Rule Telephone Seminars

Cell Tower Zoning: Overview and Current Issues ...tower zoning statute, including the FCC's 2009 shot clock rule setting 90/150 day deadlines to act on zoning applications, the pending FCC Notice of Inquiry on cell tower zoning, the major federal zoning cases involving cellular towers and practice pointers on how municipalities can successfully handle cell tower zoning cases. You will gain a useful understanding regarding wireless  more...

HIPAA Security Compliance Challenges after the HITECH Act ...inds of entities are now covered under the HIPAA Security Rule, and find out how the rules have changed and will continue to change. You will hear the questions you are likely to be asked in a HIPAA security compliance audit, and learn how to go about developing and implementing your compliance plan. Discover how information flow analysis and risk analysis can make sense of your compliance  more...

Protecting Attorney Work Product in Communications With Experts Under the Amended Federal Rules ...tsIn December 2010, sweeping changes were made to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, including the rules regarding expert discovery, in an effort to avoid unnecessary discovery disputes and litigation practices that waste significant costs. Learn how the new rules are being applied in practice, and the significant impact they have on discovery into communications between lawyers and experts  more...

Key Legal and Practical Considerations When Forming an ACO: Seizing the Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Qual ...Rule governing ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) provides the industry with an improved outlook of the potential success that may be achieved, but also a daunting list of challenges to be met in order to seize the opportunities. This live audio conference will walk you through the legal, regulatory, policy, and practical challenges and solutions along the road to  more...

Satisfying OFCCP's Internet Applicant Rules ...rocess for monitoring adherence to the Internet Applicant Rule. This live audio conference will review the continuously developing OFCCP guidance and provide you with a greater understanding of what is included in the definition of Internet and related technologies, who is an applicant, what records must be kept, the role of recruiters, managing data and what parameters an employer can  more...

Understanding and Complying With Disclosures Under Rule 26(A) ...nd courts alike. You will learn about the amended federal rules relating to electronic discovery and recent case law interpreting these rules. This live audio conference will also discuss benchmarking data that assesses how companies can cope with amended federal rules' requirements and offer practical suggestions for integrating records management and legal hold practices to improve  more...

IPPS Final Rule BenefitsThe Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) was implemented in 1983 replacing a cost-based reimbursement methodology in an effort to better control the costs of providing care to the Medicare inpatient and to incentivize hospitals to better manage utilization. As time has passed CMS has modified the program to better recognize severity of illness AND to reduce payments to hospitals for  more...

California E-Discovery Rules: Still in Their Infancy ...the Judicial Council followed suit by amending California Rule of Court 3.724 to require early meet and confer as to e-discovery issues. The rules, which largely track current federal provisions, took effect immediately and brought California in line with the growing number of states adopting specific regulations for modern civil litigation's critical arena of electronically stored  more...

New Rule 502: Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Limitations on Waiver ... 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 regarding disclosure. This teleconference will discuss the elements of the  more...

Economic Nexus Standards in State Taxation ... 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. In today's economy, however, states are continuing to push nexus limits farther than ever before and have begun to reach beyond traditional notions of nexus by relying on economic connections to create nexus. Is merely  more...

Trust Situs and State Taxation: Practical Planning Implications ...ght of state fiscal issues. Trusts are no exceptions. The rules under which a state can tax a trust are complex and changing in more aggressive ways. How can a state tax a trust? What planning steps can be taken? What must you understand when preparing tax returns? Each rule and planning step also has many significant implications with regards to other aspects of trust planning that you need to  more...

Ohio Prompt Payment Act Update ...mpt Payment Act. - You will be able to explain the 10-day rule. - You will be able to identify the requirements that are critical to protecting project profitability. - You will be able to define your rights under Ohio's Prompt Payment Act. This teleconference is designed for presidents, vice presidents, construction managers, project managers, architects, engineers, contractors,  more...

Risk-Based Pricing Regulation Update: Are You Ready for the Upcoming Compliance Deadline? ...Rule is effective January 1, 2011, and requires all lenders to provide a specific notice to a consumer when the lender sets or adjusts the price and other terms of credit provided to the consumer based on the consumer's credit report. In this teleconference, you will learn the various strategies for compliance, including the special exceptions for auto lending, mortgage lenders, instant retail  more...

Asperger's Syndrome, NVLD and High Functioning Autism: Diagnosis, Treatment Considerations and Controversies ...nd what improper treatment can cause. Co-morbidity is the rule, not the exception. We will discuss educational needs and why a 504 or IEP is often crucial for a child's success. This teleconference will also address the different qualifications for services through regional centers in California and their sister organizations throughout the country. Learning Objectives - You will be able to  more...

EPA's Rules on Compensatory Mitigation for Impact on Wetlands, Streams and Other Waters ...fitsIn 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adopted new rules that dramatically changed its approach to mitigation under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which regulates fill in wetlands and other waters of the United States. The new rules adopt a mitigation hierarchy that moves away from the prior preference for on-site, in-kind mitigation in favor of mitigation banks and watershed-based  more...

The FLSA Comp Time Controversy ...ence will eliminate any confusion on this topic. The old rule for comp time was that the employee had the right to use accrued compensatory time as the employee saw fit subject only to the limited right of the employer to deny an unduly disruptive request. However, recent court decisions have restricted the ability of the employees to control when they use compensatory time off. Highlights of  more...

Appealing Standards: Determining the Applicable Standard of Review BenefitsThis teleconference is designed to help you with your two most important jobs: prediction (telling clients what appellate courts are likely to do with a given case) and persuasion (getting the appellate courts to do it). The two most common mistakes in appellate advocacy are (1) taking the standards at face value, uncritically assuming that they mean what they say and that the court will  more...

FASB Statement 157 - Fair Value Update on Corporate Asset Valuation ...7 (ASC 820) has been challenging for many companies - the rule aims to make it easier to communicate value to shareholders. This teleconference will provide an overview of FAS 157 (ASC 820) guidelines, including the definition of fair value, defensive value, and the three-tier hierarchy. We will discuss measurement assumptions, disclosure requirements, and summarize the key differences in this  more...

Impact of Confidentiality Rules in Bankruptcy Proceedings BenefitsDistressed companies struggle to protect their proprietary and strategic information against the assumption that a bankrupt's financial affairs are public. Since 2005, creditor committees have similarly confronted their statutory obligation to share information with creditors with their practical duties in working through a Chapter 11. This teleconference will provide both a relevant  more...

Understanding the New GFE and HUD-1/1A Settlement Statements ...oan origination forms and procedures to comply with a new rule recently adopted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. /strong The new rule dramatically changes both the Good Faith Estimate and the HUD-1 and HUD-1A Uniform Settlement Statements required by the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and creates significant new responsibilities and potential liabilities  more...

Making Revisions to Closed Medical Records ...ronic records and revisions, including the HIPAA Security Rule and recent amendments in the 2009 stimulus package, regional health information organizations, and other health information communication and storage portals. Medical records directors, health information directors, coders, business managers, office managers, nurses, hospital administrators, billing managers, social workers,  more...

Current Issues in Attributional and Agency Nexus ... 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 indirectly through relationships with third-parties in the taxing state. In today's economy, states are pushing nexus limits  more...

Climate Change and Federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules ...ber 30, 2009, EPA published the Greenhouse Gasa Reporting Rule, which required approximately 10,000 facilities in a broad range of industrial and manufacturing sectors to begin monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions. The rule is intended to inform EPA policy decisions, including possible new source performance standards for GHGs under the Clean Air Act. This teleconference helps  more...

Your Organization's Obligations Under the FTC's Red Flags Rule: A Comprehensive Overview ...tsThe Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft Red Flags Rule is set to go into effect on June 1, 2010. Yet, uncertainty remains as to which organizations are subject to the rule and what it takes to comply with the rule's requirements. Compliance is further complicated by the rule's nonprescriptive nature. Rather than tell organizations subject to the rule what they must include in their  more...

Scope, Extent and Effect of EPA's New "All Appropriate Inquiry Standard" for Environmental Due Diligence ...econference will explain who is affected by the EPA final rule, when all appropriate inquiries must be conducted or updated, and what specific activities the final rule requires. You will hear from one of the leading experts on CERCLA, brownfields and lender liability on the EPA's all appropriate inquiries final rule. Learning Objectives - You will be able to define all appropriate inquiry and  more...

Understanding the New Penalties for Tax Preparers ...oader. In addition, there are various other penalties and rules of conduct you must be aware of and new guidance has been issued in several of these areas in the past year. It is imperative that you understand these penalties and have systems in place to prevent them from being imposed. This teleconference will focus on the preparer penalty, how and when it applies, how the IRS assesses it and  more...

New Rules and Formats for International ACH Transactions ...hat all international transactions comply with the travel rule which includes all sorts of information not currently carried in domestic ACH entries. To comply with this regulation, the NACHA and its members designed and developed a new format along with the rules to support it that enables international transactions to flow through the ACH network. This teleconference will explain the why the  more...

Introduction to New ICD-10 Coding: Preparing for Implementation ...Department of Health and Human Services published a Final Rule for the adoption of ICD-10 effective October 1, 2013. While this seems like a significant time period in order to get ready, there is a tremendous amount of preparation required. This teleconference is designed to help you understand all the ways in which the transition to ICD-10 will affect your organization. It will begin with a  more...

AIA Document A312 Payment Bond Forms ...onds without modification because of the so-called 45-Day Rule. This teleconference is designed to help personnel responsible for obtaining bonds and administering contracts avoid the pitfalls presented by use of the A312 bond form and to modify the bonds in a way that will meet their business objectives. Particular attention will be paid to the 45-Day Rule modifications approved by the AIA and  more...

Multiplaintiff Settlement Negotiations ...iffs' counsel increasingly are relying on the benefits of Rule 23 certification to bring their wage and hour claims under applicable state wage and hour laws, bypassing the more restrictive FLSA collective action "opt-in" process. Where courts have shown reluctance to certify Rule 23 classes under discrimination laws, plaintiffs' counsel simply bring multiplaintiff cases naming long lists of  more...

State Income Tax Apportionment-The Sales Factor and The Throwback Rule Benefits This teleconference will provide an in-depth analysis of the sales factor used in state and local income tax apportionment. You'll learn all about the sourcing of sales of tangible personal property and services, including the dock sales test and market-based sourcing. Find out what you need to know about the throwback rule and the throw-out rule. Get expert advice on handling issues  more...