FALL 2018 COURSE MATERIALS

LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LAW SECTION COURSEBOOK

September 28-29, 2018
The Westin Buffalo
250 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
8.0 MCLE credits

Section Chair
Richard Zuckerman, Esq.
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP

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NYS Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Basics

Freedom of Information Law

Notice of Claim Basics

Notice of Claim Basics Outline

Notice of Claim Basics Attachments

Ethical Issues for New Public Sector Attorneys – Reliance on a Supervisor’s Resolution of a Question of Professional Duty

Ethical Issues for New Public Sector Attorneys

Update from the State’s 2018 Legislative Session

Noteworthy Legislative Action 2017-2018

Recent Federal Tax Law Changes and Federal Tax Hot Topics for Municipalities and State Government, Including Remedial NYS Legislation

Federal Tax Changes and Hot Topics for Municipalities

SEQRA – 2018 Amendments

2018 Amendments to the Regulations Implementing SEQR

Findings Statement for Amendments to 6 NYCRR Part 617 (2018)

West Village Committee Inc v Zagata Supreme Court 

West Village Committee Inc v Zagata Appellate Division 

A Half Century of Home Rule in New York State

Local Government and the New York State Constitution

Have Cities Abandoned Home Rule?

Latest Developments on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Public Workplace and the Effects of the #MeToo Movement

Latest Developments on Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Public Workplace

Janus and Beyond: The Demise of Agency Fees

Janus v. AFSCME

Janus and Beyond: The Demise of Agency Fees

Ethical Issues for Public Sector Attorneys in NYS, Including the Limitations on Attorney-Client Privilege for State and Local Government Lawyers

Ethical Issues for Public Sector Attorneys in NY

Organization as Client: Special Consideration for a Government Lawyer

Speaker Biographies

 Registration List