Past Events

KMTG attorneys speak on a variety of legal topics, and host numerous educational seminars, workshops and other special events. The following archive of past events is provided for your reference.

Brown Bag Seminar
Friday 02/03/2012 Webinar: Hydraulic Fracturing & Permitting - What You Need to Know About "Fracking" and What's At Stake in California
Friday 12/02/2011 Webinar: Plaintiffs Pursue Application Of California Area of Origin Law That Would Require Priority Allocations Of CVP And SWP Contract Supply to Area of Origin Contractors
Friday 10/14/2011 Webinar: Environmental Crimes and the Circuit Prosecutor Project, Circuit-riding Prosecutors: Lone Rangers or Super Heroes?
Friday 05/20/2011 Webinar: Conducting Environmental Impact Review on Endangered Species Act Implementation-Achieving Informed Species Protection with Public Accountability
Friday 04/15/2011 Webinar: Managing California's Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation
Friday 03/18/2011 Webinar: Environmental Plaintiffs Pursue Statewide Groundwater Regulations Under Public Trust Doctrine
Friday 06/12/2009 The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Can it Fix California's Delta Water Woes?
Friday 11/14/2008 Got Water? The 2009 Drought Water Bank
Friday 08/15/2008 The 5 Ws of Mitigation Banking: Who, What, Why, When and Where
Friday 02/15/2008 America's Fuel Crisis: Is the Answer Growing in Our Fields?
Friday 09/07/2007 California's Delta: If It's Broken, Why Can't We Fix It?
Friday 07/13/2007 California Attorney General's Response to Global Warming - Love It or Hate It
Friday 03/16/2007 Vineyard Area Citizens: State High Court Clarifies Rules Governing CEQA Review of Water Supplies for Real Estate Development
Friday 02/23/2007 California Actions on Climate Change
Industry Conference
Thursday 12/04/2008 2008 CSBA Annual Education Conference and Trade Show
Tuesday 05/06/2008 ACWA 2008 Spring Conference and Exhibition: Managing Water in a Green World
Thursday 11/29/2007 2007 CSBA Annual Education Conference and Trade Show
Thursday 09/06/2007 2007 Annual LOCC Conference & Exposition
Tuesday 05/08/2007 2007 ACWA Spring Conference & Exhibition
Thursday 04/12/2007 2007 Annual Conference & California School Business Expo
KMTG Breakfast Seminar
Wednesday 06/30/2010 Green Financing 101
Friday 05/14/2010 The ABC's of Classified Employee Layoffs
Friday 03/12/2010 Discipline of Special Education and 504 Eligible Students
Friday 02/26/2010 Discipline of Special Education and 504 Eligible Students
Friday 01/22/2010 School Facilities and Finance
Friday 01/22/2010 The ABC's of Certificated Employee Layoffs
KMTG Telebriefing
Monday 01/10/2011 Financing Options for Solar Power Projects and How to Structure the Contract to Meet Your District's Specific Goals (telebriefing)
Monday 12/13/2010 Important Facts and Risks Surrounding Solar Power Projects and What You Need to Know Before Entering into a Contract (telebriefing)
KMTG Workshop
Wednesday 06/01/2011 Advanced EEO: New Developments and Court Decisions You Can't Afford to Miss
Friday 03/25/2011 Firefighter Bill of Rights: Is Your District in Compliance?
Wednesday 02/02/2011 Employment Law Update: Legislative Changes for 2011 (Roseville)
Tuesday 01/25/2011 Employment Law Update: Legislative Changes for 2011 (Sacramento)
Monday 11/15/2010 Social Media and the Employment Relationship: Hiring, Firing and Discipline
Wednesday 11/10/2010 Social Media and the Employment Relationship: Hiring, Firing and Discipline
Tuesday 11/09/2010 The New Normal: Changes in the Financing and Development of Real Estate
Friday 10/22/2010 The New Normal - Opportunities and Challenges in the Coming Post-Recession Real Estate Market
Thursday 10/21/2010 Estate Planning in Uncertain Times: How to Best Plan for Future Generations without a Crystal Ball
Wednesday 07/21/2010 Managing Employment Issues in a Down Economy and Preparing for Better Times
Wednesday 06/02/2010 Managing Employment Issues in a Down Economy and Preparing for Better Times
Thursday 05/13/2010 Social Media in the Workplace: How Employers Can Benefit (Lafayette Location)
Wednesday 05/12/2010 Social Media in the Workplace: How Employers Can Benefit (Sacramento Location)
Wednesday 09/16/2009 Privacy and the E-Workplace: Practical advice for every employer on how to properly prepare for and respond to employee privacy issues
Wednesday 04/29/2009 2009 Wage and Hour Compliance Seminar
Thursday 02/19/2009 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors
Thursday 02/12/2009 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors
Friday 01/23/2009 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors
Wednesday 01/21/2009 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors
Wednesday 09/17/2008 Managing Employee Leaves of Absence
Friday 02/15/2008 AB 1234: Mandatory Training for Public Officials
Wednesday 09/12/2007 Workplace Investigation Seminar
Monday 04/30/2007 Northeastern SELPAs of California: 2006-2007 Special Education Seminar Series
Friday 03/16/2007 School Facilities & Finance: Charting the Course for Your District in 2007
Speaking Engagement
Wednesday 02/01/2012 Webinar: The End of Redevelopment - What Does it Mean for Schools?
Thursday 01/26/2012 45th Annual Mid Pacific Region Water Users Conference:
Bay Delta Litigation Update Panel
Wednesday 01/25/2012 Collection: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment
Saturday 01/21/2012 2012 California Water Law Symposium:
Best Practices for Managing California's Water Banks in the Future - Saving for a (Non)Rainy Day
Wednesday 01/18/2012 (Webinar) California Employment Law Compliance Boot Camp: Dos and Don'ts for Multistate Employers
Friday 01/13/2012 Legal Issues Affecting School Operations and Facilities
Friday 01/13/2012 2012 ACSA Every Child Counts Symposium:
Harassment and Bullying - From the School Yard to the Court
Thursday 01/12/2012 2012 ACSA Every Child Counts Symposium:
Legal Issues Forum
Saturday 12/03/2011 CSBA 2011 Annual Conference: Surviving Tough Negotiations as a Board
Friday 12/02/2011 CSBA 2011 Annual Conference: Making Collective Bargaining Work for You - And What to Do When it Doesn't
Friday 12/02/2011 CSBA 2011 Annual Conference: Brown Act: Understanding the Basics
Thursday 12/01/2011 CalPELRA 2011 Annual Conference: Doing Discipline Right - Navigating the Complexities of the Firefighter and Public Safety Officer Procedural Rights Acts
Thursday 12/01/2011 California Council of School Attorneys Meeting: Legal Issues And Updates Associated With Teacher Evaluations
Wednesday 11/30/2011 CalPELRA 2011 Annual Conference: Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Employee Leave Laws - A Presentation of Three Case Studies
Wednesday 11/30/2011 ACWA 2011 Fall Conference: Fish & Game Code Section 1602 and Water Diversions - What to Do if the California Department of Fish & Game Warden Shows Up at Your Door
Thursday 11/10/2011 Sanctions in the Credit and Collection Industry
Thursday 11/10/2011 Sanctions in the Credit and Collection Industry
Thursday 10/27/2011 Affordability Through Density: Using California's Density Bonus Law to Create Affordable Housing
Monday 10/24/2011 From Twitter to Facebook: Avoiding the Risks of Today's High-Tech Workplace
Friday 10/21/2011 CEB: Fundamentals of Employment Law
Tuesday 10/18/2011 CASH Fall Conference: Legal Implications on New Legislation and Court Cases - Chawanakee USD v. County of Madera
Thursday 10/13/2011 Advanced Teacher Discipline
Thursday 10/13/2011 CSDA Annual Conference: The Electronic Workplace - Traps for the Unwary
Wednesday 10/12/2011 CSDA Annual Conference: Proposition 26 - What it Requires and How to Protect Your Agency
Wednesday 10/12/2011 Furloughs - The Alternative to Layoffs
Tuesday 10/04/2011 New Developments and Court Decisions You Can't Afford to Miss
Friday 09/23/2011 ACWA CLE Workshop: Water Marketing - Opportunities for Self Help to Supplement Regional and Local Supplies
Friday 09/23/2011 ACWA CLE Workshop: Water Marketing - Waters of the US and th New EPA/Army Corps Guidance Program Summary
Friday 09/23/2011 LOCC Annual Conference: Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California
Thursday 09/22/2011 ACWA CLE Workshop: Developer Fees and Exactions - Water Infrastructure and Source Water
Wednesday 07/20/2011 The Public Records Act: The Race to Keep Up
Tuesday 07/19/2011 Dealing With Validation Requests Under the FDCPA & FCRA (Teleseminar)
Friday 07/15/2011 Don't Hang Up the Phone - Permissible Telephone Calls Under th FDCPA and TCPA
Friday 07/08/2011 Legal Update on Fees Relating to Schools, Students & Districts
Thursday 07/07/2011 How to Collect Military Accounts (Teleseminar)
Friday 05/13/2011 Case Study on State Furloughs
Friday 05/13/2011 Hot Topics: Current Legal Cases Throughout the United States Affecting Legal Debt Collection
Friday 05/13/2011 The Computer Ate That E-mail - Electronic Discovery And Document Retention In The Public Sector
Thursday 05/12/2011 Proposition 26: What it Means from Three Perspectives
Saturday 04/30/2011 The ABCs of Difficult Investigations
Tuesday 04/19/2011 One-Year Anniversary of Health Care Reform: Helping Your Business Balance the Demands
Thursday 04/14/2011 (Webinar) Liar, Liar: How to Spot (and Effectively Manage) Dishonest Employees in Your Workplace
Thursday 04/14/2011 What School Board Members and District Administrators Need to Know About Conflicts of Interest
Wednesday 04/13/2011 Social Media - Positives and Pitfalls
Friday 03/25/2011 Water Rights Transfers - Creative Solutions
Thursday 03/24/2011 I am Woman: Hear Me Negotiate!
Tuesday 03/08/2011 Webinar: Understanding the Brown Act: Core Components, Updates and Ensuring Compliance
Friday 03/04/2011 The Public Trust Doctrine
Tuesday 03/01/2011 Social Media - Positives and Pitfalls
Monday 02/28/2011 Webinar: To Layoff or Not to Layoff
Thursday 02/10/2011 California Water Laws and Regulations: Current Issues with Urban Water Management Plans
Wednesday 02/09/2011 Recent Developments in Employment Law
Wednesday 02/02/2011 Preventing Problematic Commercial Purchase Agreements: The Top Ten Traps for the Unwary
Thursday 01/27/2011 Bay Delta Litigation Update Panel
Saturday 01/22/2011 California's Water Adequacy Laws and Land Use Planning (Interconnectedness Among CEQA, UWMP Act, and SB 610 & 221)
Tuesday 01/18/2011 Employee Leaves
Tuesday 01/18/2011 Recent Developments in Employment Law
Friday 01/14/2011 Practical Approaches to Common Pitfalls
Friday 01/14/2011 Opportunities and Pitfalls: Providing Special Education and 504 in Charter Schools
Wednesday 01/12/2011 Recent Developments in Employment Law
Friday 12/03/2010 CSBA Table Talk: CALGreen Building Code - What You Need to Know to Make Your Schools Green
Friday 12/03/2010 CSBA Table Talk: The Sale of Surplus Property and the Use of Proceeds to Offset Budget Shortages
Friday 12/03/2010 CSBA Annual Conference: What Board Members Need to Know About Conflicts of Interest
Thursday 12/02/2010 CSBA Table Talk: The Sale of Surplus Property and the Use of Proceeds to Offset Budget Shortages
Wednesday 12/01/2010 The Brown Act
Thursday 11/18/2010 Furloughs, Layoffs and Other Downsizings in An Era of Declining Budgets
Saturday 11/13/2010 What To Do When You Receive a Cease and Desist Request
Tuesday 11/09/2010 Telebriefing: Sonoma Co. Water Coalition v. Sonoma Co. Water Agency: Implications for Urban Water Management Planning
Friday 10/29/2010 CSBA Training for Executive Assistants
Tuesday 10/26/2010 Webinar: New Laws Schools Have to Implement
Tuesday 10/26/2010 The Linkage Between Urban Water Management Plan Defensibility and SB 610 Water Supply Assessment Review
Thursday 10/21/2010 Employment Law Issues For Collection Law Firms
Wednesday 10/13/2010 Practical Applications in Estate Planning
Thursday 09/30/2010 "Advanced Teacher Discipline Strategies & HR Tool Box"
Friday 09/24/2010 Laws of the River: California's Bay-Delta Litigation - What It Means for Water Supply and for the West
Friday 09/24/2010 Water and Land Use in California after Save Tara
Friday 09/24/2010 Charter Schools - Special Eduation Services
Wednesday 09/22/2010 Using Social Media as an Outreach Tool in Your District
Wednesday 09/08/2010 Drafting Contracts and Other Legal Documents from a Litigator's Perspective
Tuesday 09/07/2010 Inspection and Abatement Warrants and 4th Amendment Issues
Monday 08/30/2010 Moderator: "Green Business Strategies - Good for the Economy and the Community - Land Use & Sustainable Communities"
Monday 08/16/2010 How to Handle Payment Transaction Fees (Teleseminar)
Friday 08/06/2010 Social Media Policies - The Ways and Whats of Creating Clear Guidelines
Monday 07/12/2010 Fighting Damage Claims and Fee Requests
Wednesday 06/23/2010 Legal Perspectives of Creating Social Networking Policies
Wednesday 06/16/2010 Training New Supervisors (Webinar)
Tuesday 06/08/2010 Handling Common Employee Leave Scenarios (Webinar)
Tuesday 05/25/2010 Make No Mistake: Supreme Court Rules on Bona Fide Error (Teleseminar)
Friday 05/21/2010 School District Unification and Other Territory Changes
Tuesday 05/18/2010 Estate Planning Essentials Beyond the Basics
Thursday 05/13/2010 Safely Communicating by Electronic Means: Can You Contact Consumers by Voicemail, Email, Text Messaging and Cell Phones Without Violating FDCPA?
Thursday 05/13/2010 Superintendent's Meeting "Voting Rights Act Update"
Wednesday 05/12/2010 How to Conduct Internal Investigations: Remain in Compliance with the Firefighters Bill of Rights
Tuesday 05/11/2010 Ethics for New Trustees
Wednesday 05/05/2010 Preparing Legally Defensible Urban Water Management Plans That Implement SB 7's Statewide Conservation Mandate
Wednesday 04/21/2010 Preparing for the Economic Turnaround: Avoiding Recruitment and Hiring Pitfalls
Friday 04/16/2010 The Brown Act
Thursday 04/15/2010 Managing Regulation - A New Reality: How To Handle The New Regulation And The Conflicts And Contradictions That Will Come With It
Wednesday 04/14/2010 Classified Reduction in Force
Thursday 04/08/2010 Are There Any Ethics in Government?
Friday 03/12/2010 New Legislation Manufacturers Need to Know and Understand
Friday 03/12/2010 The Brown Act: What You Need to Know
Tuesday 03/02/2010 Employee Handbooks and Notice Requirements: Keeping Your Handbooks and Notices Compliant With Federal and State Law
Monday 03/01/2010 Certificated Reduction in Force
Friday 02/19/2010 Webinar: Understanding the Brown Act and Your Responsibilities
Wednesday 02/10/2010 Terminations, Layoffs and Downsizing in Today's Tough Economy
Thursday 01/28/2010 Bay Delta Litigation Panel - Update on Federal Litigation Regarding the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Wednesday 01/27/2010 Collective Bargaining in Challenging Times
Wednesday 01/20/2010 Understanding the Brown Act and Your Responsibilities
Tuesday 01/19/2010 New Legislation and Case Law for Employers for 2010
Friday 01/15/2010 Legal Issues in Education
Thursday 01/14/2010 Legal Issues Panel: "Hot Topics"
Thursday 01/14/2010 Generating Dollars from Cents... Economic Crisis Hits Schools: Serving our Homeless Population in Challenging Times
Wednesday 12/09/2009 ExecSense Webinar: Helping Your Clients Create a Social Media Policy - What Labor & Employment Lawyers Need to Know
Thursday 12/03/2009 Charter School Authorizations
Thursday 12/03/2009 School District Unification and Other Territory Changes
Thursday 12/03/2009 Preparing a Legally Defensible Urban Water Management Plan in an Era of Water Supply Uncertainty
Thursday 11/19/2009 Is Surplus District Property a Solution to the Budget Woes?
Friday 11/13/2009 Identity Theft and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act's Red Flag Rules
Thursday 11/05/2009 The Complicated Delta - What's Happening Now; Salmon BIOP and Other Issues
Friday 10/23/2009 The Brown Act - Webinar
Wednesday 10/07/2009 Legal Issues in Real Estate Foreclosure
Wednesday 09/30/2009 An Ounce of Prevention: Human Resources Role In Wage & Hour Claims
Thursday 08/27/2009 Endangered Species Act: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Biological Opinions
Monday 07/20/2009 The Brown Act
Wednesday 06/10/2009 Cyber Bullying: AB 86 Seminar
Thursday 05/21/2009 Show Me the Water! Tools for Water Agencies, Land-Use Agencies and Development Projects to Navigate SB 610, CEQA and SB 221 in an Era of Water Supply Uncertainty
Tuesday 05/12/2009 AB 1234 Compliance Training For New Trustees
Thursday 04/16/2009 Legal Issues: Rules and Regulations for Declaring Drought and Shortage
Friday 03/20/2009 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Friday 03/13/2009 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 02/26/2009 Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights
Thursday 02/26/2009 How to be an Effective Board Member: CSDA Ethics Training
Friday 02/20/2009 Law of Collective Bargaining
Friday 02/13/2009 Law of Collective Bargaining
Wednesday 02/11/2009 Upcoming Personnel Issues
Wednesday 01/28/2009 Bay Delta Litigation Panel - The Wagner ESA Decisions
Monday 01/19/2009 Advanced Employment Law: Working Through Common Problems
Thursday 01/15/2009 How to be an Effective Board Member: CSDA Ethics Training
Friday 12/12/2008 Law of Collective Bargaining
Wednesday 12/03/2008 Orientation for New Trustees: What Every Board Member Needs to Know
Wednesday 12/03/2008 The Wanger Cases - Regulation of Diversion of Water from the Delta Under the Endangered Species Act
Wednesday 11/12/2008 Technology Matters
Friday 11/07/2008 Open, Ethical Leadership: AB 1234 Compliance Training for Special Districts
Thursday 10/16/2008 Eminent Domain Issues and Orders of Possession
Thursday 10/02/2008 Teacher Rights and Responsibilities
Wednesday 10/01/2008 CEQA 101
Tuesday 09/30/2008 Real Estate Development in California: A 2008 Update
Friday 09/26/2008 Show Me the Water! Tools To Help Cities Navigate California's Deepening Regulatory Drought
Thursday 09/25/2008 AB 1234 Ethics Compliance
Thursday 09/25/2008 The Implications of the Public Records Act on New Technology
Tuesday 09/23/2008 Consolidation and Disbanding of Special Districts
Friday 09/19/2008 Students with Disability and Dual Enrollment Eligibility
Wednesday 09/17/2008 Effective and Defensible IEPs
Wednesday 09/17/2008 Alternative Dispute Resolution - Is it a Life Preserver?
Thursday 09/11/2008 Lease-Leasebacks
Monday 09/08/2008 Local Governmental Due Diligence: 10 Do's and Don'ts
Friday 07/25/2008 Hour Calculation and Expense Reimbursement
Friday 07/18/2008 Water 101 for the Napa Valley
Wednesday 07/16/2008 Managing Employee Leaves
Tuesday 07/15/2008 Advanced H.R. Academy: Preparing Today's Leaders for Tomorrow's Future
Tuesday 06/24/2008 Lease-Leaseback
Thursday 05/15/2008 Delta Litigation in the Federal Courts
Tuesday 05/13/2008 AB 1234 Ethics Training
Sunday 05/04/2008 Show Me The Water! How the Regulatory Drought and California's Water & Planning Laws Demand New Partnerships Among Landowners/Property Developers, Water Agencies and Land-use Agencies
Tuesday 04/15/2008 Layoffs and Terminations
Saturday 04/12/2008 Water Management in a Changing Climate
Friday 04/11/2008 PERB Remedies
Friday 04/11/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Friday 04/04/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 03/27/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 03/27/2008 Open, Ethical Leadership: AB 1234 Compliance Training for Special Districts
Wednesday 03/26/2008 Real Estate Development From Beginning to End in California
Friday 03/07/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Friday 02/29/2008 Legal Framework for Employee/Employer Relations
Monday 02/25/2008 North Eastern SELPA Special Education Workshop
Friday 02/08/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Friday 02/08/2008 Legal Framework for Employee/Employer Relations
Friday 02/08/2008 Layoff Issues in Light of the Governor's Budget
Friday 02/01/2008 Legal Framework for Employee/Employer Relations
Friday 01/25/2008 2008 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 01/24/2008 General Session: Wanger Decisions
Panel Discussion on Immediate Stressors and Alternatives to Continue Critical Water Deliveries South of the Bay Delta in 2008, 2009, etc.
Wednesday 01/16/2008 Superintendent Meeting In-Service
Saturday 01/12/2008 New Board Member Workshop
Thursday 12/06/2007 Orders of Possession
Thursday 11/29/2007 California Council of School Attorneys and the County Counsel's Association 2007 Joint Annual Workshop
Wednesday 11/14/2007 Special Education Issues for Students Working Towards Administrative Credentials
Thursday 11/01/2007 Is the Delta in Trouble? Court Rulings and the Increasing Pressure on One of the Largest Water Diversion Projects in the World
Tuesday 10/16/2007 2007 Developments in California Workplace Law
Tuesday 10/09/2007 Employee Leaves: Managing the Overlap Between FMLA/CFRA/ADA/PDLL/Worker's Compensation
Wednesday 09/19/2007 Real Estate Development from Beginning to End
Friday 09/14/2007 Overview of Personnel Notice Cases; Special Education - Autism
Monday 07/30/2007 The Legal Profession
Wednesday 05/30/2007 Charter Schools Legal Update
Saturday 04/28/2007 Charter School Oversight: Legal Update
Friday 04/20/2007 Controversial Negotiation Topics. Deal or Deal Breaker?
Wednesday 04/18/2007 Employee Discipline & Documentation
Thursday 04/12/2007 Water Rights: The Takings Clause and Government Liability for Regulatory Reallocation of Water Supplies
Friday 03/30/2007 The Brown Act
Tuesday 03/27/2007 Sexual Harassment Training For Supervisors
Friday 03/16/2007 2007 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Friday 03/09/2007 2007 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Wednesday 03/07/2007 The Automatic Stay
Friday 03/02/2007 2007 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 02/22/2007 Successful Navigation of a Challenging Teacher Dismissal
Friday 02/09/2007 2007 The Brown Act: What You Need To Know
Thursday 02/08/2007 10 Things a Paralegal Should Know About Real Estate. . . And What's Hot and What's Not (in Bakersfield Real Estate)
Special Event
Wednesday 08/25/2010 Bakersfield Open House
Thursday 03/04/2010 Walnut Creek Open House Reception
Wednesday 02/06/2008 San Luis Obispo Client Reception
Wednesday 10/24/2007 San Luis Obispo Open House