CLE Audio Conferences

Avoiding Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege

This live audio conference will cover challenges faced in maintaining the attorney-client privilege including threshold issues, inadvertent disclosure or waiver, business vs. legal advice, professional advisors outside the privilege, and experts and consultants.
 
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Current Developments of Economic Nexus Standards in State Taxation

A 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 long-standing rule and held in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota that nexus, for use tax collection purposes, requires some form of physical...

Construction Estimating

This live audio conference is intended to provide you with best practices to estimate costs and produce bids for successful and profitable construction projects. Topics include: selecting which packages to bid, methods of cost estimating, where bid estimate information comes from, how bids are assembled,...

Family Responsibility Discrimination Law: Family Friendly Employer or Litigation Target?

Family responsibilities discrimination against employees because of their family caregiving responsibilities is becoming a major issue for employers. Employers have been the subject of increasing but not well understood claims based on FRD claims. These claims have been pursued under a variety of both...

Payroll Overpayment Challenges: Legal and Practical Implications

Errors happen, but when they happen in payroll and employees are overpaid it is a mine field to understand how much can be deducted from employees future pay. Federal and state laws need to be considered as well as the type of overpayment can determine how the money is paid back. This live audio conference...

Current Issues in Cell Tower Leases and Lease Buyouts

The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones®, iPads®, Droids and the like strain existing network capacity. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed...

Understanding the Basics of Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Terminology

The current economic environment makes bankruptcy a particularly timely and relevant topic. Whether you are forced to deal with bankruptcy issues as a debtor, secured or unsecured creditor, lessor or lessee, or investor looking for distressed-asset opportunities, this live audio conference will give...

Daubert Motions: Challenging Expert Opinions

Daubert is the standard for the admissibility of expert testimony, so it plays an especially critical role in many cases. Although it is has been around since 1993, its application is sometimes inconsistent and uncertain, and its status has been challenged lately. The aim of the presentation is to:...

IRC Section 105(h) Testing and Design Alternatives 2013

Health and welfare benefits provide employers with a tax effective way to attract and retain valuable workers, but the Internal Revenue Code and now the Affordable Care Act limits employer’s ability to select the employees or employee groups that receive health benefits. This live audio conference will...

Coordinating Emergency Response When Disaster Strikes

Despite over 50 years of emergency management experience, many jurisdictions are still unsure if their plans are adequate to deal with disaster. This is largely a result of focusing on the development of plans that address various phases of response rather building overall organizational resilience....