more...

Current Issues in Attributional and Agency Nexus BenefitsA state's ability to impose taxes on a multistate business is limited by nexus standards rooted in the U.S. Constitution. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed its longstanding rule and held in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota that nexus requires some form of physical presence in the taxing state. However, physical presence is not limited only to direct presence. It may also be established  more...

When HOA's and the IRS Compete for Lien Property: Lien Priorities, Perfections and Foreclosure Rights ...ith lien priority determinations. Their analysis could be either exposing homeowner associations to erroneous litigation, or neglecting to include IRS liens in foreclosure actions when such liens could otherwise be foreclosed. When an IRS income tax lien appears on record for the real property in lien collection and foreclosure cases, you need to understand these respective lien rights, how to  more...

Medical Professionals and Social Media: Privacy and Security Issues ...AA and the potential for reportable breaches under HIPAA, either through data held on or transmitted by the devices, or via the information they may access remotely. Find out what it takes to bring these new technologies under control and allow them to bring about the significant health care benefits they may enable. Learn what it takes to get into compliance with the rules, even as your  more...

Resolving Form 1099 Discrepancies ...scovered in the initial filing or reporting requirements, either by the company reporting these amounts or in reply to the Internal Revenue Services' inquiry to discrepancy in the records reported to them via a CP-2100. By following the practices discussed, you and your client's business entities will avoid costly penalties that could have been assessed by the Internal Revenue Service. Join  more...

Managing External Health Information ...olunteered by patients or by other health care providers, either at the time the patient arrives for treatment or thereafter - and in some cases even after the patient has been discharged. It may also come in the form of information deliberately requested from outside parties but the receiving provider is unsure about whether to incorporate that information into its legal patient record.  more...

Best Practices to Manage Your Multistate Payroll ...ny professionals spend more time on payroll forms than is either necessary or available. This teleconference will help payroll personnel cope with multistate payroll pitfalls explaining in practical terms not only how to calculate the taxability of employee benefits but how to structure your benefits to be nontaxable. Finally the teleconference will spell out the significant differences between  more...

Doing Business in Texas? An Overview of the Texas Margin Tax nFor decades, the Texas Franchise Tax remained virtually unchanged. Once equipped with the knowledge that Texas limited partnerships were not taxable, many companies saw little need to delve further into the details of the tax. Beginning with reports due in 2008 all this has changed with the revised Texas Franchise Tax, known as the Texas Margin Tax by everyone but the Texas Comptroller's Office.  more...

AIA and ConsensusDOCS Contract Documents: Comparison and Contrast ...tered frequently in the construction contracting process, either in relatively clean or in substantially modified forms, and even where the forms themselves are not conspicuously used, many of their concepts and even their explicit language will show up in a variety of proprietary construction contracting forms and practices. Thus, as the "battle of the contract forms" has now begun and the  more...