Additional Resources
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Peer Reviewed Articles
- Diversity Programs in Federal Government Contracting
- Chapter 12: Socio-Economic Issues in Government Contracting
- 50 State Indemnification Statute Summary
- Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts
- Socio-Economic Issues in Government Contracting: The A, B, C’s of Affirmative Action Compliance
- Checking your IDIQ IQ
- Understanding and Using Indefinite Delivery Contracts: An Application Analysis
- Building Regulations
- Recent Developments in Lead Based Paint Abatement
- City of Kansas City, Missouri Affirmative Action Technical Compliance Manual
- Building Regulations
- Supervision, Rehabilitation and Liquidation of Troubled Insurance Companies
- Subsequent Remedial Measures: An Analytical Model for Product Liability Cases, 26 TORT & INS. L.J. 74 (Fall, 1990) (coauthor)
- Casenote: City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson, 21 URB. LAW. 385 (Spring, 1989)
Construction & General Business
- Contract Defenses and Obligations Under COVID 19
- Organizing the Minority, Woman and Disadvantaged Business Entity
- Pitfalls of the Certification Process
- Federal Procurement Fails to Make the Grade
- Residency Requirements Challenged Under Privileges & Immunity Clause
- 8A May be A-OK for Your Business
- Dollars on the Table – The Benefit of Local Certifications
- Avoiding Certification Boobytraps
- Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- AARP Launches Auto-IRA Plan in Kansas City
- The ARRA – Economic Stimulus Act: Show Me The Money
- Creation of Metro Kansas City Women’s Business Roundtable
- Growing a Business: Federal Certification Criteria
- Kansas Unveils Details on New Minority/Women Business Enterprise Program
- Policy at Work: Kansas Women Business Owners Recognized Nationally for Policy Work
- Policy Rocks: Kansas Executive Order 08-08
- M/WBE Certification: Show Me That Money!
- SBA Delivers Lump of Coal to Women Business Owners
- Open Mike: Women Business Owners Face Continuing Uncertainty in Federal Procurement
- Ten Rules for Staying Out of Court
- Nuts and Bolts of Missouri / Kansas Mechanics Lien Laws
- Is MBE/WBE/DBE Certification Really Worth the Hassle?
- ADR – A Cost Efficient Alternative to Litigation
- Risk Management Through Corporate Documentation
- Missouri’s Affirmative Action Program Under Attack!
- Managing Risk in Business Communications
- Avoiding Legal Landmines in Tenant Liens
- Promoting Women Owned Businesses in Public Sector Contracting
- Differing Site Conditions
- Developing Issues on Lead Paint in Construction
- Power in Prompt Payment Statutes
- Choosing the Right Business Structure
- The Power of Mentoring
- Learning the ABC’s of MBE Certification
- Testing your IDIQ IQ: Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contracts
- Alice in Preference Land: A Review of Affirmative Action in Public Construction
- When Funny Isn’t Funny Anymore: Internet Liabilities in the Workplace
- Lead Based Paint: Developing Theories of Liability
- Construction Risk Management
- Construction Contracting Tips
- Job Order Contracting
- Understanding & Applying Federal and State Prompt Payment Acts
- Construction Contracting and the Three Blind Mice: Prompt Payment, Indemnification, and Pay if Paid Clauses
- Contract Law for Paralegals
- Understanding the Federal, Missouri and Kansas Prompt Payment Acts
- Defending Construction Claims
- Contracts and the Law
- Construction Disputes and Prompt Payment Acts: A Risk and Benefit Analysis
- Missouri’s Prompt Pay Act: A Roll of the Dice
- Risk Management Through Contract Negotiation and Written Communication: Or How To Create a Most Excellent Paper Trail
- The Supreme Court’s Impact on Affirmative Action in Public Contracting: What’s Going On Here?
- Introducing 960063: Kansas City, Missouri’s New Affirmative Action Ordinance
- KC’s New Affirmative Action Ordinance
- Supreme Court Alters Playing Field for Affirmative Action
- Beware of Front Companies
Equine, Veterinary, Agriculture & Biotech
- Keeping It Covered: Plugging Those Insurance Coverage Gaps
- Plugging the Leaking Profit Margin
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Viable Alternative
- The Hole That Swallowed the Horse: Insurance Gaps
- Learn Your Lien Laws
- Good Contracts Keep You Out of Court
- Clarifying Compounding: A Regulatory Summary
- Good Samaritan Acts: Or Does Any Good Deed Go Unpunished?
- On a Handshake – and a Prayer: Verbal Agreements in the Equine Industry
- Hot About Helmets- To Wear or Not to Wear ASTM Safety Headgear
- Emerging Veterinary Liability Trends
- Issues in Equine Law
- The Horrors of Hauling
- Horse Sense 101: Managing the Risks
- Compounding Regulatory & Litigation Update
- Practical Equine Risk Management
- That Confounding Compounding!
- Emerging Veterinary Liability Trends – FL / GA
- Beware the Impulsive Partnership
- Mediation – Or Using Horse Sense to Resolve Disputes
- Emerging Veterinary Liability Trends
- Compounding Conundrums
- Shut Your Mouth – Computer: Defamation in the Internet Age
- Pitiful Partnerships and How to Avoid Them
- Missouri Mounted Patrol Searcy & Rescue Legal Presentation
- Missouri Equine Liability Act Case Law Summary
- When Bad Things Happen – Planning for Business Succession in the Face of Disaster
- All Settled – The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Equine Malpractice Cases
- Internet Protocol
- Missouri’s Equine Activity Liability Act: An Update
- The Compounding Conundrums: What You Need to Know About Pharmaceutical Drug Compounding
- Diagnosing your Business Requirements
- Managing Veterinary Malpractice
- The Horrors of Hauling, or Are You Really Insured?
- Diagnosing Your Business Requirements
- ADR in Equine Disputes
- No Horseplay! An Overview of Equine Law
- Volunteer Protection Act
- Breeding Boondoggles
- Regulated to Death: Humane Equine Euthanasia Regulations
- Is Export Really an Option?
- Equine Activity Liability Acts: How They Affect Associations and Sponsors
- Horses, Homeowner Associations and Liability
- Volunteer Protection Act: Statutory Protection for Equestrian Volunteers
- Stallion Syndication: A Worthwhile Structure for the High Dollar Horse
- Choosing the Right Business Structure
- Tax and Business Issues for the Equine Professional
- ABC’s of Equine Contracting
- Equine Law Seminar
- Equine Law
- Equine Law & Business Seminar
- Forbidden Substance, But Who Knows the Rules
- Show Me The Money: How To Collect Those Equine Bills
- Equine Sales & Disclosure Laws: The Effect of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy”
- Legal Implications for the Equestrian Trail User
- Equine Activity Liability Acts
- Developing Liability Issues for the Equine Service Industry-Farrier and Veterinarian
- An Equine Business Health Check-Up
- Equine Activity Liability Act
- Legislative Liability Limitations for the Equine Industry
- So Sue Me-Just Hope My Liability Waiver is Working
- Volunteers Enjoy New Protection under Volunteer Protection Act
- Stallion Syndication: A Worthwhile Structure for the High Dollar Horse!
- Horse Sales & Disclosure Laws: How Much Is Enough
- Powerful Tools for Fee Collection
Presentations
- Pitfalls of WBE Certification
- Risk Management: The Known Dangerous Horse/Rider
- Taking Care of Business Parts I and II; Managing your 501C3 Compliance Issues
- Stable Risk Management
- Mindfulness in Female Leadership Development & Dispute Resolution
- Zoetis, Inc.: What You Need to Know About Rabies Vaccines
- Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. Equine Practitioner Series: Emerging Veterinarian Liabilities and Compounding
- Merial Pharmaceuticals Ltd Educational Series: Drug Compounding and Emerging Veterinary Liability Trends
- Drug Compounding and Veterinary Risk Management
- Animal Health Compounding: Developing Trends
- Killer Contract Clauses and Compounding Clarifications
- Clarifying Compounding
- Veterinary Risk Management
- Compounding Conundrums
- Racetrack Risk Management
- Equine Risk Management
- Equine Stable Risk Management and Clearing those Compounding Conundrums
- Managing Your Risks on the Prepurchase Exam
- Equine Veterinary Liability Trends
- Veterinary Liability Trends
- Updates in Employment Law
- Federal Certifications and Programs
- Women Owned Small Business Contracting 8M Program
- If I Die Before I Wake: Contingency Planning for the Small Business Owner
- Missouri and Kansas Prompt Payment Acts – Are They Working?
- Social Media and Marketing
- Powering Up the Women’s Federal Procurement Program
- Leaving Dollars on the Table? Why Should YOU Be M/WBE Certified?
- Public Policy: Why Should We Care
- Building Your Leadership Voice
- Fundamentals of Construction Law
- Nuts and Bolts of M/WBE Certification
- Equine Insurance and Liability Issues
- Contracts and the Law
- ABA Forum on the Construction Industry: Construction Law Basics
- 50 State Equine Liability Law Summary
- Missouri WBE Utilization & Issues
- National Business Institute: Ethical Considerations for the Construction Lawyer – Advanced Construction Law
- Lorman Seminars: Can This Job Be Saved: Creative Strategies for Project Completion and Litigation Avoidance in Kansas & Missouri
- Developing Issues with Lead Based Paint
- Alice in Contracting Land: Affirmative Action in Government Contracting
- Law Seminars International, Inc.: Task Order Contracting
- Lorman Seminars: Protecting Your Construction Receivables – The Federal, Missouri and Kansas Prompt Payment Acts
- National Lead Paint Symposium: Developing Issues in Lead Paint Litigation
- Construction Disputes and Prompt Payment Acts
- Risk Management Through Contract Negotiation & Written Communication, or How To Create A Most Excellent Paper Trail
- Impact of Croson and Adarand