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From the program: California Special Education Law 2013

Released on: Oct. 23, 2013

Currently, approximately 686,000 students with disabilities receive special education services in California, comprising about 10 percent of the state’s public school enrollment. The California Special Education Law Program will provide you with an overview of the basics of Special Education Law, as well as an opportunity to hear from experts in the field on the trends and cutting edge issues affecting the practice today.Lecture Topics  ...

From the program: Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013

Recorded on: Apr. 10, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013 recorded April, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:11:34]Emergency Management and Government Benefits  [01:11:34] A. Government Response Federal, state and local emergency declarations FEMA, state and local emergency response measures, including mandatory evacuation orders Relationship between ...

Released on: Oct. 22, 2013

Taken from the briefing Chapter 9 - Recent and Possible Future Developments in Chapter 9 in Light of the Detroit, Jefferson County, Stockton and Other Cases recorded October, 2013.While the country has not been beset by the flood of municipality bankruptcies that some have predicted, during the last five years, Detroit, Jefferson County, Alabama, and three significant California cities (populations of approximately 300,000, 215,000 and 130,000) ...

From the program: Municipal Law Institute (13th Annual)

Released on: Jul. 26, 2013

The Municipal Law Institute offers sharp analyses of important developments, emerging legal issues and best practices in the field of municipal law.Topics Discussed Will Include: The Municipal Response to Natural Disasters Ethics for the Municipal Lawyer Employment Law Update Lecture Topics [Total time 06:11:46]Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction* [00:09:48]Jonathan ...

Recorded on: Jun. 5, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Municipal Securities Activity by Broker-Dealers and Advisors 2013 Recorded May, 2013 in New YorkMSRB and FINRA Developments [00:58:48] The MSRB Rulebook EMMA: current resources and future functionality FINRA monthly report card: material event disclosure in the primary market The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook available online: MSRB and Finra Developments ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2013

ROBERT A. FIPPINGER: All right, we'll start again, Maurine. MAURINE R. BARTLETT: Yes. Rather than getting into the municipal advisor section for the first three prongs and then taking a break and everyone forgetting, the interlocking definitions are complicated enough without trying to do that. So we'll just take it from the top. I'd like to begin by noting that although the Municipal Advisory Registration Provision became effective on October 1, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2013

LAUREN E. NOCHTA: It is now my pleasure to introduce you to the moderator of our first two panels, Robert Fippinger. Robert is a senior counsel in the New York office of Orrick, where he specializes in the securities law of public finance. He's the author of the third edition of PLI's "The Securities Law of Public Finance Treatise," which, in prior editions has been updated annually for 20 years. He is currently serving as a member of the ...

Released on: Jul. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court's Shelby County and the Future of Voting Rights Enforcement recorded July, 2013.On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one of the most significant voting rights opinions in decades: Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder.  The Court considered the constitutionality of Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act, which requires certain "covered" jurisdictions to obtain advance permission ("preclearance") ...