Here’s the first of two CLE programs that I’m doing next week Thursday. Through the magic of the internet, we’re doing a nationwide webinar on ethics issues, followed by an in-person eminent domain conference in Honolulu.
On Thursday, May 10, 2012, starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT, 7 a.m. HST), I’ll be presenting “Municipal Law: Navigating Local Government Recusal Laws, Conflicts of Interest and Government Immunity” on-line, along with my colleagues Michael Donaldson, Michael Kamprath, and Professor Patricia Salkin. We’ll be discussing ethical issues, using two recent U.S. Supreme Court cases as context: Nevada Comm’n on Ethics v. Carrigan, and Filarsky v. Delia. Here’s a description of the program:
Local government counsel regularly face a myriad of ethical issues. Key problematic areas concern recusal laws, conflict of interest, identifying the client, and the scope and applicability of qualified immunity for