Seminars

As a service to clients and colleagues, Farrish Johnson Law Office, Chtd., provides speakers, and presents seminars and training sessions on various legal topics. We are always willing to provide speakers, present seminars, and provide training sessions for our clients and friends. If you would like to discuss this further or would like to obtain seminar material, e-mail us at: farrish@farrishlaw.com

May 11, 2009 - CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Mechanic’s liens – statutory overview, pre-lien notied, perfecting, enforcing, collection, bankruptcy, foreclosure
  • Payment bond claims
  • Arbitration, conciliation court, district court
  • New independent contractor rules
  • New COBRA regulations
  • I-9 regulations
  • Fair Pay Act
  • Freedom of Choice Act
  • Unemployment benefits
  • Construction contract performance changes, additions, deletions, design and performance specs
  • Best value procurement

December 3, 2008 – SMALL BUSINESS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH LARSON ALLEN

  • Advanced business entity formation
  • Employee benefits 101
  • Planning for your exit or transition
  • Federal and state tax update

November 5, 2008 – EMPLOYMENT LAW
IN CONJUNCTION WITH SMAHRA

  • Minnesota update – new Minnesota legislation, regulation, and cases
  • Age discrimination
  • Liability standard for harassment by supervisors
  • New DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations
  • DOL’s proposed “clean up rules”
  • FMLA update

February 7, 2008 – CONSTRUCTION LAW
Guest speaker at Westerman Lumber Company

  • Choice of business entities and liability issues
  • 11 tips and tricks in employment law
  • Employment “at will”
  • Overtime issues
  • What qualifies as “work” to count toward overtime hours?

February 29, 2008 – CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Getting paid for what you do
  • Insurance coveragne and construction projects
  • Construction contracts
  • Employment and business review II
  • Statutory warranties

January 19, 2007 – CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Mechanic’s lien review
  • Employment law
  • Risk allocation: who pays when something goes wrong?
  • Change orders: minimzing the risk of nonpayment for extra work
  • When a construction project goes bad

March 10, 2006 – CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Mechanic’s lien review
  • Business and employment law
  • Construction contracts
  • Public bidding process

April 8, 2005 – BANKING LAW

  • Mechanic’s lien lissues for bankers
  • RESPA overview
  • Pursuing the guarantor
  • Basic real estate law for bankers

March 4, 2005 – CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Mechanic’s lien review
  • Mold
  • Employment law
  • Real estate development

October 25, 2004 – EMPLOYMENT LAW

  • The new FLSA white-collar exemption regulations
  • Employee discipline, termination, and documentation
  • A guide to employment records: management and retention
  • 18 FAQs employers need to know
  • Construction law

April 2, 2004 – CONSTRUCTION LAW

  • Mechanic’s lien review
  • New home warranty
  • Standard construction contracts, contract documents, design building agreement, and examples of various contracts
  • Insurance indemnificaiton: hold harmless agreement, named insured and additional insured, and coverage issues