Knovel has posted a free on-demand webinar discussing risk mitigation and new rules, standards and regulations and the consequences of non-compliance regarding corrosion in the oil and gas industry.

The webinar covers the 5M Scorecard Methodology – Modeling, Mitigation, Monitoring, Maintenance and Management; how to implement an integrity management program; and the best practices to communicate to the public.

Featured speakers are Dr. Sankara Papavinasam, President of CorrMagnet Consulting Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario; and Dr. Pavan K. Shukl, Senior Research Engineer at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

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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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ReposiTrak has posted a free on-demand webinar on Walmart’s 2014 settlement of 23 cases in the wake of the Jensen Farms class action litigation due to an outbreak of listeriosis linked to cantaloupes.

Walmart’s play that day in court sets precedent that retailers now may be viewed as stepping into the shoes of the manufacturer and are now on the hook when things go wrong in the supply chain, ReposiTrak says on its website.

This webinar discusses this precedent setting settlement and what a retailer or wholesaler can do to protect brand and reduce liability.

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Ernst & Young has posted a free on-demand webinar on a converged standard for recognizing revenue under U.S. GAAP and IFRS introduced during 2014.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Boardissued the new converged standard.

The new standard replaces existing revenue guidance across industries, impacting most types of transactions.

On its website, Ernst & Young syas understanding the potential consequences of the new standard across your organization — beyond finance — can help you avoid unexpected issues related to your revenue recognition process.

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Michael Volkov, CEO of The Volkov Law Group, will discuss the respective mandates of the CCO and legal officers in a free webinar Tuesday, Feb. 3, at noon Eastern time.

With the rise of the compliance function in corporate governance, chief compliance officers and general counsels have had to define their responsibilities and coordinate their activities, the firm says on its website. “To do so, chief compliance officers and legal counsel have to understand their different mandates.  As the chief legal officer, the general counsel has to understand his or her responsibilities in relation to the Chief Compliance Officer. They have very different responsibilities but share an important responsibility to coordinate their activities,” the firm says.

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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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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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Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute have posted an on-demand webinar on the first comprehensive study of U.S. institutional investors’ appetite for green bonds.

On the Clean Energy States Alliance site, the organization says the study, “What Investors Want: How to Scale-Up Demand for US Clean Energy and Green Bonds,” provides a blueprint for growing the market for fixed-income securities to finance clean energy projects and solve climate problems.

In this webinar, guest speakers from Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute discuss their findings.

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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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Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, Ltd. will present a free seminar on Jan. 29, 2015, where speakers will be discussing topics focused on the manufacturing industry. The seminar will be held at the Union League Club of Chicago from 8:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.  with breakfast included. The address of the seminar site is Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Room 700, Chicago, IL 60603.

The seminar will have three 30-minute presentations, each presented by a member of ORBA’s Manufacturing Industry Group.

There is no charge to attend this program, but seats are limited. Organizers are asking that any planning to attend register on or before Jan. 27.

Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams (ORBA) is a full-service accounting, tax and financial services consulting firm dedicated to helping our clients achieve their goals and build success since 1977.

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Equifax Workforce Solutions will present a free webinar discussing best practices for incorporating electronic records throughout the life of a mortgage loan, as well as the power of electronic signatures as a tool for achieving compliance with the ever-increasing regulatory burden.

The webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 12 p.m. Central time.

Margo Tank, counsel for the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA), will explain the legal foundations for electronic signatures, the reasons electronically-signed mortgages are undergoing rapid growth, and recent developments in the regulatory environment for electronic signatures and trusted third-party records.

Tank will be joined by Jeff Knott, 2015 ESRA chairman. Knott, who is also Assistant Vice President of Product Management for Equifax Verification Services, will provide insights on technology issues related to electronic signatures.

Tank, who is also a partner at financial services law firm BuckleySander LLC, will discuss best practices for electronic signatures in such areas as:
–Validating identity
–Getting consent to electronic documents
–Demonstrating the document made it into the correct hands
–Making sure the eSigned document is tamper-evident

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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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