on June 29, 2010, Attorney Brian Riley will be faculty for the seminar on Freedom of Information and Public Records Law.  Offered as part of the Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program (MCLE), participants will learn what type of information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records... read more

On May 6, 2010, Attorney Ilana Quirk, co-chair of Kopelman and Paige’s Land Use practice, will present a two hour seminar on the interrelationship of the State Building Code with zoning, subdivision control and other statutory requirements, with ane emphasis on permitting and enforcement issues.  This seminar will be... read more

On April Attorney Kay Doyle gave a presentation to the Massachusetts Library Association on “Constitutional Considerations when Dealing with Disruptive Patrons” in which she discussed common situations faced by library staff and patrons and provided a response framework that preserves the rights of library patrons under the U.S. Constitution... read more

On April 6, 2010, Attorney Elizabeth Lane will present a seminar of interest to highway superintendents and other local officials, entitled “Rights and Obligations of Municipalities in the Creation and Maintenance of Public Ways.”

In March, 2010, Attorney Elizabeth A. Lane presented a seminar entitled “Writing Reasonable and Defensible Decisions” at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Citizen Planning Training Collaborative.  A frequent speakr on this and other zoning, planning, and land use subjects, Attorney Lane explained longstanding and recent court decisions that... read more