Thompson Coburn has posted a complimentary on-demand webinar on the rights and responsibilities of a federal contractor.

The award of a prime government contract or a subcontract flowing from it is often the start of a long and arduous journey, a journey made possible by unfortunately ambiguous, imprecise or contradictory language in the heart of the contract, the firm says on its website.

Over the years, the courts and boards of contract appeals have carved out a well-recognized set of rules to apply to the thorny contract interpretation problems that frequently arrive. Using examples from actual cases, this webinar will explore and explain how such issues are identified and resolved.

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Aronson LLC will present a complimentary webinar designed to provide a basic understanding of the Service Contract Act and the related impact on pricing and compliance risks.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Oct. 8, beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

The Service Contract Act, which outlines various operational requirements for service contracts over $2,500, can be a compliance nightmare for government contractors caught unaware and recent executive orders are adding to the complexity, the firm says on its website.

The webinar’s learning objectives include:

• When does SCA apply?
• Who does SCA cover?
• What is the impact of recent executive orders?
• How does SCA impact pricing?
• What benefits satisfy health and welfare?
• How to stay compliant?

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When negotiating and drafting technology outsourcing contracts and managing the contracts, there are a number of ways that the parties can seek to minimize the risk of conflicts that require litigation.

Mayer Brown has posted the presentation slides from a webinar on this topic.

These potential hot spots include specification of requirements, new service claims, change control, technology transformation plans, deliverable milestones, compliance with service levels, termination and transition assistance, the firm says on its website.

Mayer Brown litigation partner Robert Kriss and Business & Technology Sourcing partner Daniel Masur discuss contract provisions and contract management techniques that address these potential hot spots. They also offer suggestions for avoiding disputes and, when disputes are unavoidable, for prevailing in any resulting litigation.

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Baker Tilly will present a free webinar on how to avoid construction contract claims as a part of the firm’s “Understanding construction contract controls and construction audit best practices” series.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Oct. 8, beginning at noon Central time.

Conflict and disagreements are normal on construction projects, Baker Tilly says on its website. When everyday disagreements escalate into unresolvable issues, claims and disputes may result. This webinar will provide owners an overview of strategies for identifying potential claims scenarios and remedies available to mitigate claims.

The firm says this case study presentation will illustrate to webinar participants: Contract terms protecting the owner, conditions that lead to claims and disputes, and remedies not requiring legal action.

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IBM presents an on-demand webinar that demonstrates how a robust contract management process is a vital part of mitigating risk in the supply chain.

Presenters say the webinar can help managers learn why contract management is an important part of an holistic risk mitigation approach, how to leverage people, processes and technology with contract management to stay ahead of risk in your supply chain, and how IBM solutions classify, monitor and mitigate risk.

Speakers are Barry Ward, Procurement Brand Manager: GBS EMEA, FCIPS, IBM Services and General Procurement, Integrated Supply Chain; and Matthew McGovern, Global Procurement Solutions, IBM Procurement Solutions.

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The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management will present a free webinar on its global training and certification program.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Oct. 15,  beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern time.

On its website, IACCM says the webinar is specifically designed to enable contracting and contract management professionals to raise their skills and knowledge in contracting, as well as attain an increasingly sought after certification.

The demo will include a skills assessment, E-learning modules, quizzes, messages boards and certification.

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Mayer Brown will present a complimentary webinar that will address 10 of the most critical issues currently facing companies that are contracting for services.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Oct. 1, beginning at 11 a.m. Central time.

The 10 issues to be addressed are:

• Negotiating efficiently and effectively
• The challenges in applying traditional dragnet provisions
• Integrating contracts across service providers
• The double-edged sword of short term deals
• Allocating IP rights when outsourcing based on supplier technology
• Securing “big data” rights and services
• Retaining the right to protect your business
• Minimizing risk, cost and surprise on exit
• Governance and follow-through (and follow-through, follow-through, follow-through)
• Resolving disputes while preserving (or even building) the relationship

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Baker Tilly has posted an on-demand webinar on strategies and approaches to participating in and performing continuous monitoring of active construction projects.

The complimentary webinar discusses risky areas of the construction process including change order control, pricing, and scope, as well as progress reporting, project controls, contract accounting, business ethics compliance, document compliance, and design, plan, and specifications compliance.

On its website, Baker Tilly says the goal of the webinar is to learn new ideas to help integrate construction auditing techniques into your audit plan such that they become a routine part of your organization’s control oversight process.

Panelists are Tony Ollmann, Director, Baker Tilly, and Erik Schuchardt, manager.

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Onvia has posted an on-demand webinar designed to provide an in-depth look at the latest trends in state and local cloud solutions and hear expert advice on how to win contracts.

On its website, Onvia says the webinar discusses what the term “cloud” means to agencies and vendors, why cloud is top of mind for government agencies, trends happening in the public sector at all agency levels, the types of vendors winning awards (and you’ll view actual projects and capital improvement plans), expert advice on understanding the cloud procurement process, what you need to know in advance and what the keys to success are, and  how you can win business in the cloud market.

Onvia tracks, analyzes and reports the spending of tens of thousands of federal, state and local government agencies, giving companies a single source for conducting open, intelligent and efficient business with government.

Along with providing an exclusive suite of integrated business tools for a wide variety of industries, Onvia offers DemandStar, the automated system that streamlines agency procurement processes.

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Corporation Service Company will present a free webinar about how legal departments are going paperless, realizing efficiencies and tracking key dates by utilizing a cloud-based solution.

The one-hour webinar will be Tuesday, Sept. 23, beginning at 1 p.m. Central time.

On its website, the company says this complimentary session will cover online security and availability, how to receive, file, organize, search, and track down contracts and associated documents, real-world legal department challenges and best practices they employed, and brief demonstration of CSC’s award-winning Contract Management solution, including how to reduce risk and allow for real-time collaboration within role-based permission sets.

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Meeting Professionals International has posted a free on-demand webinar on contract negotiations involving meeting planning.

On its website, MPI says contract negotiations can be a daunting and somewhat overwhelming process.  This webinar will take you through the common clauses of an event contract in working with meeting facilities as well as things to look out for, clarification on wording, and tips on how to make the entire process something to look forward to instead of fearing.

Objectives in the webinar include advice on how to learn what to ask for within your contract and how to get it through compromise, how to review what is negotiable and the relation to your meeting objectives, and how to review  the top confusing clauses and better understanding of them.

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Merrill DataSite has posted a complimentary white paper titled “Urgent problems requiring contract management solutions: Five key needs to get executive attention.”

The white paper can help you articulate your needs and concerns – and build a business case for a new contract management solution, Merrill says.

Such problems issues often stay below the radar until something pushes them to the forefront and gets the attention of senior management, creating urgency for a better solution.

Merrill says that, if you face any of the following situations, it’s time to make a change:

1. Imminent contract management system phase-out
2. Missed sales and lost revenue
3. Forthcoming audit needs
4. Recent contract errors and/or disasters
5. Impending mergers and/or acquisitions

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DLA Piper offers a free on-demand webinar discussing the relative merits of various contract forms and approaches and discusses what the firm considers to represent best practice in agile contracting.

The firm says on its website that evidence of robust contracting around agile software development projects is still relatively thin on the ground. There are some examples of template contracts, particularly in Scandinavia (Danish K03 and similar examples in Norway and Sweden), but these are as yet little known and little used.

There are also developing hybrid contract forms which mix elements of traditional waterfall with agile contracting to try to balance agility with risk control and certainty, the firm says on its website.

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Crowell & Moring will present a complimentary webinar titled “Federal Contracting Policy By Executive Order: What Does It Mean for Contractors?” The webinar will be Thursday, Sept. 11, beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

Attorneys making the presentation have experience in government contracts, public policy, and employment law will discuss the use of Executive Orders by the Obama Administration and its predecessors, evaluate several recent EOs targeting contractor labor law compliance, including the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order.

On its website, the firm says the panel will also discuss potential new EOs on the horizon, and talk about what, if any, measures contractors and other interested parties can take to influence or challenge the substantive provisions of recent Executive Orders.

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DocuSign and Selectica participated in a webinar on the effective use of contracts to manage increasing amounts of information and unstructured data across business processes including compliance, legal, procurement, and sales.

That webinar is now available for free viewing on-demand.

Presenters explainthe impact of digital on businesses, so participants can understand why and how corporate law, strategic sourcing, procurement, and IT teams collaborate to utilize contract management solutions to address C-level strategic imperatives including regulatory compliance, driving process efficiencies, and accelerating revenue growth.

They also help participants gain insights on industry trends with research via Selectica, DocuSign, Gartner, Forrester Research, and Spend Matters. Presenters also cover how eSignature enables remote approval on mobile devices, lowers costs, and improves the experience for requesters, approvers, and vendors alike.

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International law firm Eversheds offers a free on-demand webinar on the use of contract law in emerging markets during a time of unrest and political upheaval.

On its website, Eversheds says emerging markets hold opportunities but carry greater risk. Those risks include political change, civil unrest/instability, supply chain/contractor issues, sanctions, and an immature/unreliable legal system.

Contract law issues in this environment include the doctrine of frustration and force majeure clauses.

These risks can be minized at the contract drafting stage, the firm says, through investment structuring and proper drafting of contractual provisions.

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The American Society of Retina Specialists will present a webinar on practices to develop a process for continuously evaluating payer contracts in order to ensure maximum reimbursement in Medicare Advantage contract cases.

The webinar will be Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time.

On its website, the Society says that, too commonly, physicians do not have an overall strategy for negotiating contracts in order to obtain the best possible rates for private and Medicare Advantage Plans.

The webinar will address: managing policies that restrict access to physicians’ choice of drugs – prior authorization, etc.; understanding the fee schedule for J codes; how to review IPAs; and how to handle disputes when they arise.

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As a part of its ongoing webinar series “Understanding construction contract controls and construction audit best practices,” Baker Tilly will present a complimentary webinar on the use of testing and verification to help a development team deliver a successful project.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 12 p.m. Central time.

On its website, Baker Tilly says that through a series of case studies, presenters will illustrate effective and ineffective project control scenarios and how to verify that the project controls environment is performing as expected. Webinar participants will learn:

• Project controls fundamentals
• Audit red flags and under-performance indicators
• Audit program elements

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A webinar presented by zlien will discuss how to secure lien rights and guarantee payment in the context of a bankruptcy involving a construction contract. The complimentary webinar will be Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m. Central time.

On its website, zlien says the failure rates in the construction industry are some of the highest anywhere. Because of this, bankruptcies are an all-too-often occurrence. What happens when construction companies’ mechanics lien rights collide with the protections provided by the bankruptcy code?

This webinar will explore these issues and provide some answers to common questions regarding how mechanics liens fare in the face of a bankruptcy filing.

This webinar will cover:

• The “automatic stay” and how it relates to mechanics lien rights
• When a mechanics lien “attaches” for bankruptcy purposes
• Does the time period to enforce a lien get extended during bankruptcy?
• Can a mechanics lien be “stripped” by a bankruptcy filing?

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Bloomberg Government in partnership with the Coalition for Government Procurement offers a free on-demand webinar previewing the structure, scope and competitive landscape on OASIS multiple-award contracts.

On its website, Bloomberg says that in late May, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the final awardees on their long-awaited OASIS multiple-award contracts (MACs), expected to become the largest professional services program in the federal government. OASIS offers opportunities worth $60 billion in task orders during the next decade, but with significant uncertainty in the market where do we go from here?

Topics include:

• The structure of OASIS and its relation to other contract vehicles
• The type of work that is likely to shift towards OASIS
• Analysis of awardees and a preview of the competitive landscape
• Prospects for small businesses
• A preview of the top agencies that are likely to use OASIS

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