Don't miss our June webinars! June 3rd webinar, Navigating the False Claims Act: Compliance and Litigation. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-JUNE-3-FALSE-CLAIMS-WEBINAR> On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" (the EO). In that EO, the head of every agency was directed to include a term requiring any party to a contract or grant with the federal government certify that it does not "operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws" and the grantee must agree that its "compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government's payment decision" for the purposes of the False Claims Act. This webinar will explore legal issues surrounding the False Claims Act. Key topics include: * Overview of the Executive Order (EO) and its implications * The False Claims Act (FCA) and its role in enforcement actions * Authority interpreting materiality requirements in similar contexts * The Baltimore case and its latest developments * Legal challenges to implementation and potential defenses * Historical support for similar programs in federal legislation, regulations, and court decisions Speaker: Scott Crouch June 5th webinar, Ethics of Good Governance: Europe's 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance as Applied in the U.S.. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-JUNE-5-ETHICS-WEBINAR> American cities can adopt a fresh perspective on evaluating their overall performance by considering Europe's 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance. As municipal attorneys, understanding these principles can enhance ethical standards and further democracy at the local level. This webinar will explore how these principles align with the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and their application in governance. Key topics include: * Responsiveness: ABA Model Rule 1.4 * Efficiency & Effectiveness: ABA Model Rule 1.15 * Openness & Transparency: ABA Model Rule 1.6 * Rule of Law: ABA Model Rules - Preamble * Ethical Conduct: ABA Model Rule 1.7 * Competence & Capacity: ABA Model Rule 1.1 * Innovation & Openness to Change: ABA Ethics Ops. 477R & 495 Speaker: Alan Bojorquez June 12th webinar, Navigating Changes to Nondiscrimination and Immigration Enforcement Requirements In Revised FAA Grant Agreement Template and Airport Sponsor Grant Assurances. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-JUNE-12-AIRPORT-LAW-WEBINAR> FAA's recent revisions to the Airport Sponsor Grant Assurances and grant agreement template form have raised questions from recipients of FAA grant funding regarding the legal implications of entering into new FAA grant agreements and potential retroactivity of the new requirements. Some of the recent changes appear to be designed to implement provisions of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, and can be understood by reference to the Act. However, several changes to the requirements regarding immigration laws and nondiscrimination laws are confusingly worded and may conflict with local, state, and federal laws and policies, in particular municipal and state DEI and sanctuary laws and policies. This program, Presented by Slone Isselhard and Kirsten Crawford of Kaplan Kirsch LLP, will provide an overview of the changes to immigration and DEI laws and policies in the new FAA grant agreement template and Grant Assurances and the legal implications of such changes, particularly in light of the April 24, 2025 letter to DOT grant recipients issued by Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. The discussion will include how "illegal DEI" and "cooperation" with ICE may be interpreted, the current state of the law on DEI and sanctuary laws and policies, and how grant recipients have challenged these and similar grant conditions during the Trump administration's current and preceding term for violation of the U.S. Constitution and Administrative Procedures Act. Speaker: Kirsten Crawford & Slone Isselhard June 24th webinar, Land Use Law 101. Click here to register.<https://members.imla.org/integratedEvents/home/2025-JUNE-24-LAND-USE-WEBINAR> Join experienced land use and local government law practitioner David Warner in this webinar as he explores property rights, regulation of private property, planning, zoning, subdivisions and other modern legal issues in land use law. For those new to land use law, this is a primer on the up-to-date basics you need to know to spot issues and to determine the appropriate course of action. For the experienced practitioner, this presentation not only serves as a refresher course, but also includes new points of law that have developed in recent years, which impact the basics. Speaker: David Warner 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.