COVID-19 Conference Call
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Constitutional Risks in Inspections and Best Practices This presentation will cover constitutional requirements, legal risks, and ways to minimize risk during and after an inspection. Additional topics may be included. Speaker: Patricia “Trish” Link
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We Are Not Here To Make Friends; We Are Here To Save Lives In A COVID-19 World: Enforcement Of State And Local Stay-At-Home And Public Health Orders Against Faith-Based Groups And Institutions The Riverside County Counsel’s Office will provide a summary of its enforcement efforts to move Faith-Based Groups to streaming or other technology to reach its congregants in lieu of in-person services and the constitutional issues attendant to responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Speaker: Kelly Moran & Ronak Patel
Update: FCC Cable Franchising Proceeding In 2019, the FCC sought to further strip local governments of their authority over use of their rights of way as related to cable franchising. Last year, the FCC published a report and order entitled “Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable TV Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992”. This Order, among other things, significantly restricts a local government’s ability to impose franchise fees,...
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Construction Contract Drafting & Litigation Strategies This presentation will address construction contract drafting issues and how provisions of various contracts can mitigate your risk of liability in the event that your municipality faces suit. This presentation will also address when construction contracts go wrong and different litigation strategies. Additional topics may be included. Speakers: Mary DeVuono Englund & Karl F. Oles
12:00 PM EDT Informal Networking Lunch 1:15 PM EDT Implicit Bias This presentation will discuss: How to advise your client on implicit bias: This would cover advice on how to avoid implicit bias and how and why to train your employees on implicit bias. Use of implicit bias in court: This would cover how plaintiffs are attempting to use implicit bias evidence to support employment discrimination claims, potential defenses to the use of implicit bias evidence, and how the courts...
3:45 PM EDT Responding to EEOC Complaints This session will discuss the steps that a municipal attorney should take upon receipt of an EEOC Charge, and will offer suggestions as to how to make a municipality’s response to that Charge persuasive, effective, and, ultimately, more successful. Speaker: Douglas Haney Moderator: Beth Anne Childs 5:00 PM EDT Networking Reception
FMLA & the ADA including new EFMLA and FFCRA Considerations This session will explore the complicated layer of laws and other considerations that apply when handling a public employee’s medical issue, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This session will also provide an overview of the recently passed FFCRA, including EPSLA and the expansion of FMLA. Speakers: Jana Sullivan & Daniel White Moderator: Susana Alcala Wood
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Webinars
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Seminars
2025 IMLA Mid-Year Seminar
Washington, D.C.: April 25 – April 28, 2025
Omni Shoreham Hotel
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2026 IMLA Mid-Year Seminar
Washington, D.C.: April 10 – April 13, 2026
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Conferences
2025 IMLA 90th Annual Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana: Friday, October 17 – Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
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2026 IMLA 91st Annual Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah: Wednesday, September 23 – Sunday, September 27, 2026
Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City
2027 IMLA 92nd Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado: Thursday, October 14 – Monday, October 18, 2027
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
Other Events
IMLA in Italy
Lake Como, Italy
October 16-20, 2024
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