Faced Telephone Seminars

Voyage to Discovery: Using Interview and Witness Behavioral Analysis ... The challenge is how to obtain the testimony needed when faced with adversarial or guarded witnesses. What is the best way to ask questions so that they will be answered? How might the behavioral analysis of a witness be utilized to optimize a particular line of questioning? The best practices often benefit from multidisciplinary perspectives. The approaches offered in this live audio  more...

Voyage to Discovery: Using Interview and Witness Behavioral Analysis ... The challenge is how to obtain the testimony needed when faced with adversarial or guarded witnesses. What is the best way to ask questions so that they will be answered? How might the behavioral analysis of a witness be utilized to optimize a particular line of questioning? The best practices often benefit from multidisciplinary perspectives. The approaches offered in this live audio  more...

Special Needs Trusts: What, Why and How ... trusts, which may be useful to a wide variety of persons faced with these issues. We will first set the context by describing the main government benefit programs and fundamental planning tools. We then will discuss the different types of special needs trusts as well as practical planning options that will help you lead your clients to the best result possible. This live audio conference is  more...

Sales and Use Tax Determination Headaches ...faced with the legal and practical challenges of learning as many as 50 different state sales and use tax laws and regulations. No one could possibly learn all of the different state requirements and yet our jobs demand it! The purpose of this audio conference is to reveal the secrets to working in a multistate environment. You will learn about the four different types of taxing states which  more...

Dealing With Employees Who Have Been Charged With a Crime ...y? Because more and more employers are finding themselves faced with this dilemma, this audio conference will discuss the legal limits on what you can do when faced with this problem and will also provide useful guidelines in how best to craft workplace policies and procedures to best prepare yourself to address such situations. This audio conference is designed for human resource managers,  more...

Ethical Settlement Negotiations ...ference will outline the key ethical rules and parameters faced by lawyers during negotiations of litigated matters. This program will also emphasize the recent guidance from the American Bar Association and various 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  more...

Telephone Collections: Do's and Don'ts - Surviving the Jungle ... grown dramatically over the past 20 years. Creditors are faced with increasing challenges in making loans and extending credit. The collection staff members in these creditor settings face mounting customer difficulties and tighter compliance environments. This teleconference will help you understand the importance of developing an effective recovery strategy for optimum success while  more...

Best Practices in Managing FMLA Leave ...faced with the problem of FMLA abuse. Unfortunately, many employers are unaware of the tools at their disposal to effectively manage FMLA leave. This teleconference will help you understand lawful methods you can use to restrict unwarranted use of leave. You'll get a firm grasp of the most effective FMLA policies that may be instituted. Failing to adhere to FMLA requirements is a common error  more...

Medical Records 101: Responding to Requests for Patient Information ...nference and get an overview of medical management issues faced by health care providers in responding to requests for patient information for litigation purposes. The conference speaker, who has extensive experience in civil litigation, including the representation of large medical institutions, will provide guidance in avoiding mistakes in disseminating patient information. You'll find out  more...

Liability, Cures and Defenses, and Rescission Under the Truth in Lending Act ...lable and how to determine the best course of action when faced with a TILA violation. It will also address the sometimes confusing rescission rules and ways of protecting against potential rescission claims. This teleconference is critical for anyone who often faces a TILA violation or claim and must determine the best course of action to limit any potential liability. In order to  more...

ASTM Standard on Vapor Intrusion ...have increased exponentially over the past several years. Faced with these issues, scientists and regulators have faced substantial challenges due to the absence of uniform and reliable standards, and the lack of clear guidance has complicated planning, development, remediation and ultimately, litigation regarding contamination allegedly caused by this phenomenon. Until recently, the disparate  more...

Lease vs. Buy: Choosing the Best Option ...ases is one of the most difficult and important decisions faced by businesses every day. Making the wrong choice can not only result in economic loss but significant disruption of business, loss of time and opportunity. This teleconference will provide you with a comparison of the benefits and pitfalls of financing business equipment through equipment lease financings and by purchasing. The  more...

Implications of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act BenefitsInternet gambling is legal in many parts of the world and remains one of the most profitable e-commerce activities, despite a crackdown by authorities in the United States at both federal and state levels. U.S. law in this area is both risky and complex. Intermediaries such as payment services, banks, publishers, and Internet portals all face risks under U.S. law for providing services  more...

Reductions in Force Litigation Update ...BenefitsWith the continued recession, employers have been faced with significant challenges to reduce costs. Since personnel accounts for a major proportion of overhead, one possible area of consideration is that of a reduction in the workforce. While reaching and implementing such a decision will, in optimum circumstances, involve significant input from counsel experienced in both employment  more...

FEMA's Critical Flood Plain Regulation ...ta. The teleconference will also highlight the key issues faced by NFIP, such as recertification of levees during map modernization and the litigation over use of the NFIP to protect endangered species, and their potential impact. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to discuss FEMA's flood plain management rules and processes. - You will be able to review key components of the national  more...

Current ERISA Fiduciary Issues for Financial Institutions ...faced with difficult and complicated issues under ERISA's fiduciary rules. The current economic downturn has given rise to a new round of legislative and regulatory initiatives regarding ERISA's fiduciary rules and has more generally affected the manner in which ERISA may affect financial institutions. In addition, the regulatory environment continues to evolve, apart from any impact from the  more...

Setting the Stage for Rehiring: Logistic and Liability Issues ...c pendulum will swing the other way and employers will be faced with the task of re-staffing their depleted workforce. Smart employers plan and prepare for that day so they can quickly identify and rehire the key talent necessary to meet their business needs moving forward. This teleconference will discuss some of the key planning steps you should take from before the rehire process begins  more...

Slope Stabilization: Best Practices and Challenges ...challenges to enhance slope stability. Many engineers are faced with challenges to protect against the potential for slope failure. Indicators include sloughs, erosion and deep rotation/sliding failure. This teleconference will provide best practices such as the use of weight at the toe, milder slopes, drainage and other methods to avoid these types of failure. Different types of construction  more...

Can Medical Tourism Lower Your Healthcare Costs? ...r liability and other legal issues in this arena that are faced by the principal actors in the field: entities that help facilitate care abroad (often referred to as facilitators), employers offering medical travel as a benefit option and the patients who seek care in foreign destinations. Since the field is relatively new, there is not much settled law to provide guidance. What is exciting and  more...

Valid Consents ...faced with the difficult decision of electing to undergo a medical procedure. Before obtaining an affirmative decision, it is important that the health care practitioner obtain informed consent. This teleconference will educate you on how to determine whether a patient is capable of giving informed consent. This teleconference also explains who may give informed consent on behalf of the patient  more...

Basics of Reverse Osmosis for Brackish Groundwater Treatment ...mbrane desalination design, operation and maintenance are faced with the difficult task of keeping current on the rapidly changing technology. Reverse osmosis membrane products change as the suppliers introduce new models. How and when to best apply these products and what features and benefits they offer must be analyzed before optimum performance can be realized. Additionally, tools such as  more...

Best Practices to Manage Your Multistate Payroll ...faced with legal and practical challenges associated with employee benefits, overtime, nonexempt employee requirements, employee bonus payments, confusing payroll forms, etc. Not only do you have to know your own state laws but often times neighboring state laws if you have employees across state lines. The taxability of employee benefits is confusing and the regulations are constantly  more...

Getting to the Root of Root Cause Analysis ...e a fact of life. In every industry and occupation we are faced with failures. Failures of products, processes, systems and services abound. n nSome of us are tasked with fixing the processes that lead to failures. The customer wants "faster, better, cheaper" but we are delivering "slower, worse and costly." Failure can mean not meeting a customer requirement. It can relate to form, fit and  more...

Utilizing Congestion Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Generate Infrastructure Revenue ...faced with increasing traffic congestion along with inadequate sources of transportation revenue to address transportation investment needs. After completing this teleconference, you will improve your understanding of the ability of congestion pricing to address both congestion reduction and revenue generation objectives. You will be able to describe some of the basic congestion pricing models  more...

Current Trends in Transit-Oriented Development ...for both the public and private sectors as our cities are faced with the challenges of rapid price fluctuations in oil, traffic congestion and stagnating real estate markets. TODs are attractive, vibrant communities that include a mix of uses including residential, retail and office within a 5- to 10-minute walk of commuter train stations. Emerging Trends in Real Estate, published by the Urban  more...

Differentiated Instruction: Striving to Reach and Teach All Learners ...faced with the challenge of educating students who differ in their readiness, interests and learning needs. They are supposed to deliver a set of standards, which may overwhelm some students while leaving others unchallenged and unmotivated. What can you do to help meet the needs of all students? In this teleconference, you will get an overview of differentiated instruction and explore ways in  more...