Traditional construction contracts do not work as well as they should to align the parties' interests and clearly define rights and responsibilities. As a consequence, the design and construction process is more dispute prone than it needs to be. This course is designed to give you the tools you need to better negotiate and draft design and construction agreements. You will learn which risk allocation clauses, including the so-called "killer clauses", work and under what circumstances and those that more often prove counter-productive. We will examine such new collaborative contracting models as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), so as to enable you to choose what aspects of these agreements might assist your clients. We will also look at how to best leverage such new technologies as Building Information Modeling (BIM) to achieve better project outcomes. You will also learn what risks are best handled through insurance and how to draft state-of-the-art insurance and indemnity provisions, including those for such integrated programs as Owner-Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIPs). Innovative dispute resolution approaches will also be examined. This course will give you the tools to advise on many of the new and important developments in construction contracting.

PLI has joined with the State Bar of California Office of Legal Services to share special sessions from the 2012 Pathways to Justice Conference. The sessions will focus on hot topics in housing law, including affordable housing, tenant relocation and replacement housing in the wake of the foreclosure and economic crises, and recent developments in fair housing and anti-discrimination laws, litigation, and enforcement. The panelists are noted experts in housing law and seasoned litigators who will cover a broad range of topics using a hands-on, real world approach. Attendees will learn firsthand how to calculate benefits for relocation, as well as, how to develop a fair housing case from initial client intake through litigation. The housing sessions will provide an overview of the current state and federal laws, court decisions, and procedures surrounding affordable housing, relocation and replacement housing and fair housing. The sessions will cover litigation and administrative tactics and remedies.

Join real estate experts Bruce Norris, Amanda Han, Matt MacFarland, and Kaaren Hall as they discuss the real estate market and what is really happening with the California market. Topics will include: The statistics behind Southern California real estate trends...and the REAL behind-the-scenes scoop! , What government intervention could mean for the future of SoCal real estate, Alternatives to owning real estate, without the hassle of land lording!, Passive and secured 9% returns with trust deeds, 6 ways to save taxes by investing in real estate, 3 ways to sell your real estate with little or no taxes and 3 ways to protect yourself from the upcoming new tax on real estate investors.

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3-Days in-the-trenches with Southern California real estate investing expert Bruce Norris. No hype, no upsells, just cold hard facts of what it takes to be an investor in Southern California.

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