Events

December 5- Ethics and Professional Responsibility for New Government Attorneys Intended primarily for young attorneys and those new to municipal law, this presentation provides an overview of laws and rules related to ethics and professional responsibility. Speakers: Marc Hansen & Chuck Thompson Register Now!

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project brought clarity to the question of whether disparate impact liability exists under the Fair Housing Act. Disparate impact looks at discriminatory effects of facially-neutral policies and practices, including zoning laws. In upholding the use of disparate impact, the Supreme Court kept intact one of three ways that local governments can be held liable under the Fair Housing Act, but with some important...

Extension on the June 13th Webinar: Land Use – L6 Show Me the Money – Real Estate Financing FREE* This free, one-hour presentation will focus on the advantages of public finance to incentivize private development with Public-Private Partnerships (P3). Speakers: Arthur C. Nelson, Dwight Merriam & Dan Mandelker Register Now!

Drones and Drone Licensing Update Dr. Gregory S. McNeal will share updates from the FAA's new rules for flight over people, check in on Part 107's first six months, and preview the regulatory updates to come in 2017. How will the regulatory landscape shift in the coming year? What is the FAA saying about local drone ordinances and federal preemption? Speaker: Gregory McNeal Register Now!

The Year in Review While you were messing around last year, paying no attention to the most recent, important statutory and case law developments, our panel of national experts had their noses to their computer monitors and yanked every relevant Tweet off their smartphones. You can have the benefit of their collective knowledge by dialing in to this kickoff session of our annual land-use law teleconference series and getting the highlights of the past year in a way that will...

Intended primarily for young attorneys and those new to municipal law, this presentation provides an overview of laws and rules related to ethics and professional responsibility. Speakers: Marc P. Hansen & Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Register Now!

New Government Lawyers Series Parliamentary Procedure Municipal and county governing boards are often populated with well-meaning public servants who have little or no understanding of parliamentary procedure. Consequently, they may conduct their meetings informally, applying procedural rules loosely and perhaps even inconsistently. This “down-home” approach might appear to work well when the board is dealing with noncontroversial matters. Yet when controversy arises – and it always does – the result can be multiple motions made in rapid succession and members...