Patrick Stakenas of Selectica and Lloyd Alexander of Seal presented a live webinar to hundreds of General Counsel, Procurement, HR, IT and Sales professionals, and that webinar is available now on-demand.

The webinar is aimed at contract management professionals involved in management strategy and processes.

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is a proven and systematic approach for managing your contracts, Selectica says on its website. The company believes there are nine stages of contracts from contract request to renewal. The net-net of all this is to manage risks and revenue opportunities associated with many contracts in your enterprise.

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Equifax Workforce Solutions will present a free webinar about the challenges that come up in managing the Form I-9 process for remote new hires as well as 2015 trends in worksite enforcement.

The webinar will be Thursday, Feb. 12, at 12 p.m. Central time.

Montserrat Miller, a partner at Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP will discuss I-9 challenges for remote hires and also provide her forecast for 2015 trends in immigration issues that affect employers and their compliance with the Form I-9 and E-Verify requirements.

Miller will be joined by Chad Whittenberg, Senior Director of Product Management for I-9 & E-Verify, for a discussion about best practices in managing the remote I-9 process.

Topics:
–Remote hires – completion of the Form I-9, physical inspection of the documents presented by new hires and employees and tips for improving compliance during the hiring process
–High risk areas of the I-9 process for authorized representatives with little experience
–States’ issuance of driver’s licenses to undocumented residents and implications for the Form I-9
–Issues that can come up during the E-Verify process due to employees’ use of MyE-Verify
–Developments related to the President’s executive action on immigration and what it means for the workforce and I-9 compliance
–Status of immigration reform on Capitol Hill; and 2015 trends in Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance.

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A free on-demand webinar sponsored by NEC Energy Solutions discusses various applications for energy storage on the grid and how they can be used to help grid operators, generators, or utility companies meet the challenges of ensuring reliability and increasing the efficiency of existing resources or infrastructure.

Actual real world case studies describe how these grid storage solutions were configured from standard modular building blocks and deployed to solve challenges for their owners. The webinar covers the application modelling and configuration process, the installation and commissioning, as well as actual results from select cases.

NEC presenters are Roger Lin, Director, Product Marketing, and Rhys Foster, Senior Sales Engineer.

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National Council on Compensation Insurance offers a free on-demand webinar exploring the workers compensation implications of the fracking industry, as well as federal and state legislative and regulatory issues.

On its website, NCCI says oil and gas issues, especially hydraulic fracturing (fracking), have been receiving increased attention in the legislatures and media. Fracking is the process of enabling the extraction of natural gas from shale deep below ground.

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SilkRoad has posted a free on-demand webinar offering a look into the strategic practices of more than 300 HR professionals as told by their responses to SilkRoad’s recent Strategic HR Survey.

The webinar covers topics such as:

• Do your HR strategies align with company goals?

• How do you measure the effectiveness of human resources on the organization’s bottom-line?

• Are you meeting with top-level executives to establish guidelines for HR planning?

• Have you aligned workforce plans with individual departmental goals?

• How frequently do you measure and benchmark HR initiatives?

• Are you developing a reactive or strategic HR practice?

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A free on-demand webinar presented by Platts looks at some of the reasons for sharp fall in crude oil prices and discusses how markets might evolve in 2015 as key participants react.

Crude oil prices have fallen by 25 percent in months, waking a sleeping giant in OPEC and presenting the first credible existential threat to U.S. tight oil production since the revolutionary technology burst onto the scene in 2010, Platts says on its website.

In the webinar, Platts editors Dave Ernsberger and Beth Evans, discuss:

• Why have prices fallen so steeply in recent months?
• What steps might OPEC take next, and how effective can it be?
• Is US tight oil production under threat?

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CPEhr presents a complimentary on-demand webinar on human resources outsourcing, one of fastest growing sectors of the outsourcing industry.

From Obamacare and Workers’ Compensation, to harassment, discrimination and fair-pay regulations, the volume of employment-related laws has skyrocketed in the past 20 years, the firm says on its website. Small employers with little or no spare resources to focus on these matters are understandably overwhelmed.

This 60 minute webinar discusses the challenges facing employers in today’s economy, and how outsourcing various human resource functions can significantly help alleviate those challenges.

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Exari presents a free on-demand webinar discussing how document automation can alleviate the burden of creating HR documents.

The webinar also includes a demonstration of Exari’s Document Assembly and Contract Management products from an HR perspective.

Topics include how document automation can transform HR, if automation is right for your organization, and the most common types of HR documents to automate.

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Corridor Company presents a free on-demand webinar aimed at anyone ready to issue a request for proposal, as well as those just starting the process.

Presenter Russ Edelman discusses RFP readiness (understanding product landscape as well as your own requirements and current practices), outreach strategies, down-select criteria, and the use of evaluation tools such as a functional comparison matrix, use cases, and implementation scenarios.

The webinar also answe4rs questions regarding the proper scope or timeframe for an RFP in the contract management space.

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Hulsey Calhoun P.C. will present “GoPro’s IPO Stock and Apple’s Camera Patents: Legal & Business Reactions and Responses When A Tech Market Shift Happens” in both live format and as a webinar.

The free live event will be Thursday, Jan. 29, at the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin, 2815 San Gabriel, Austin, Texas from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants may opt for an online webinar at the same time.

The firm explains that after a successful 2014 IPO and strong showing at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, GoPro shares dropped 12% on Jan. 13 when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a cache of competing camera patents to Apple. One of these newly issued Apple patents discloses a wearable camera that could compete with GoPro’s high-definition cameras.

The event will cover:

• GoPro’s products, the exciting 2014 IPO presentation, and the impact on the consumer electronics industry;

• How Apple’s camera patents may pose challenges for GoPro’s technological advancement and the financial relationship between GoPro’s technology and stock valuation;

• Possible legal actions open to both Apple and GoPro, stock value reactions, and strategic responses relevant to sudden and unexpected shifts in technology leadership; and

• What company executives and technology leaders can do to limit permanent business damage as a result of technology shifts affecting market perceptions.

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ABB presents a free on-demand webinar on the possiblity for a new utility business model in the regulated utility business.

The traditional regulated utility business model is under siege. Demand growth is on the decline at the same time costs, customer expectations and regulatory scrutiny are increasing. Reliability has always been the prime directive of the power industry.

Now a confluence of changes in technology, regulation and public policy have produced a mortal threat to the traditional cost-of-service model that has sustained the industry for more than a century.

The webinar features Stephen Whitley, President & Chief Executive Officer of the New York ISO.

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Coreworx has posted a free on-demand introduction to unconventional oil and gas projects, along with a white paper titled “Effective Project Information Control in Unconventional Oil & Gas Projects.”

Shale oil and gas projects have similar project information management challenges to those of Oil Sands Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) projects, Coreworx says on its website. Both face environments of evolving technology, constant change and significant regulatory oversight.

Dawn Fiander-McCann, Industry Consultant at Coreworx Inc., highlights five lessons learned from the Alberta Oil Sands and how they can be applied to current Shale Oil & Gas projects.

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K&L Gates will present a webinar discussing Fair Labor Standards Act compliance and highlighting common violations found in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement initiative in the Marcellus Shale, which involved back wage payments of nearly $4.5 million for oil and gas workers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The one-hour webinar will be Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time.

On its website, the firm says K&L Gates lawyers Amy L. Groff and Michael A. Pavlick will provide an overview of how employers in the oil and gas industry can comply with Fair Labor Standards Act requirements and avoid common wage and hour violations.

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Aruvio has posted a free on-demand webinar on managing spreadsheet risk and enforcing spreadsheet policies at all enterprise levels.

On its website, Aruvio says data and information captured on spreadsheets may be the most critical components for running any business. At the enterprise level, the overwhelming volume of existing spreadsheets and documented data creates incredible risk for displacement, loss or improper modification. Managing this spreadsheet risk and enforcing spreadsheet policies at all enterprise levels is crucial for achieving successful Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). How do you know whether you are truly reducing your enterprise’s spreadsheet risk?

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McDonald Hopkins presents a complimentary on-demand webinar giving advice on the proper steps to take when an employer terminates a worker’s employment.

Faced with aggressive governmental agencies and increasingly knowledgeable employees, employers must be prepared with effective offensive and defensive strategies for addressing employment-related issues, the firm says on its website.

The webinar covers such topics as insufficient and/or inaccurate investigations and documentation, not recognizing when severance is an option, failing to properly handle reductions in force, and proper exiting procedures.

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Imperative Information Group has prepared a free on-demand webinar designed to walk employers through the process of preparing a background screening policy that helps ensure a safe and productive workforce while staying out of regulators’ and plaintiffs’ attorneys’ crosshairs.

The presentation covers such topics as the legal and safety reasons employers conduct thorough background checks, employers’ responsibilities under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, considerations in developing a background check and due diligence policy,Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its application to background checks, and state-specific laws governing background checks.Watch the on-demand webinar.

Practical Law and Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP present a free on-demand webinar focusing on common supply contract negotiating and drafting errors and challenges, steps to avoid disputes, and if a dispute arises, how to best position your client in the dispute resolution process.

On its website, Practical Law says its attendees can expect to discover when and why supply contracts should be used (or not used), how to win the battle of the forms, how to avoid issues that arise from the use of email in the process, and much more.

Free registration is required to see the recorded webinar.

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DTI Marketing presents a complimentary on-demand webinar offering insights on controlling eDiscovery costs and risks.

DTI says the webinar features a powerhouse panel of in-house legal executives from Walmart, Swiss Re, Travelers and Credit Suisse.

Discussion topics include:

– Optimizing internal eDiscovery protocols and educating law firms about them

– Tracking costs to gather accurate historical data

– Using historical data to better predict costs and negotiate fees

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Compliancy Group will present a complimentary webinar discussing the difficulty of reaching full compliance with HIPAA.

The webinar will be Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 2-3:30 p.m. CST.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers presents a free on-demand webinar on small modular reactors could be built in factories and shipped to wherever reliable low-emission electricity is needed.

The U.S. has nearly 100 nuclear reactors, and they are all big – and have a large capital cost, says the ASME on its website. But a new concept in nuclear power could make it easier to build and finance new reactors. Small modular reactors could be built and shipped  for less cost than conventional large nuclear plants.

Jose N. Reyes, Chief Technology Officer at NuScale Power, and Paul Murphy, special counsel at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, discuss the technological, economic and regulatory promises and challenges regarding small nuclear reactors.

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