IMLA

First Amendment Webinar
2018-08-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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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eDiscovery-Legal Hold Working Group Conference Call
2018-08-13 13:00, 2018-07-09 13:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the eDiscovery-Legal Hold Working Group, please email pete@texasmunicipallawyers.com and cstorer@imla.org.

Code Enforcement Conference Call
2018-08-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-07-13 13:00 - 14:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Code Enforcement working group, please email cstorer@imla.org.

CCDI Call
2018-08-09 13:00, 2018-07-11 13:00
CCDI provides IMLA members with a forum to engage in substantive discussions regarding effective terms and conditions in construction contracts for public projects. Members who participate in monthly CCDI teleconferences become part of a “Working Group” that will discuss and draft contract forms for the construction manager at risk (CMAR) delivery method. The core drafting committee will present the final revisions to the membership at the Annual Conference in Houston, TX and the resulting sample documents will be available exclusively to IMLA members as an invaluable resource when drafting and negotiating construction contracts. Please mark your calendars and join us for these discussions!
If you would like to take part in these calls, please email ccutchin@imla.org.

Litigation Section Conference Call
2018-08-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-07-11 13:00 - 14:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the litigation section, please email cstorer@imla.org.

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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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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Sanctuary Jurisdiction Working Group Call
2018-08-02 13:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Sanctuary Jurisdiction Working Group, please email akellar@imla.org.

Disruptive Transportation Technology Working Group Call
2018-08-01 13:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Disruptive Transportation Technology Working Group, please email cstorer@imla.org.

Opioid Litigation Working Group Call
2018-07-31 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-07-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-06-26 13:00 - 14:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Opioid Litigation Work Group, please email eeiselt@imla.org.

Affirmative Litigation Conference Call
2018-07-26 16:00 - 17:00

Small & Rural Communities Committee Conference Call
2018-07-26 14:00 - 15:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Small & Rural Communities Committee, please email cstorer@imla.org.

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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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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Sanctuary Jurisdiction Working Group Call
2018-07-19 13:00, 2018-07-05 13:00
If you care to take part in this call or join the Sanctuary Jurisdiction Working Group, please email akellar@imla.org

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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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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Qualified Immunity in section 1983 cases, an overview of recent Supreme Court decisions and practical considerations for the government practitioner
2018-04-20 10:45 - 11:45
Qualified Immunity in section 1983 cases, an overview of recent Supreme Court decisions and practical considerations for the government practitioner
This first part of this presentation will provide a discussion of recent Supreme Court qualified immunity presentations and underscore how local government lawyers can utilize these cases in their practice. The second half of this presentaiton will provide an overview of practice pointers on qualified immunity issues in the circuit courts of appeals.
Speakers: Susan Lappen & Tom Carr
Location: Blue Room

2018 Mid-Year Seminar
2018-04-20 08:00 - 22:00
IMLA’s Mid Year Seminar

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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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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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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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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