ORGANIZING CHAOS:
A Crisis Management
Tabletop Exercise for Law Firms
One of the challenges we face as an industry is
ensuring that we have effective business continuity plans during and
after a crisis. In New York City, commercial buildings can encounter
a crisis on any given day from water main breaks, flooding, and
fires to the more serious threats of natural disasters and
terrorism. Law firms have a number of unique concerns they need to
address and prepare for during and after an emergency including
access to case files, communication among attorneys, loss of
billable hours and protection of clients’ information.
On November 6th, John E. Osborn, PC together with Remlu, Inc. and
HEC Consultants are offering an informative and practical seminar
and tabletop exercise designed specifically for law firms. Please
join us at noon on November 6th and find out "How prepared is your
law firm?"
For more information
click here.
To register contact
cfrawley@osbornlaw.com.
John E. Osborn, PC Announces New
Practice Area:
Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning
According to The Institute for
Business and Home Safety, 25% of small businesses never recover from
a disaster.
Your business faces a multitude of risks and
challenges every day and no matter the size of your organization, it
is essential that you be prepared for anything which may interrupt
business. Issues such as power outages, water main breaks, fires and
floods are all regular occurrences in New York City, but you also
have to be prepared for terrorism, IT security, theft, natural
disasters and numerous other factors that may affect your
organization’s ability to conduct “business as usual.”
John E. Osborn PC understands the risks and the
factors involved when an incident occurs. Together with a team of
experts John E. Osborn PC has assembled, we will assist your
organization in developing a comprehensive business continuity and
emergency preparedness plan.
THE DOLLARS AND SENSE OF DESIGNING GREEN
On October 22nd, John E. Osborn Esq. conducted a continuing education program for architects and engineers at NYU’s Real Estate Institute.
Attendees learned to identify and work with materials, methods and systems, construction documents and contract administration in order to facilitate the obtaining of LEED certification, while maintaining schedule, quality, budget and life cycle savings.
Topics included an examination of the architect's responsibility for achieving sustainable design and the role of site selection, hazardous waste clean up and storm water and erosion control toward achieving LEED certification.
JOHN E. OSBORN P.C.
testifies on New York City
Council's
PROPOSED REFORM
TO THE
Environmental CONTROL BOARD
On Thursday, June 19,
2008, Alex Truitt from the law firm, John E. Osborn P.C., testified
before the Small Business and Governmental Operations Committees of
the New York City Council on Intro. No. 777.
Intro. No. 777 proposes many modifications to
the New York City Environmental Control Board.
John E. Osborn PC represents major real estate owners and
developers, as well as construction managers and one of the major
companies providing scaffolding, hoisting and sidewalk bridges. John
E. Osborn P.C. has day- to- day involvement with the Environmental
Control Board.
The key points raised by the law firm include: (a)
Detailed recommendations relating to the development and
implementation of
technology to upgrade recordkeeping through electronic case
management, including online adjudication and payments, more
efficient administration of case conferences, hearing and appeals,
electronic case scheduling and adopting other ways to make the ECB
more efficient and to increase its public accountability;
(b) Recommendation that the City of New York allocate
sufficient financial resources to implement the important reforms
included in the legislation so that the effort to implement the
reforms would not be stymied; (c) Failure of the ECB to adequately
assure that the respondent receives the notice of violation and the
resulting effect of defaults on the respondents; (d) Improving the
selection process and training of administrative law judges; and (e)
Shortening the adjudication process as it currently is unreasonably
lengthy and appeals sometimes take years to be decided.
John E. Osborn, P.C. believes that the amendments
proposed to the NYC ECB by Intro. 777 will promote better
efficiency, professionalism and quality of the ECB’s adjudication
process, but unless these legislative changes are accompanied with
specific reforms, the changes will not be effective.