Reviewing
Vendor Contracts
(How to negotiate safe, compliant contracts)
A NorthLegal Webinar
Presented November 18, 2010 (Appx
2 hr 7 min)
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| Do you know— |
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What specific things you should be looking
for when you review vendor contracts? What provisions
the law requires you to have, which contracts those
provisions must be in, and what those provisions must say? |
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What crucial promise
is missing from contracts offered to you by many major
vendors—and how that can come back to haunt you? |
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Common ways
vendors shift the risk of damages from their error to you,
and how to deal with it? |
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How to get
the most bang for your legal buck when dealing with your attorney? |
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When attorneys talk
about their clients and the contracts their clients enter, what
do the attorneys say? What do they wish you would do? What
do they wish you would stop doing?
Attorney Eric North
has more than 25 years experience drafting, reviewing, explaining,
and litigating contracts. During this approximately 90-minute
program, Eric discusses — |
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Knowing
how to effectively review contracts can help you— |
| • Spend
less in attorneys fees, |
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the most out of the attorneys fees you do spend,
and |
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up with better contracts that fit your needs! |
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How
to make an effective "first review" of a contract,
and how doing so will help you save attorneys fees by resolving
some issues before involving an attorney at all.
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What
key provisions you should look for and what traps you should
avoid. |
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What
privacy- and security-related provisions the law requires you
to have in certain contracts and what can happen if you fail
to include them. |
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What privacy-related provision you
should have—even though the law doesn't require it. |
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What
does a legal opinion letter do for you? When is it worth paying
for? |
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Practical
tips to use when performing a contract review. |
and much more!
Like
other NorthLegal Webinars, this program gives your credit union the
opportunity to train several staff members for
a single low price, right in the convenience of your office!
NOTE: This
program is intended for employees of consumer
lending institutions. If you are not a credit union or other financial
institution employee, please contact NorthLegal Training and Publications
to obtain approval before registering.
Cost
The registration fee for this program is $125.00 if
paid by credit card (online or by telephone), $135.00 if
paid by check.
(Checks must be received by NorthLegal prior to the
beginning of the program. Sorry, but we cannot invoice for this event.) For that
single price, you may have as many participants as you wish listen to a single
playback of the program
in a conference room or office!.
Regions
Affected
This
program is not state-specific, and will be important to credit unions
from around the country.
Co-Hosts
Although financial institutions from any state may attend this program, this
program is jointly hosted by NorthLegal Training and Publications, by
the state credit union leagues and associations serving:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Delaware
Hawaii
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
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New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming |
by the following local or regional associations:
The
California Credit Union Collectors Council
The New England Adjustment Managers Association
The Northwest Credit Union Collectors Association
and by the law firm of
Moore, Brewer,
Jones, Tyler & North
(Participants
do not have to be members of any of those leagues or associations in
order to attend.)
How
to Attend a Prerecorded Webinar
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visit the link shown earlier on this page. (You may also register by
mailing a check to NorthLegal, but there is a small extra fee. Call
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After
you register, an email will be sent to you with an "Access Code" and
with instructions showing how to use that Access Code to attend the
program. (If you already have an Access Code you can skip the
registration.) An Access Code may be used only one time, and
is only valid for 7 days after it is issued. If you miss that
deadline, just contact us and we'll re-issue the Access Code.
To
attend this program you will need access to an Internet connection.
Both the audio portion and the slide presentation will be accessed
through your computer. More details about how to participate will be
provided upon registration or (if you would like details before registering)
may be obtained by calling NorthLegal Training and Publications.
5115 N. Dysart Road, No. 202-500
Litchfield Park, Arizona 85340
Telephone: 623.537.7150
Facsimile: 623.537.7921
Email: NLBC@culaw.com
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Speaker: Eric North
 Eric
North, the primary speaker at the programs listed on this site, has represented
the interests of credit unions and other financial institutions as an attorney
with respect to litigation, compliance, governance, bankruptcy and collections
matters since 1984. Eric has appeared in state and federal
courts throughout the State of California, and has argued before the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeal.
Eric is also a nationally recognized speaker on legal issues relating
to consumer lending institutions, and has
presented hundreds of programs on behalf of national, state and local
leagues and associations from around the country.
Watching your training
budget? NorthLegal
Webinars allow you to train multiple employees for one low fee.
Webinar scheduling conflict? No
problem. Just register, skip the program, and contact NorthLegal
to arrange a replay of the presentation at a time that is more
convenient for you. You get all the benefits of a live program,
plus the ability to "pause" the program to take notes
or to discuss the materials being presented. |
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