Sally Hughes, Vice President, Europe, for the IACCM

The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) will conduct a free “ask the expert” webinar on preventing and dealing with under-performing contracts.

The webinar will be Thursday, March 5, at 11 a.m. Eastern time (4 p.m. in London and 12 a.m in Singapore).

“Your contracts are core business assets, but unless you tackle the common sources of erosion, they are leaking value every day,” IACCM says on its website. “On average, companies could be generating over 9 percent improvement to their bottom line if they tackled the issues that commonly undermine contract performance.

“Contracting is of course just one element of commercial excellence – but quite a significant element when it comes to financial results.  In this webinar we will look at the ten pitfalls in the contracting process which are most likely to be costing your organization money and damaging the quality of your supplier relationships.”

The webinar presenter will be Sally Hughes, Vice President, Europe for the IACCM. She supports the IACCM global team in the pursuit of both the recognition of and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management.

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Merrill Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled services for the financial, legal, health care and other corporate markets, will host a 1-hour CLE (California credit only) webinar “Technology Translation Solutions for Large Volume Non-English eDiscovery Matters.”

Jay Rosen, Merrill Brink International’s vice president of language solutions, will speak about the best practices on how to proactively engage an LSP, and utilize front end translation tools such as Early Language Assessment to save money, increase efficiency that in-house and outside counsels can leverage language solutions and eDiscovery expertise to better manage the end client’s matter.

Rosen leads Merrill Brink International’s FCPA practice on the West Coast. He assists global Fortune 500 corporations and AmLaw 200 law firms in conducting multilingual and foreign language-based due diligence and document review.

The free CLE webinar will take place on Friday, February 27, 2015 at 12:00pm PST. The event is open to the public.

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EDRM will present a complimentary webinar discussing the nuts and bolts of cloud E-Discovery with practical examples and demonstrations.

The webinar will be Wednesday, March 4, beginning at 1 p.m. Central time.

Digital data has moved and is continuing to move to the cloud, EDRM says on its website: “Individuals, businesses, and corporations find cloud sourcing to be a compelling value proposition. How can counsel manage not only traditional office documents now created, hosted and shared in the cloud but social media and social communications. Google has not integrated social messaging and video messaging into its basic suite of business productions. How can this digital information be requested, delivered and analyzed? The questions for E-Discovery are how can information be easily harvested from cloud locations and reviewed seamlessly.”

Speakers will be:
* Ian Campbell, President & CEO, iCONECT Development, LLC
* Jason A. Pill, Associate, Phelps Dunbar LLP
* Andrew Wilson, CEO, Logikcull

Moderators will be:
* George Socha, Co-Founder, EDRM
* Tom Gelbmann, Co-Founder, EDRM

The webinar is sponsored by Zapproved.

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The Compliancy Group will present a free webinar demonstrating the Guard HIPAA Compliance Tracking Solution, which allows you to self audit your organization, simplifying HIPAA Compliance.

The 90-minute event will be Tuesday, March 10, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

“You can achieve illustrate and maintain compliance in one cost effective solution,” the Compliancy Group says on its website. “The Guard’s total solution will identify your gaps, provide remediation plans and includes policy, procedures, training, incident and Business Associate management.”

Bob Grant, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of The Compliancy Group, will conduct the demonstration. He will be taking questions from the audience on all aspects of HIPAA Compliance.

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A free on-demand webinar posted by Baker Tilly discusses the finer points of dealing with change orders in construction projects.

The webinar helps participants learn how to identify change orders, learn how to decompose a change order, determine the underlying change order driver, understand the risk associated with different types of change orders, and develop strategies for auditing change orders and managing construction professionals.

The presenter is Tony Ollmann, CPA, CCA, Director, Baker Tilly.

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The KPMG Global Energy Institute presents an on-demand webcast focusing on utility companies’ approach to establishing a thriving business in a changing and uncertain environment.

The agenda topics include: key forces of change facing utilities, the need for agility, and distributed generation.

Speakers include Todd Durocher, Managing Director, Technology Enablement Solutions, KPMG LLP (U.S.); John Kunasek, Partner, National Sector Leader ENR, KPMG LLP, (U.S.); and Andy Steinhubl, Principal, Strategy Lead ENR, KPMG LLP (U.S.).

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In a 60-minute webinar, Latham & Watkins presents an overview of merger and acquisition transactions in the energy industry during 2014 and emerging themes for 2015.

Latham & Watkins Houston partners Sean Wheeler and Ryan Maierson are the presenters.

The event covers the market overview and energy’s role within the M&A space, energy M&A transaction trends, and case studies of select energy M&A transactions

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Penn State Extension presents a free on-demand webinar aimed at answering the question: What happens to the water after the fracking process?

Some flows back to the surface and some of this flowback is treated locally and some is transported for injection into deep disposal wells. The program will describe the procedure and explain the physics of the movement of the liquids involved.

Lead presenter is Dr. Terry Engelder, Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University.

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Imperative Information Group offers a complimentary on-demand webinar on issues that employers should also consider when deciding how to manage their official social media presence and respond to employees’ social media activities.

On its website, the company says social media offers useful tools for employers to build communities and attract talent.  It can also help to engage employees if used correctly.  However, there are public relations, equal employment opportunity, and National Labor Relations Act issues that employers should also consider when deciding how to manage their official social media presence and respond to employees’ social media activities.

The webinar covers a number of social media issues that may arise throughout the employee life cycle and discuss ways to plan for them.

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When hydrofracturing of a shale-gas well occurs, millions of gallons of water is injected deep underground at high pressure. Normally, only a fourth to a fifth of that volume flows back above ground. Where does the rest of it go?

That’s the topic of a free, Web-based seminar offered by Penn State Extension‘s Marcellus Education Team, now available on-demand.

The webinar, “The Fracking-Water Nexus: Issues Encountered by Industry,” features Terry Engelder, Penn State professor of geosciences and a leading authority on the shale-gas play. He discusses research on residual treatment water in shale-gas development and production.

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Gordon & Rees presents a free on-demand webinar on the nationwide trends and hot topics in prevailing wage and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) claims; best practices for compliance; and practical strategies to reduce risks.

Government contractors often face unique employment issues, especially in the areas of wage and hour and safety. Things become more complicated with overlapping spheres of regulatory control on the local, state, and federal level, the firm says on its website.

The firm’s labor and employment attorneys provided a roundtable discussion on the nationwide trends and hot topics in prevailing wage and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) claims; best practices for compliance; and practical strategies to reduce risks.

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Icertis Inc. and the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management present a free on-demand webinar  on the impact of collaboration on the effectiveness of contracting.

“Today, there is a significant focus on improving the quality and availability of information for managing contracts. IACCM research shows that the level of collaboration [internal and external] and visibility has a direct impact on the effectiveness of contracting, especially when things go wrong,” Icertis says on its website. “Addressing these organizational concerns, automation systems are increasingly providing analytics and collaboration functionalities that result in enhanced risk management capability versus being driven by terms and condition compliance.”

This webinar explores these characteristics and the extent to which an improved and holistic view of contract information can contribute to proactive compliance management and effective contract risk reduction.

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Emergency plans for natural disasters are not enough – businesses need to plan specifically for illness, says Allied Barton Security Services in a free on-demand webinar.

To reduce the impact of a viral outbreak on your business, it is important for organizations to begin continuity planning for infectious disease now, the company says.

The webinar can help participants develop widespread disease prevention strategies, build an illness management team, formalize your illness preparedness and response plans, and communicate your efforts internally and externally

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A free on-demand webinar posted by Frost & Sullivan highlights the key trends and challenges faced by the world energy sector in the coming years.

Vote Solar has posted a free on-demand webinar on utilities’ application of standby and fixed cost charges specific to solar PV for customers choosing to go solar through a billing practice called net energy metering (NEM) in an attempt to recover their costs.

Jim Kennerly of the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center Jim presented on his recent paper: Rethinking Standby and Fixed Cost Charges: Regulatory and Rate Design Pathways to Deeper Solar Cost Reductions.

“While solar PV’s impact on utilities has been a hot topic for the past year, little attention has been paid to the potentially damaging risks posed by these solar PV-specific rate designs (often informally referred to as solar ‘fees’ or ‘taxes’) upon the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative’s efforts to reduce the non-hardware ‘soft’ costs of going solar,” Kennerly says.

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Imperative Information Group has posted a free on-demand webinar considering the federal, state, and local issues surrounding employers’ evaluation of candidates’ criminal history information.

In order to effectively and consistently evaluate the criminal histories of prospective and current employees, it is important that employers consider which criminal offenses are relevant to specific jobs, Imperative Information Group says on its website.  Additionally, the age and frequency of offenses should also be considered when evaluating relevancy.

However, Mike Coffey, SPHR, president of Imperative Information Group, maintains that criminal records, even those that are not directly related to a particular position’s risk factors, may still be relevant in selecting the right candidate.

In addition to discussing issues surrounding employers’ evaluation of candidates’ criminal history information, Coffey will also review tools for developing and documenting policies concerning the impact of individuals’ criminal histories on their employment eligibility.

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Lawyers from BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection team hosted an informative webinar providing an in-depth discussion of the issues raised in the firm’s recent blog post on “FAQs by Employers Regarding the Anthem Data Breach.” That webinar is now available for free viewing on-demand.

The webinar covers legal obligations under HIPAA, the duty to notify, obligations for employers offering group plans, responding to employees’ concerns, obligations of ERISA fiduciaries, ERISA preemption of state law obligations, and recommended next steps.

The firm has made both the PowerPoint presentation and the recorded webinar available.

PowerPoint presentation | recorded webinar

ESI International offers a complimentary on-demand webinar designed for contract managers, program managers and business analysts, and their professional duty to communicate effectively in a way that informs, persuades when appropriate, and always protects the interests of the organization.

The webinar can help provide an understanding of why effective communication is a critical skill in contract management, ESI says on its website.

It also covers knowledge of specific areas in the contract management cycle where clear communication is vital to success, such as: requirements analysis, statement of work development, proposal preparation, price justifications and rationale for vendor selection. And it offers practical tips on developing and improving effective communication skills.

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PwC presents a complimentary on-demand webinar looking at deal activity in the oil and gas sector and asking what this means for 2015 M&A activity.

2014 was a significant year for U.S. deal activity in the oil and gas sector, PwC says on its website. The U.S. oil and gas deals market experienced unprecedented growth resulting in total deal value increasing by 133% relative to the preceding four year average with 2014 total deal value reaching $322 billion. Additionally, 2014 was an active year in the U.S. capital markets for oil and gas companies. However after an active deals year, recent oil and gas price declines have reintroduced volatility to the oil and gas sector at levels not seen since the financial crisis. The question now is what does this mean for 2015 M&A activity?

This webcast focuses on key themes found in the PwC quarterly M&A analysis along with our insights on deals done in the past year and what the deal market for 2015 may hold.

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BrightTalk has posted a free on-demand webinar featuring speakers from Bitglass discussing how today’s hackers are getting through traditional security technologies and how to use breach discovery techniques to shrink the window between infection and detection in order to limit the damage.

Enterprises have invested millions in breach prevention technology, but hackers are still getting through, exfiltrating data undetected over many months, BrightTalk says on its website. Traditional approaches, which focus on breach prevention, have become increasingly ineffective with the rise of targeted attacks and persistent, ongoing events that may exfiltrate data over long periods of time.

A focus on prevention is no longer sufficient. The enterprise must also focusing on detecting breaches early, limiting damage before sensitive data is exfiltrated.

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