Don't miss our March Webinars! March 4th Environmental Webinar, Products Liability Law and Emerging Water Contaminants: Legal Strategies to Recover Regulatory Compliance Costs. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-MARCH-4-ENVIRONMENTAL-WEBINAR> Free Live For IMLA Members - CLE available to Kitchen Sink Subscribers and in some cases to others but fees may apply. This webinar will first provide a brief update on state and federal standards for contaminants in drinking water, wastewater, and biosolids, as well as the challenges and costs that recent and anticipated regulatory developments present for municipalities. Contaminants addressed may include PFAS, 1,4-dioxane, 1,2,3-TCP, perchlorate, and others pending legislation at the time of the webinar. Then, we will discuss how municipalities affected by contamination have used products liability principles to pursue legal action against the manufacturers responsible for pollution, referencing several case studies from successful litigation. Ken Sansone will explain the full legal process used in these cases, from initial detection of contaminants to the receipt of compensation. Attendees will gain a greater understanding of how local governments can reduce the financial impact of compliance with new water quality regulations by shifting the costs to manufacturers. Speaker: Ken Sansone March 6th Environmental Webinar, Constitutional Framework of the United States and the Role of Local Government Attorneys. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-MARCH-6-ENVIRONMENTAL-WEBINAR> This course will provide an overview of the governing structure in the United States (think Civics 101) and discuss how the dynamics of federalism and home rule authority impact the role of the local government attorney in the US. Speaker: Katie Hodgdon March 11th Religion Webinar, Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's Recent Free Exercise and Establishment Decisions. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-JANUARY-23-RELIGION-WEBINAR> This webinar will address the practical implications of recent Supreme Court decisions about the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses. Led by a practicing First Amendment lawyer and a First Amendment specialist at UVA Law School, it will cover religious exemptions from civil rights law, prayer in public schools, school funding decisions, and ways in which rhetoric about religious freedom can affect case outcomes. Both of the speakers have substantial expertise working with (and representing) local governments, and will aim to provide useful guidance to lawyers seeking to navigate the Supreme Court's rapid transformation of the First Amendment Speaker: Joshua Matz & Rich Schragger March 20th Procurement & Contracting Webinar, Advanced Contracting for Municipal Attorneys. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-MARCH-20-PROCUREMENT-CONTRACTING-WEBINAR> This program will focus on the complexities of advanced public contract with value or qualification-based procurement processes and alternative project delivery models becoming more common to sustainable govern programs, construction and climate response. Learn how to move from traditional, price-based selection to advanced, performance-based contracting that lends itself to both sustainable facilities and practices. Learn the traps for the unwary in P3 contracting and know how to protect your municipality while ensuring a deal that's financeable. Speaker: Steven "Tip" Torres Click here<https://imla.org/webinar-schedule/> for more details on the webinar and our entire 2025 calendar. Please let me know if you have any questions or I can be of any assistance! [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Caroline Storer (she/her) Director of Marketing and Communications International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7104 D: (202) 742-1384 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming.