Limitations Telephone Seminars

Understanding Warranties and Guarantees in the Standard AIA Contract ...nterplay between warranties and call-back periods and the limitations on each is critical to both successful negotiation of a construction contract and the successful completion of a construction project. This live audio conference will help you understand the issues concerning warranties and call-back periods, including the legal limitations on them, which will in turn allow you to adequately  more...

Tax Planning and Guidance for Business Travel and Entertainment Deductions BenefitsLearn the specifics of documenting business travel, meals and entertainment expense to ensure you can take full advantage of the deduction allowed under the federal tax code. Ensure that your records will stand the test of a tax audit. Fine tune your understanding of when an employee's meal is 100% deductible and when it is only 50% deductible. Understand when foreign travel is deductible  more...

Social Networking and Electronic Communications: Issues for Public Schools BenefitsYou will examine teacher and student use of social media and social networking, and the intersection of individual rights with the school's authority to regulate the school environment. You will learn how student and employee policies should address teacher and student use of social media, including discipline of teachers and students, respectively. During this live audio conference, we  more...

Municipal Finance Fundamentals ...rket. It describes their nature, their benefits and their limitations. This audio conference also provides you with an overview of the items for which you should be looking in order to allow the ability to understand various aspects of a municipal securities transaction. This audio conference is for anybody interested in participating in the $2.67 trillion municipal securities market. This  more...

Common Pitfalls of Certificates of Insurance Benefits'Trust me, we're covered. We have general liability insurance.' This statement is also often followed by an all too common explanation, 'My company employees are listed as additional insured so we are covered.' Certificates of insurance are meant to evidence insurance coverage for landlords and tenants, secured transactions, and other property, casualty and liability exposures companies  more...

Hot Topics in Retail Leasing ...retail tenants and uncovering hidden costs and regulation limitations can make a difference in a brand's survival. This audio conference presents some of the recent challenges for retail found in leases and helps to address savings and flexibility for tenants. Being aware of the missing lender and aggressive profit predatory owner when negotiating lease forms is a big plus for retailers  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...

Recent Developments in Material Participation for LLCs and LLPs BenefitsThe IRS has been actively auditing and disallowing losses claimed by owners of businesses organized as limited liability entities on the grounds that the owners do not materially participate in the operations of the business. The critical element of the IRS's attack is that members of a limited liability entity are, under applicable treasury regulations, equivalent to limited partners in a  more...

The Foreign Tax Credit Provisions of H.R. 1586: Practical Implications ...ucture of these restrictions, as well as a sense of their limitations, and unresolved questions and potential answers. Examples will be used to explore the practical implications of the new rules to enable you to spot issues relevant to your clients or to your organization in anticipation of the upcoming filing season. This audio conference is designed for accountants, tax managers,  more...

Public/Private Partnerships: Major Infrastructure and Other Development Projects ...States and local governments are struggling with resource limitations and ever increasing demands of infrastructure. The involvement of the private sector offers an enticing solution for meeting massive infrastructure needs. At the same time, P3s provide an opportunity for developers and contractors to weather this economic crisis. The expectations and hopes are high on all sides, and the  more...

Principal Diagnosis Selection: Ensure Compliance with Official Coding Guidelines ...ements, and nursing documentation. Learn the pitfalls and limitations of principal diagnosis selection strictly based on the realms of MS-DRG assignment by understanding practical strategies to transition into coding mind-set of clinical principal diagnosis. Understand the role and distinct clinical advantage of capitalizing on the coder in working closely with the clinical documentation  more...

Public Disclosure and Transparency: The New Form 990 BenefitsExempt organizations are subject to a variety of restrictions under the Internal Revenue Code regarding their lobbying and advocacy efforts. The new and redesigned Form 990 is intended to capture the level of these activities by exempt organizations. With the increased focus and disclosure of the activities of exempt organizations, organizations need to understand the limitations on these  more...

Express and Implied Warranties Under UCC Article 2 BenefitsThe warranty provisions under UCC Article 2 and the laws interpreting them provide a vast amount of information that can seem overwhelming at times. This teleconference will provide a general overview of the scope of Article 2 and the types of warranties offered by the UCC, and discuss the various defenses, remedies and damages available for each type of warranty. The discussion will  more...

Developing a Policy for Employee Use of Mobile Devices ...conference is critical for employers who need to know the limitations of their employees' privacy rights in the workplace and how to avoid liability for monitoring their employees' activities. Finally, this teleconference will address the practical aspects of keeping ahead of the curve regarding managing the use of mobile devices and data preservation in the workplace: what kinds of policies  more...

Workout Strategies for Troubled Condominium Projects ...le overlays of statutory and other legal requirements and limitations, as well as the often conflicting rights and concerns of the many stakeholders involved in these projects. This teleconference will be of benefit to professionals dealing with distressed condominium projects by identifying, from each participant's perspective, ways to minimize risk and maximize recovery in a troubled  more...

Well Agreements: Legal Issues and Contract Solutions ...ity for maintenance, repair and operation, costs sharing, limitations on use of water from the well and access. This teleconference will address these and other points that should be included in well sharing agreements. In addition, the teleconference will also explain and provide practical contract solutions for other types of well agreements, such as regional well development agreements,  more...

Conducting Background Checks ...ective tool for weeding out questionable employees, legal limitations on how such checks can be performed (and how the resulting data discovered can be used) must be understood or otherwise an employer will find themselves defending against their own illegal actions. This teleconference will discuss generally the kinds of background checks that can be conducted by employers and will likewise  more...

Final Regulations on Shareholder and S Corporation Debt BenefitsThis teleconference will discuss the IRS' recently issued final regulations which limit the use of open account debt to pass-through S corporation losses to shareholders. Prior to these new regulations, taxpayers avoided recognition of income on the repayment of open account debt with reduced basis because of prior loss pass-throughs. We will discuss how these new regulations limit the use  more...

Good Guy Guaranties: Landlord Tenant Law Update ...lity to obtain reimbursement or damages due to bankruptcy limitations and litigation processes. Good Guy Limited Guaranty obligations provide considerable relief and additional tools for a landlord and owner when the commercial lease goes sour. Good Guy Guaranties speed the space recovery process, help avoid losses of rentals and aid in space remarketing. Additionally, the opportunities for  more...

Asphalt vs. Concrete: Selection and Design Considerations ...f a life cycle cost analysis; construction techniques and limitations; and maintenance and troubleshooting each material. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to review what a designer needs to know about concrete and asphalt. - You will be able to discuss mixtures and production. - You will be able to describe general design principles. - You will be able to explain placement options and  more...

Enforcing Federal Garnishments ...kinds of garnishments under federal law and their use and limitations. It will provide you with a common sense and practical guide for fulfilling the legal requirements imposed by such garnishments, including establishing protocols for the receipt, implementation and termination of garnishments, the proper calculation of the amount to garnish, what to do with garnished funds and how to  more...

Tip Credit and Tip Pooling: FLSA Considerations and Limitations BenefitsMany employees in the service sector are compensated in part by tips rather than wages. This is particularly the case for restaurants and tourist service occupations. Employers are allowed in certain circumstances to claim a tip credit toward satisfying state and federal minimum wage laws. This means that the tips are credited against and thus satisfy a portion of the obligation to pay  more...

Private Foundation Requirements and Restrictions BenefitsMany families and corporations establish private foundations to carry on their personal philanthropy. While private foundations offer significant opportunities for family and corporate philanthropists, there are special federal tax rules that apply. Failure to fully understand these rules can subject the foundations and those involved with them to substantial excise taxes. This  more...

Understanding the Development Approval Process ...development. - You will be able to explain conditions and limitations on development. - You will be able to discuss solutions for existing problems, and answers or safeguards for development. - You will be able to describe the types of permits or approvals required. Attorneys, project managers, engineers, developers, planners, presidents, vice presidents, government officials, owners, real  more...

Understanding the Language of Mold Assessment Reports ...ts. As a group, nonscientists often do not appreciate the limitations inherent to microbial sampling and they often fail to communicate to their clients the inherent uncertainties associated with mold sampling, analysis and the interpretation of laboratory results. The consultant's background and the laboratory's history and experience must always be questioned. If taken to task, would these  more...

What the New Ledbetter Pay Act Means for Employers ...009, effectively changing the landscape of the statute of limitations for equal pay discrimination claims. The act greatly expands the amount of time that employees have to bring claims of discriminatory pay practices, which could have a substantial impact on employers. This teleconference will help the people responsible for handling their organization's compensation practices to understand  more...

Fitness for Duty Psychological Evaluations nThis teleconference will help you make decisions when requesting and evaluating risk and fitness for duty evaluations. You'll hear a discussion of common reasons to refer an employee for a FFDE, information initially needed by the evaluating doctor and how to write appropriate questions for the psychologist or psychiatrist to answer. You will also learn about evaluating doctors' credentials,  more...