Events

Seismic Shifts:  SCOTUS, Religion & States and Local Governments In the past few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several significant decisions regarding its legal doctrines involving religion. Most notably, local governments lost two cases last term for applying incorrect legal tests! Last term SCOTUS embraced a narrow view of the Establishment Clause in a tuition assistance case and a public forum case and overturned Lemon in a public employment case. Recently, SCOTUS has embraced a broad view of...

Biometrics and the Potential for Local Government Liability CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. New privacy laws about biometrics (fingerprints, retinal scan, facial recognition, voice recognition, the way a person walks, their keystrokes) require notification or protection for individuals, but do those laws affect local government? Are there liability issues for local government for use of biometric markers in regard to employment or other claims? This presentation explores those issues...

2022 Global Construction Disputes Report Current events have introduced a high degree of anxiety and uncertainty to the construction industry across the globe.  This webinar focuses on the top causes of disputes in 2021 and provides tangible actions to mitigate disputes on projects.  After attending this presentation, participants should be able to describe the current events and challenges affecting the construction market; describe the top techniques for mitigating disputes; explain potential solutions for avoiding disputes; and discuss the top causes...

Citizens’ Suits & You: A basic understanding of the Private Enforcement mechanism under The Clean Water Act This presentation will discuss how does a citizen suit work under 33 U.S.C. § 1365.  The presentation will also discuss how to defend against a citizens’ suits and a survey of federal case law. Speaker: Thomas E. Powers III

Protecting Due Process in Your Pajamas: Administering Land Use Hearings in a Virtual World CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. The COVID-19 pandemic forced local governments to shift to virtual hearings if they wanted to continue conducting business. Questions as to what impact such hearings may or may not have on the constitutional rights afforded parties in land use cases were generally set aside for the time being as Americans...

Recent Developments in Election Law: The Independent State Legislature Theory, Voter Suppression masquerading as Election Reform, and Efforts to Curb Partisan Gerrymandering This program will focus on the most recent developments in election law, with emphasis on the Independent State Legislature theory to further restrictions on Section 2 Vote Dilution under the Voting Rights Act and pernicious efforts to suppress minority voting. Given the uncertainty in the law as reflected in the most recent grant of certiorari in the Moore...