Standard Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Appealing Standards: Determining the Applicable Standard of Review ... 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 apply them as they are written and (2) treating the standards as mere verbal formulas that have neither intrinsic substantive meaning nor independent persuasive force. This teleconference will help you avoid these errors by exploring what  more...

Avoiding the Pitfalls of GMP Contracting ...es under other contracts; and how you need to change your standard subcontracts when you are working on a GMP project - are subcontractors really bound to the prime as the prime is bound to the owner? Learning Objectives - You will be able to explain the differences between GMP contracts and other contracts. - You will be able to describe the four phases of work that are typical when working  more...

Common Pitfalls of Certificates of Insurance ... not policies of insurance. Disclaimers recently added to standard certificates of insurance are causing confusion and open the door to assuming unexpected risk. This teleconference will walk through why certificates of insurance are used, what are standard ACORD certificates, modifications of ACORD certificates, differences between certificates of insurance and insurance binders, as well as  more...

AIA Contracts: The Owner-General Contractor Agreement ...hout any changes and many others have developed their own standard set of revisions to the forms. However they are used, an understanding of the AIA forms and how they allocate risk is essential for anyone negotiating, drafting, interpreting, arbitrating or litigating construction contracts based on the AIA format. This 90-minute teleconference is designed to survey two principal AIA forms,  more...

Use of Terms and Conditions in Purchasing Contracts ...s seek to reduce transaction costs by doing business with standardized business forms, the old 10-point, double-column terms and conditions provisions have taken on new importance for purchasing professionals. This teleconference is going to expose that what is hidden in that microscopic text are not only acronyms that can be legally determinative if a controversy develops, but also a host of  more...

Statutory Research and Legislative History for Paralegals ...sing these unique secondary materials in conjunction with standard rules of statutory construction. This teleconference will explore the methods to research statutes and codes, explain the various documents used by Congress and the states in considering and passing statutes, identify the significance of these documents in creating an argument for interpreting statutory language and examine the  more...

Terminating a Construction Contract: Legal Issues and Considerations BenefitsAn unstable economy causes owners and contractors to increasingly consider the last resort of terminating their construction contracts. It is important to fully appreciate and understand the law governing termination in order to avoid causing even more economic damage. This teleconference will provide the basic concepts of termination and will provide some examples of the right and wrong  more...

How Letters of Credit Work and Why Sometimes They Don't BenefitsThis teleconference will walk you through the steps in the life of a letter of credit, identifying pitfalls along the way. The teleconference will review and illustrate fundamental principles using real-life examples. Our presenter will explain how these principles apply to both commercial and standby letters of credit and how these two types differ. In particular, you'll learn why letters  more...

Collection Techniques for Landlords ...n mind, this teleconference is designed to take a look at standard collection techniques and discuss why they may not be effective as they historically have been, to identify alternate collection techniques for you to utilize with respect to both current and future tenants, and to discuss bankruptcy-related considerations you should keep in mind when attempting to collect from your tenants.  more...

Understanding the New Penalties for Tax Preparers ...made to the preparer penalty of IRC §6694 since 2007. The standard of care needed to avoid the penalty has been raised, the penalty is greater and the reach of the penalty is broader. 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  more...

Brownfield Redevelopment and LEED. in 2009 - What Happens When You Mix Green and Brown? ...gram for neighborhood development is being finalized as a standard in 2009. n nThis teleconference is based on publicly available information concerning the LEED® rating and certification system, and is not specifically endorsed or approved by the U.S. Green Building Council. n nLearning Objectives: n- You will be able to breakdown the benefits and synergies when developers, architects,  more...

Understanding Warranties and Guarantees in the Standard AIA Contract nUnderstanding the interplay 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 teleconference 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  more...

Preparing for the International Financial Reporting Standard ...developing a single set of high-quality global accounting standards. n nBoth of these events represent progress toward the adoption of IFRS in the United States. PricewaterhouseCoopers continues to believe that the move to IFRS in the United States is inevitable and is in the best interests of investors and companies. Given the strategic and business issues related to conversion, as well as  more...

Payment Fraud ...onic payment fraud. This teleconference is presented in a standard format covering the history of e-commerce fraud, consumer fraud, merchant fraud, fraudster motivation, fraud trends, identity verification and phishing. You can expect to be able to answer four basic questions after attending the session: for electronic payments, be able to define the differences and priority for managing fraud,  more...

Key Provisions of Two New EJCDC Contract Documents nThe EJCDC documents are widely used in the construction industry for design and construction of public and private infrastructure projects, including bridge, highway and other transportation projects, water and wastewater treatment facilities, utilities, processing facilities, pipelines, landfills, and other engineer-designed facilities. This teleconference will provide a focused discussion of  more...

Purchasing Contract Disputes ...tes that you can't avoid. You'll gain an understanding of standard contract provisions and processes used by Fortune 500 companies to constructively address the typical disputes that arise in any business relationship. You will also learn about the process of moving from negotiation of business disputes to maintaining and successfully asserting your legal remedies under a purchasing contract.  more...

Best Practices in Purchasing Software ... license forms, you begin to understand that there are no standard terms and conditions for licensing software - each deal is unique. This teleconference will help the person responsible for evaluating, purchasing and maintaining enterprise-wide software applications understand current best practices in licensing software and how to apply these best practices in everyday negotiations with  more...

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project - How and Why It Affects Your Business ...ory, it would effectively eliminate the physical presence standard established in Quill. Therefore, under an economic nexus standard, taxpayers would be required to collect sales tax on all sales, regardless of whether they are physically present in a state. This could lead to a substantial confusion for taxpayers and tax jurisdictions. The SSTP represents the most comprehensive attempt at  more...

Writing the Critical Teacher Evaluation nThe act of teaching is what finally determines the success or failure of the school. To that end, a well-developed and wisely used evaluation system is the most important tool of school administration. Teacher associations will (appropriately) protect memberships from evaluations that are poorly constructed or poorly delivered. Teacher associations also understand the importance of working with  more...

Compliance With the PCI/CISP Credit Card Security Standards ...Standard is now in its third year of existence and iteration. Derived from the original VISA Cardholder Information Security Program and MasterCard Site Data Protection program, PCI-DSS's now 245 distinct requirements have troubled merchants and financial institutions alike for years. This teleconference will help you understand how PCI-DSS applies to your organization and will provide  more...

Liability Issues for Design Professionals ...These issues range from the more traditional ones such as standard of care, indemnity, and ownership and use of documents to the more recent issues such as electronic media, building information modeling and limitation of liability. The effect on the design profession of these issues is even more complex now because of the release of the 2007 AIA documents. Register for this teleconference and  more...

AIA and ConsensusDOCS Contract Documents: Comparison and Contrast ...nvolved in the construction contracting process encounter standard form contract documents. Two of the principal sources of such standard form construction contract documents have both recently issued the 2007 editions of their respective families of contract forms. The long established family of documents published by the American Institute of Architects has been substantially revised. The new  more...