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Equipment Valuation Clause

Contractual Legal Fees

Employee Liability

 Subscriber Default - How Long Before You Sue

Personal guarantees- do you need it and how do you get it?

Contract Revisions 1/02 - Upgrade Notice

Suing School Districts

Fire Alarms - Non Compliance

Fire Q & A - Smoke Detectors

Collections- 10 Year Term

Maintenance v Service

Codes - Q & A

Fire Alarm Code Changes - duty to notify subscriber

Q&A- account take overs

New Buyers / Tenants
Q&A - NEC and Fire
Video Surveillance
Q&A - CCTV Liability
Q&A - long term contracts and enforcement
Very Important Notice- NY Alarm Companies -Automatic Renewal
ADT case - Exculpatory clause change
Contract updates - Notice of updates and Pricing-Limited
time of
Errors and Omissions Insurance
Insurance Coverage
Q&A- Insurance - Claims Made and Occurrence
Alarm Verification
Option for Equipment on Default
Collection Policy Ideas
Indemnity Provision
Monitoring and Service Contract Issues
Q&A Indemnity Clause - Third party claims
Q&A - Contracts - Why so many?
Omitting Indemnity Clause
Proposed CT legislation - automatic renewal
Q&A - Hiring practices and legal boundaries
Q&A - revealing codes
Errors and Omissions - is your policy as broad as your services?
Workers Comp Issue
Comments on risk retention group insurance
CCTV license requirements (for New York State)
Enforcing "Illegal" Contracts
Fire Alarm issues - Electrician V. Alarm Installer
UCC-1 option in contract
What contracts does the typical alarm company need?
What to do about requests for additional insured certificates.
Q&A - additional work after contract signed
Doing business using unregistered name

Agreements on the web. Are they enforceable?

Q&A - NYS license and NYC Fire Dept -Carbon Monoxide

Q&A - soliciting subscribers by advertising

Q&A - duty to notify subscribers of defective

Automatic Renewal Clause Issue

Q&A - length of term of contract

Q&A - CCTV sales contract

Q&A - fire systems - important issue to read

Q&A- batteries - excluded from service

Q&A - alarm verification and false alarms

new law - CO detectors - NYC

Carbon Monoxide - contract issue

Digitally recorded images- as evidence

electronic contracts - evidence question

Q&A - preferential transfer issue

VoIP - some of the issues

Drug testing employees

Q&A - non compete agreements

Including Equipment value in your lawsuit

Assisting subscribers breach contract

Q& A - buy-sell considerations

Why Join Your Local Alarm Association

Who actually owns the tape recordings

Landlord tenant Q&A re installation

Q&A - subcontracting issue - contracts

Question: C02 detectors - NYC deaf subscriber

AMPS cellular service - warning - you need to switch

VoIP and notice ideas

Q&A - Contract Terms

Q&A - To finance your accounts or not ?

Voip Concerns

Q&A - unilateral disconnect of alarm service and your
liability


Dummy equipment - or systems for dummies

Q&A New York door to door sales and new contracts

Q&A - Video in bedroom - Michigan law

Q&A CCTV - Illinois Statute and other comments

Q&A - Unlicensed Alarm Companies

Q&A - New Home Owners who don't sign contract - what to do

Should you provide notice if terminating monitoring?

Q&A -contract with general contractors- are you protected?

Q&A - Is there liability selecting the wrong central station?

Q&A - real property lease v alarm lease comparison

Should you contract for Fire Inspection with Service by others

Q&A contract provision negotiations

Defense Issues in alarm contract enforcement

More on corporation election: S,C or LLC

Q&A - Fire alarm monitoring and service- deficient system

Insurance certificates and additional liability exposure

Q&A contract commencement date

Q&A - blocking communicators

What is your responsibility for police response?

Automatic Renewal -notice and suggested practice

Why So Many Contracts?

Increased Cost of Providing Service - who bears the cost?

Q&A - Video in the Classroom

Reliability of Video - Nanny case

Installer as subscriber's agent

Q&A - "all in one" contract

Limitation of liability issue

Dealer acting for subscriber - important article

Where is Dealer agency appointment in contract?

Is "no contract" a good idea ?

Q&A - contracts just for insurance?

Penn alarm co in trouble with AG

Insurance question - rating

Rate Increases

Video and audio recording issue

Florida new law - alarm verification

Contract Modifications

What's 'ECV'

ECV and contracts

Are manufacturers competing with you?

Do you need NYS license for video access system?

Employee overtime pay

Q&A - Employee stealing accounts

Employee privacy law - NY

Restrictive Covenants in buy sell contracts

Soliciting competitors' subscribers

VOIP

Contract Q&A

Pool alarms - new statute

Personal Emergency Response Contracts

Privacy - recordings - Calif case

Non-recruitment provision case

Service  vs.  Maintenance

Audio- Video Recording

How to deal with Arkansas

Q&A contract issues

Notice of Cancellation

Practical Contract Questions

Buyers right to copy of contract

Commercial v Residential  Service and UL

Sales Contract

Contract cancellation- Unauthorized Signatory

Canceling home alarms

Employment issue - Disloyal employee

Q&A additional insured certificates

Q&A subscriber change - cancel service

Fire Question

Indemnity Question

Collection Problems

NJ license Question and contract issues

Employment Dispute

Electronic acceptance of contracts

NY defense case - win for industry

Errors and omissions insurance

Q&A - Continuing to service bankrupt subscribers

Service contracts, service slips and completion certificates

New Years Resolutions for 2007

Do you need contract for additional work?

Which contract do you use for CCTV ?

Wish list for 2007

Q&A - faxed copy of contract enough?

Q&A - employment and sub contractor contracts

Which contracts does a typical alarm company need?

Q&A - How many companies do you need?

Automatic Renewal Clause

Email Confidentiality

Estate Taxes for 2007 (Try and hold out until 2010. Here's why)

Contracts of Adhesion and enforcement

Electrical Contractors and the alarm industry

ARE SUBCONTRACTORS PROTECTED FROM LIABILITY?

Liability issue - Contacts

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES v. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS

Q&A audio device in restaurant

Conflicting laws - what do you do?

Back to basics - the Limitation of Liability Provision

Q&A - giving up panel code and control to subscriber

Remote Programming Issue

Fines for Central Stations reporting alarms for subscribers without alarm permits

Q&A - using other alarm co's wiring and equipment

Q&A-name on contract - divorce name change

Collection question and answer

New owners or tenants - what about your equipment?

Selecting the right central station

Central Station UL certification

Central Stations - pricing and charges

Central Station Support for Dealers

Does lawsuit by subscriber create conflict of interest?

Q&A  Camera Applications and audio

Q&A  Covert Camera Installations

Q&A  recovering your equipment from new tenant

Central Stations and Insurance

Q&A Central Stations Recording Conversations

Automatic renewal clause compliance issues

Medical alert contracts - do you need one?

Personal Emergency Response Contracts

When does "evergreen"clause apply"

Q&A - DVR crashing - liability?

Q&A - length of term contracts

Q&A - renewal notice issue

Q&A - contract for multiple locations

How long should you retain your records?

Q&A- do contracts get stale?  What to do?

Q&A-LONG TERM CONTRACTS - ENFORCEMENT

Q&A Cameras in dressing rooms

Q&A - omitting opening, VOIP, dummy cameras; Voyeurism

Q&A- do camera increase owner's liability exposure?

Q&A - contract expires - now what?

Q&A rescission and other statutes - federal and state

Maintenance v Service - proper use of terminology

VOIP - hacking issue - liability question

Slamming equipment - liability for the slammer

SELF HELP COLLECTION PRACTICE - DISARMING ALARM

Getting subscriber to guarantee contract

Contract updates - referencing new terms

Cameras in doctor exam rooms and CCTV with Audio

Surge Protectors - do you need to offer them to avoid liability

ANALOG RADIO ISSUE - are your subs' radios going dead? comments on surge protectors

Doing Business in New York

Subscriber's contract or PO form - too much risk?

Q&A - dealing with subscriber's agent

Q&A - Who should sign PERS contract?

Are new contracts needed when changing transmitter?

Credit card info on your contracts and getting updated information

Valuing your business

What electricians need to know about the alarm industry

Should you join a dealer program?

Breach of Contract issues

How long to store video data?

UNREASONABLE LAWS AFFECTING ALARM INDUSTRY

Recent Decision in Maine - how to complicate an alarm defense case

False alarms - should this be our first priority?

Q&A - evergreen clause - automatic renewal

Q&A - CCTV- video and audio outside residence - California 

Employment Contracts - inexpensive and useful 

Q&A - ARE ALARM CONTRACTS ASSIGNABLE?

Abandoned equipment issue

Q&A - Who is protected by your E&O and your contracts?

Q&A- can alarm company breach contract?

Q&A - no reciprocity for alarm licenses state to state

VOIP - need for Disclaimer Notice

New Years Resolutions for 2009

Q&A - Should you sign subscriber's form contract?

Dealer acting for subscriber - monitoring contracts

Q&A - Service contracts

Q&A - how long to hold onto records

Dirty Laundry - NJ lawsuit Employer v former Employees

Requests for additional insureds

Q&A - installation without EOLRs

Subscriber canceling fire inspection - what should you do?

Q&A - Employee or independent contractor?

Q&A - MONITORING - INSPECTION and TESTING SYSTEM

Law Enforcement above the law?

3 day notice of cancellation issue

Q&A - PERS liability re: line seizure

Do you need notice to terminate monitoring?

CCTV Privacy Issue - should you get involved ?

Fire alarm and co components in home alarms

Do you owe subscriber refund?