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| 12:30p |
Trust & Estates Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
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| 8:30a |
Environmental Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
State & Local Tax Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Roundtable Discussion with the DOR
Join featured guests Navjeet K. Bal, Commissioner of Revenue, Kevin Brown, General Counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and David Davenport, Deputy Commissioner, Senior Policy Counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for a roundtable discussion. Commissioner Bal will provide introductory remarks on audit and regulatory developments at the Department of Revenue as well as her perspective on state tax policy matters in light of Governor Deval Patrick's proposed tax legislation. Please email David Nagle and Lu Awdeh with any particular questions or topics that you may wish the speakers to consider. |
| 12:00p |
Energy & Telecommunications Law Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Overview of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
Join Geoffrey Why and Michael Isenberg of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable (DTC), along with interested industry members and legal practitioners to:
Learn about the DTC's various goals; review the DTC's new legal and other procedures; and have the DTC answer and discuss questions from the attendees. This program will also allow Senior DTC staff to ask questions of attendees, in an attempt to better serve the industry and community.
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| 12:30p |
Labor & Employment Law Section - at BBA; RSVP
What's New with the Family and Medical Leave Act
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Nina Joan Kimball |
Join Nina Joan Kimball, Kimball Brousseau LLP, for a discussion on what's new with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). After 15 years, Congress has expanded the FMLA to provide leave for members of the Armed Services and their families; the Department of Labor is proposing significant changes to the FMLA regulations; and the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether FMLA waivers are enforceable. This program will also address how the FMLA can be used to combat an emerging area of discrimination law, Family Responsibility Discrimination, which is the subject of the EEOC's 2007 Caregiver Guidance. |
| 4:30p |
Administration of Justice Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 4:30p |
Criminal Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
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| 8:30a |
New Lawyers Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Professional Liability Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Double Trouble - Bar Discipline and Professional Liability
Join James Bolan of Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox Bolan, LLP for a discussion of policies and procedures at the Board of Bar Overseers and the bar discipline process, coupled with real life examples in the professional liability context. |
| 12:00p |
Real Estate Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 4:00p |
BBA CLE: Appraisals & Valuations - at BBA; Register
This program will cover the ins and outs of appraisals and valuations for real estate, personal property and closely held businesses. The experienced panel will discuss this topic with respect to each of their practice areas, including business valuation, personal property, commercial real estate, personal real estate and machinery and equipment. |
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| 8:00a |
BBO Roundatable - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Affordable Housing Committee - at BBA; RSVP
DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc. and MGL c.151B: The Scope of Protection for Tenants Receiving Public Rental Assistance
Join Zaheer Samee, Frisoli Associates, who represented the successful plaintiff in DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc., as he discusses his work on the case and the issues that were – and were not – addressed by the SJC in its opinion. Under MGL c.151B, §4(10), tenants receiving public rental assistance are protected against discrimination by landlords. The Supreme Judicial Court interpreted the scope of that statutory protection for the first time in twenty years in the recent case DiLiddo v. Oxford Street Realty, Inc. In that case, DHCD regulations applicable to a prospective tenant's rental voucher required that leases with a voucher holder include a limited 30-day termination right. The landlord's agent, a property management company, argued that the economic hardship imposed by such a termination right was a legitimate, nondiscriminatory basis for a refusal to rent. Join us as we discuss this case. |
| 12:00p |
Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 5:30p |
Labor & Employment Section and New Lawyers Section - at Elephant & Castle; RSVP
Social Event
Come mingle with your colleagues after work in the relaxed atmosphere of this British pub. Appetizers will be served. |
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| 12:00p |
Intellectual Property Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:15p |
Antitrust Committee- at BBA; RSVP |
| 1:00p |
BBJ Board of Editors - at BBA |
