Legal and Risk Management For Design Professionals Seminar 

Agenda

7:30 AM Registration I Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM Welcome Remarks 

8:15 AM - 11:45 AM PROGRAM

Legal Update: Report on the Legislature, Courts, and Business Practices in a Recovering Market

Presented by P. Douglas Folk 

• Design Professionals Prompt Pay Act
• Evolving liability theories and risks
• The Board of Technical Registration prepares for Sunset Review with updates to practice act and rules of conduct
• Trends or Fads? -- Design for Safety, Independent Duty, Third Party Reliance 

State of the Professional Liability Insurance Market

Presented by: Jeff Gerrick

• Policy forms, benefits, and issues
  • Preclaims assistance
  • Multifamily residential projects
  • Maintining coverage after retirement or wind down
  • International work

Labor & Employment: Are You Prepared for a DOL Audit?

Presented by: Karen Karr

• Challenges in classifying exempt and non-exempt employees
• Paying non-exempt personnel correctly for overtime work
• Complying with new DOL rules for independent contractors
   

Special Report on Design Professional Insurance

Presented by: Brandon Perry

• Rectification coverage and other enhancements to design professional liability insurance
• Trends and predictions for professional liability claims
• Managing the risk of services provided by subconsultants

Contracts - Using the Go/No Go Checklist to Reduce Risk Exposure

Presented by: P. Douglas Folk

• Using a Go/No Go Checklist to reduce project risk
• Overview of the Clark Hill Contracts Guide For Design Professionals

Question & Answer

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