Municipal Finance: Recent Developments in Municipal Securities Law
2017-08-23 13:00 (America/New_York)
A discussion of recent Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions against state and local governments and officials, developments in Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules affecting advisors to state and local governments, and other securities law developments relevant to municipal bond issuers.

Police
2017-09-06 13:00
Speaker: John Wilkerson
2017 Distance Learning

Ethics
2017-09-18 13:00
Speaker: Dolores Dorsainvil
2017 Distance Learning

Cell Tower Zoning
2017-09-20 13:00
As federal law and FCC regulations carve more deeply into local government zoning authority, and federal courts hand down decisions interpreting those law and regulations, cell tower zoning and regulation by state and local governments has materially changed. The new FCC Wireless Siting/6409(a) rules; the FCC Shot Clock; new-builds of macros, small cell, and DAS sites creates new challenges for local governments to balance the federal rules with preservation of local land use controls. Governments around the country are in the process of altering their local processes to comply with the new legal reality. This 90-minute webinar, presented by two national experts, will provide a summary and overview of the Federal law of cell tower zoning, including: (1) Key court cases, principles and practical advice from the two decades since Congress passed the 1996 cell tower zoning amendments; (2) the 2012 Federal statute (Section 6409(a)) as recently interpreted by the FCC; (3) the current FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on radio frequency emissions safety standards; and (4) dealing with the wireless industry under the new rules. This live webinar, taught by John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. (highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys) includes two narrated PowerPoint presentations, an 85+ page paper summarizing many of the relevant cases and proceedings, and substantial practical guidance for municipal attorneys dealing with wireless tower siting ordinances and planning matters. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
Speakers: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
2017 Distance Learning

Collaborative Courts and Alternative Sentencing
2017-09-25 13:00
This webinar will cover an overview of various collaborative courts and alternative sentencing programs that have been successful in the City of San Diego. Specifically, the City Attorney’s Collaborative Courts we will discuss include: Beach Area Community Court, Homeless Court, Behavioral Health Court, Drug Court, and Veterans Treatment Court. Additionally, SMART, the Prostitution Impact Panel, Community Justice Initiative and the Serial Inebriate Program are just a few of the Alternative Sentencing Programs we use as effective sentencing options.
Speakers: Lara Easton, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Diego & Natasha Robertson, Deputy City Attorney, San Diego
2017 Distance Learning

Feb 20- Public Works/ New Government Lawyer Series
2018-02-20 13:00 - 14:00
Feb 20- Public Works/ New Government Lawyer Series Public Contracts and Bidding – Avoiding Delays and Mitigating Liability
This presentation will address the following areas:
a. Requests for Bidsb. Requests for Proposalsc. Requests for Qualificationsd. Requests for Information
e. Bidding in construction contracts and alternate construction delivery methods.
Speaker: Majeed Makhlouf
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February 22- Arbitration
2018-02-22 13:00 - 14:00
February 22- ArbitrationWhat to Expect in Arbitration
What are the biggest differences between an arbitrator and a judge? What are the advantages and disadvantages to choosing arbitration? Presenter James Stokes will cover this and more, providing expert insight and practical tips from his years of experience as an arbitrator, city attorney, special magistrate, and former law enforcement officer.
Speaker: James Stokes
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February 27- Ethics; New Government Lawyer Series
2018-02-27 13:00 - 14:00
February 27- Ethics; New Government Lawyer Series
**FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS!
This presentation will provide an overview of the important ethical issues routinely faced by local government attorneys. Particular emphasis will be placed on ABA Model Rule 1.6 and 1.7 (client confidentiality and conflicts of interest respectively). In addition to an overview of each rule, the presenter will also walk participants through several hypothetical scenarios to demonstrate how each rule is applied in practice.
Speaker: Chuck Thompson
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March 8- Land Use
2018-03-08 13:00 - 14:00
March 8- Land UseSober Living Facilities
**FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! Only Kitchen Sink Subscribers can obtain CLE credit.
There has been a great deal of litigation concerning the effect of federal fair-housing and disability laws on the ability of local governments to exercise control over business-run group-living arrangements, particularly for persons with disabilities. In this context, Congress has extended “disability” to include recovering from drug or alcohol addiction.
These federal protections for the disabled forbid discriminatory housing practices involving recovering addicts. Recovering addicts are often more successful if they can transition back into the broader community by living for a time with other people in recovery in a “typical” residential environment. Predictably, this sometimes leads to conflict with more permanent members of the community.
So what do you do when you have complaining neighbors, concerned public-safety officers, and outraged city council members?
This presentation will discuss the legal characteristics of sober-living homes and their relationship with federal disability and fair-housing law. In particular, it will cover how the FHAA is used by owners of sober-living homes to operate their facilities and how local governments can balance the interests of the operators, occupants, and neighbors.
Speaker: Todd Leishman & Jeff Ballinger
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March 12- Telecommunications
2018-03-12 13:00 - 14:00
March 12- TelecommunicationsNew FCC Small Cell Zoning Rules**90 Minutes****Date subject to change depending on new FCC rule issuance on small cells in the rights of way and zoning**
The FCC will soon be issuing orders regarding “small” cell towers and towers in the rights of way, and to some extent cell tower zoning generally. Municipal rights and authority are expected to significantly affected. The program will provide a summary of the orders with suggestions on how to proceed from John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq., both highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys.
Among the items the FCC has under consideration are:– All shot clocks 60 days– Deemed granted remedy for exceeding 60 days– Moratoria prohibited– Consideration of alternative sites limited – Limiting aesthetic conditioning or denials– Utility undergrounding laws preempted– Few, low or no fees to use rights of way, public property – “Clarification” of the FCC’s 2014 Wireless Siting Order on modifications to existing cell sites.
Handouts will include PowerPoints and copies of the relevant FCC orders. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.
Speakers: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
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Land Use Webinar
2018-07-10 13:00 - 14:00
Land Use
Zoning For Solar Energy
Attendees will learn how to integrate solar energy into planning, zoning, and historic preservation processes from a law professor who specializes in these issues. The program will highlight Hartford, Connecticut, an inaugural DOE SolSmart Gold community, which has dramatically reduced barriers to solar and serves as a model for other cities.
Speakers: Sara Bronin & Dan Mandelker
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Personnel Webinar
2018-07-12 13:00 - 14:00
Employee vs. Independent Contractor
This portion of the webinar focuses on issues relating to classification of individuals as employees and independent contractors. Both the US Department of Labor and the IRS (and some state lab or departments) have an interest in how employees are treated. Although the US DofL has withdrawn its administrative interpretation of several years ago, the consequences of misclassification continue to be significant. The webinar will seek to provide guidance on this important topic.
Speakers: Robin Cross & Dan Crean
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Police Webinar
2018-07-19 13:00 - 14:00
Police
SLLC Presents: SCOTUS Police Cases
*FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
While Carpenter v. United States, involving warrantless searches of cell site location data stole the show, the Supreme Court decided numerous police cases this term involving Fourth Amendment searches, qualified immunity, and other topics. Join Stuart Raphael, of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, who wrote the State and Local Legal Center amicus brief in City of Hays v. Vogt, involving the use of compelled, self-incriminating statements at probable cause hearings, Timothy Coates, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, and Michael Connolly, Consovoy McCarthy Park, in a discussion of the police cases from this Supreme Court term.

Speakers: Stuart Raphael, Timothy Coates, Michael Connolly & Lisa Soronen
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Marijuana Law Webinar
2018-07-24 13:00 - 14:00
Marijuana Law
Policy Updates
The passage of California’s Proposition 64 was just the beginning. Since its passage, lawmakers on the state and local levels have scrambled to enact legislation to regulate what has been hailed as the next great cash crop with the potential to change the state’s economy. The presentation will provide an overview of the federal and state conflicts, an overview of state regulatory regulations, and an in-depth discussion of different flavors of regulation on a local level, and challenges to respective local regulation.

Speaker: Victor Ponto & Amanda Charne
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Personnel Webinar
2018-08-02 13:00 - 14:00
Personnel
DOL Wage and Hour Update
This program will cover the pilot Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, current guidance on Joint Employers, proposed overtime pay rules and relevant Opinion Letters.

Speakers: Paul Sweeney, Joe Steflik, Jr. & Robin Cross
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Personnel Webinar
2018-08-07 13:00 - 14:00
Personnel
Impact of Janus on Local Governments
*FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
The United States Supreme Court has recently overturned years of precedent and ruled that a public-sector employer could not deduct an agency fee, or any other form of payment, to a public-sector union from an employee’s pay unless the employee affirmatively consented to the payment. Public agencies will feel an immediate impact by the Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees decision in terms of how they collect fees — and potentially how they communicate about such to their employees. Join this webinar to learn more about how your local government clients will be affected by this recent decision.

Speaker: Roger Crawford
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First Amendment Webinar
2018-08-14 13:00 - 14:00
First Amendment
First Amendment Limitation on a Government’s Ability to Regulate Demonstrations
This presentation provides practitioners with a better understanding of a government’s ability to regulate demonstrations within the limitations imposed by the First Amendment.

Speaker: Tom Carr
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Intellectual Property Webinar
2018-08-21 13:00 - 14:00
Intellectual Property
IP Issues for Local Governments
This webinar will provide: (i) an overview of copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity and privacy and defamation, and how these areas relate to municipalities; (ii) methods for protecting a city’s intellectual property through copyright and trademark law and related concepts; and (iii) special considerations associated with online activities and social media.

Speaker: Robert A. Monath
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Health & Environment; Public Works; Land Use Webinar
2018-08-23 13:00 - 14:00
Health & Environment; Public Works; Land Use
Resiliency Planning
*FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
This presentation will discuss how different cities are thinking about future trends in zoning and planning, disaster recovery issues, and creating resilient infrastructure.

Speaker: Mary Beth Coburn
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Code Enforcement Webinar
2018-08-28 13:00 - 14:00
Code Enforcement
Best Practices in Civil Code Enforcement
This presentation will focus on offering some practical tips and insight for city attorneys in handling civil lawsuits against code enforcement violators.

Speakers: Savita Rai, Shannon O’Connor & Janet Spugnardi
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Police Webinar
2018-08-30 13:00 - 14:00
Police
Officer-Involved Shootings
Presentation will cover the use of experts in light of San Francisco County v. Sheehan, White v. Pauly, Plumhoff v. Rickard, and Mullenix v. Luna.

Speaker: Jack Ryan
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Telecommunications Webinar
2018-09-05 13:00 - 14:30
Telecommunications Cell Tower Leasing for Cities**90 Minutes**
Local governments can generate long term revenues by leasing land, water towers and buildings for cellular communications towers and antennas. The key to a successful lease is the rental terms, plus the right terms and protective conditions so as to avoid potential legal landmines. John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq. are highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys who regularly craft and enforce municipal cell tower leases. In this 90-minute webinar, they will walk you through the process of dealing with the cell tower providers and their contractors to help get the best financial terms in leases, and identify and avoid the legal landmines commonly found in industry boilerplate provisions, including the risk of accidently triggering property reverters. They will also provide helpful practice pointers about the cell tower leasing and sales process. The program will cover both key aspects of cell leases, and the potential sale by municipalities of such leases, as well as long-term leasing rights. Extensive handouts in PDF format will be provided to participants, which commonly include local government attorneys, city managers and the real estate property managers working for local governments. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.

Speakers: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
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Health and Environment Webinar
2018-09-20 13:00 - 14:00
Health and Environment
When the Sheriff Arrives: Effective Municipal Defense of Private “Citizen Suits” under Federal Environmental Statutes (Clean Water and Clear Air Actions)
*FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
The changing regulatory, enforcement and permitting standards surrounding the EPA and “Delegated States” implementation of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts [“Acts”] have repercussions for municipal practitioners. If regulatory parameters and enforcement are curtailed through administrative policy or decision making, the result may be a plethora of new or revival of existing private “citizen” suits allowed under these Acts. This program will introduce municipal practitioners to the private enforcement provisions of these acts and the subject matter jurisdiction courts have to maintain suits. The procedures, requirements and essential elements for successful and sustainable citizen suits will be discussed. The procedural requirements of the Acts and “traps for the unwary” will be outlined. Essential affirmative defenses, litigation strategies and case assessment will be taught using real suits.Program takeaways:1. Participants will understand the subject matter jurisdiction of the courts and administrative agencies under the citizen suit provisions of the Acts.2. Participants will understand procedural and substantive prerequisites for citizen suits, and how to use Plaintiff missteps in compliance with the Acts detailed requirements to sustain dispositive motion practice.3. Participants will learn the most effective defenses to proffer in response to a citizen suit.4. Participants will learn how to develop case valuation and assessment in response to these complex actions.

Speakers: Steven “Tip” Torres & Jillian Jagling
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Personnel Webinar
2018-09-26 13:00 - 14:00
Personnel
Public Pensions
Speaker will provide updates on pension reform efforts around the country with particular emphasis on “hot spots” Illinois and Kentucky.

Speaker: Steve Goodin
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Land Use Webinar
2018-09-27 13:00 - 14:00
Land Use Land Use 101
*FREE FOR IMLA MEMBERS! CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply.
Description forthcoming.

Speaker: Susan Trevarthen
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Telecommunications Webinar
2018-10-02 13:00 - 14:30
Telecommunications
New FCC Small Cell Zoning Rules**90 Minutes** **Date subject to change depending on new FCC rule issuance on small cells in the rights of way and zoning**
The FCC will soon be issuing orders regarding “small” cell towers and towers in the rights of way, and to some extent cell tower zoning generally. Municipal rights and authority are expected to significantly affected. The program will provide a summary of the orders with suggestions on how to proceed from John Pestle, Esq. and Jonathan Kramer, Esq., both highly experienced local government telecommunications attorneys.
Among the items the FCC has under consideration are:– All shot clocks 60 days– Deemed granted remedy for exceeding 60 days– Moratoria prohibited– Consideration of alternative sites limited – Limiting aesthetic conditioning or denials– Utility undergrounding laws preempted– Few, low or no fees to use rights of way, public property – “Clarification” of the FCC’s 2014 Wireless Siting Order on modifications to existing cell sites.
Handouts will include PowerPoints and copies of the relevant FCC orders. A lively and interactive Question and Answer session will follow the presentation.

Speakers: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer
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Personnel Webinar
2018-10-04 13:00 - 14:00
PersonnelWorkplace Investigations
In light of highly publicized sexual harassment allegations and the seemingly endless news coverage of high-profile cases, workplace investigations are under increasing scrutiny. While an effective workplace investigation can help protect an organization from liability, a weak investigation can increase legal exposure and reputational damage. This webinar will highlight the key challenges employers face when responding to misconduct complaints and provide in-house counsel with practical guidance on how to effectively oversee the investigative process.
Speakers: Daphne Anneet & Robin Cross
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Personnel Webinar
2018-11-01 00:00
Personnel
Mediation
Description forthcoming.

Speakers: Carla Cotropia & Robin Cross

Land Use Webinar
2018-11-07 13:00 - 14:00
Land UseForm-Based Codes
Unlike traditional zoning, a form-based code is a land development regulation that provides a means of achieving a specific urban form. It utilizes physical form as an organizing principal and focuses on an integration of uses rather than a separation of uses. This presentation will provide an overview of form-based codes and will discuss both their pros and cons. Under which circumstances would a community use a form-based code? Attend this presentation to learn more.

Speakers: Bill Spikowski, Joe Kohl & Susan Trevarthen

Land Use Webinar
2018-12-04 13:00 - 14:00
Land Use
Exactions
Speaker will provide the economic theory of exactions (differentiating between mitigating negative externalities such as road widening and rewarding positive externalities such as property tax abatement as a form of “reverse” exactions), introduce the concepts of “planning harm” (a new term but one which leads to exactions as a way to reduce/prevent harm from planning decisions) and “planning gain” (such as when new development uses its value added to pay for infrastructure and when a new development agrees to share profits with local government). But most of the conversation will address mitigation-driven exactions:
Classes/Types of exactionsMonetary including fees or in-kindDesignEnvironmentalSocialCultural/historical
Exaction Processes/ProceduresDifferentiating between mandatory and proffer contextsNegotiationPerformance based

Speakers: Dan Mandelker & Aurthur C. Nelson
