Product Description

MCLE is pleased to offer this program to an in-person audience at our Boston conference center in addition to the live and recorded webcasts. Masks are encouraged.

Lawyers who represent and advise our cities, towns, or other public sector clients encounter complex, multi-disciplinary questions daily. The breadth and depth of legal competence required of the public sector attorney can be staggering. Similarly, attorneys who represent private clients in their dealings with local government are working in an ever-changing legal framework and are challenged to keep abreast of the rapidly changing legal landscape. Get the latest essential updates and developments from the legislature, government regulators, and courts. The accelerating rate of change in municipal law makes this Conference indispensable to those who work in and with the public sector. Learn how your counterparts across the Commonwealth are navigating the latest legal challenges in the municipal arena!

Agenda & Materials

• 9:00 am–9:05 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  James B. Lampke, Esq., Lampke & Lampke , Hull
  Robert W. Ritchie, Esq., Formerly Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General , South Hadley
  Matthew G. Feher, Esq., KP Law, PC , Boston
  
• 9:05 am–9:35 am

  Open Meetings

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  Carrie Benedon, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 9:35 am–10:05 am

  Public Records

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  Angela M. Puccini, Esq., Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Public Records Division , Boston
  
• 10:05 am–10:35 am

  Ethics and Conflicts of Interest

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  Eve M. Slattery, Esq., State Ethics Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 10:45 am–11:30 am

  Environmental Law Update

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  Gregor I. McGregor, Esq., McGregor Legere & Stevens, PC , Boston
  Luke H. Legere, Esq., McGregor Legere & Stevens, PC , Boston
  
• 11:30 am–12:15 pm

  FEATURED PRESENTATION

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  Resiliency, Climate Change, and Impacts on Massachusetts Land Use

  Aladdine D. Joroff, Esq., Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 12:15 - 1:00 pm

  Lunch (on your own)
• 1:00 pm–1:40 pm

  Cannabis Update

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  Jonathan M. Silverstein, Esq., Blatman, Bobrowski, Haverty & Silverstein LLC , Concord
  Nicole Costanzo, Esq., KP Law, PC , Boston
  
• 1:40 pm–2:20 pm

  Employment Law Update

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  John J. Cloherty, III, Esq., Pierce, Davis & Perritano LLP , Boston
  John J. Davis, Esq., Pierce, Davis & Perritano LLP , Boston
  
• 2:30 pm–3:30 pm

  Land Use and Zoning Update

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  Christopher L. Brown, Esq., Harrington Heep LLP , Wellesley
  Christopher H. Heep, Esq., Miyares and Harrington LLP , Wellesley
  Katherine D. Laughman, Esq., Waltham, City of/Law Department , Waltham
  
• 3:30 pm–4:30 pm

  First Amendment, Government Speech and Public Forum Doctrine

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  Robert S. Arcangeli, Esq., City of Boston Law Department , Boston
  Deanna Barkett Fitzgerald, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP , Boston
  
• 4:30 pm–4:40 pm

  Key Takeaways

  Panel
  
• 4:40 pm–5:00 pm

  “Ask the Experts” Q&A Session

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  Panel
  

Cochairs

Faculty