2014 MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCITION

ANNUAL WEEK-END MEETING AND CONVENTION

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 THROUIGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014

THE RED JACKET BEACH RESORT, YARMOUTH, MA

JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND THE STATE FOR THIS POPULAR ANNUAL EVENT- 3 DAYS OF QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES TO NEWORK AND DISCUSS COMMON ISSUES, GREAT VENUE FOR RELAXATION, SHOPPING SIGHSEEING, MORE!!!!!!

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PROGRAM DETAILS (SUBJECT TO REVISION):

Date / Time / Program / Speakers
Thursday, October 16- / 4 p-.m. / “Environmental Law Up-Date- What Municipal Counsel Needs to Know” / Nancy Kaplan,
General Counsel, DEP
Greg McGregor and
Kate Connolly
Noted Environmental Attorneys
Dinner at The Red Jacket Inn
“Municipal Potpourri”–(after dinner ) / Group participation led by President John Finnegan
Friday, October 17 / 10 a.m. / “The False Claims Act and What It Means to Municipalities” / Attorney General’s Office
Cassandra Arriaza , AAG
Julia Andrus, AAG
Noon / Luncheon
1 p.m. / After lunch speaker
“New (or Persistent!) Disability Law Issues Facing Municipalities” / Patricia Correa of Associate Town Counsel, Brookline Law -Department
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. / Robert D. Smith
Constitutional Law
Program-
“US Supreme Court Decisions You & Your Community Need to Be Aware Of” / Suffolk Law School Professor Robert Smith
(see over)
3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. / Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m.-
5:00 p.m. / Municipal Trial Practice-
“The Municipality as a
Plaintiff-
Injunctions, ESI (Electronically Stored Information) and Settlements” / Donald Rider
Marlborough City Solicitor
JonathanSablone
Nixon Peabody
Edward Pikula
Springfield City Solicitor
7 p.m. / Dinner at Blue Water Inn
Entertainment-
Saturday, October 18 / 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. / Vendors
9:00 a.m.– 10:30 a.m. / “PPPs & You-
Public-Private Partnerships & Your Community” / Matthew Feher
Burns & Levinson
Other Speakers TBA
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. / COFFEE BREAK & VENDOR VISITS
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. / “PBC Class Action Litigation & What It Means to Your Community” / Speakers TBA
11:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. / “Legislative Report- Zoning Reform and More” / Matthew Feher
Robert Ritchie
11:45 a.m.- 1:15 p.m. / “Zoning and Land Use Update” / Jonathan Witten
Mark Bobrowski
Barbara Saint Andre
Noted Zoning & Land Use
Attorneys
1:15 p.m. / Adjournment

(see over)