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Resources

K and P Knowledge Base

K and P Information Sheets with useful links

Americans With Disabilities Act Information Sheet

See ADA homepage http://www.ada.gov

Municipal Finance General Law Information Sheet

Open Meeting Law - Executive Session Information Sheet
See G. L. c.30A, §§18-25 - http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter30A

Public Records Law Information Sheet
See G. L. c. 66, §10 - http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter66/Section10

See also G. L. c. 4, §7(26) - http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter4/Section7

Municipal Real Estate Acquisition Information Sheet

Uniform Procurement Act Information Sheet
See G.L. c. 30B - http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter30b

Massachusetts Tort Claims Act Information Sheet
See G.L. c. 258

Municipal Tort Liability -- Damages or Injuries from Defects in Public Ways
See G. L. c. 84

Client Education

Sample Client Seminars and Workshops

On January 18th, three of our Attorneys; Jack Dolan, Ilana Quirk and Jonathan Silverstein presented a webinar titled “What Municipalities need to know about the new Casino Legislation”. A PDF of the presentation can be found here. You will need to download and install this player to view the webinar, which can be found here.


Articles of Interest

The Art and Science of Managing Legal Services
by Leonard Kopelman

The Legal Aspects of Regionalizing Municipal Services
by John Giorgio

Five Reasons to take Cable License Renewal Seriously

Public Contracting - Lease or Building Construction? The Applicability of Construction Bidding Statutes to Procurement of Finished Building Space
by David Doneski


Other Links of Interest

Statutes and Regulations

General Laws of Massachusetts - www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/index.htm

Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMRs) Index - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/cmr/cmrindex.html

Code of Massachusetts Regulations FAQs - http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/cmr/cmrfaq.html

State Agencies

Massachusetts state government, generally - http://www.mass.gov

Attorney General's Office - www.ago.state.ma.us/

Attorney General's Office, Municipal Law Unit - www.mass.gov/ago/government-resources/municipal-law/

Civil Service Commission - www.mass.gov/csc

Commission Against Discrimination - www.mass.gov/mcad/

Department of Housing and Community Development - http://www.state.ma.us/dhcd

Department of Public Health - www.mass.gov/dph/

Department of Revenue, generally - www.mass.gov/dor/

Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services www.state.ma.us/dls

Division of Open Government - www.mass.gov/ago/bureaus/government/the-division-of-open-government/

Executive Office of Environmental and Energy Affairs - www.mass.gov/eea

Office of Campaign and Political Finance - www.mass.gov/ocpf/

Registry of Motor Vehicles - www.massdot.state.ma.us/rmv/

Secretary of State, Supervisor of Public Records - www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm

Secretary of State Elections Division - www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm

State Ethics Commission - www.mass.gov/ethics

State Courts

Superior (Trial) Court Information - http://www.ma-trialcourts.org/

Land Court Information - http://www.masscourts.org/

District Court Information -

http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtcourt/index.html

Federal Agencies
U. S. Department of Justice - http://www.justice.gov/

U.S. Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov

Federal Courts

U.S. District Court - Massachusetts - http://www.mad.uscourts.gov

Municipal Training and Information - Other Resources

Citizen Planner Training Collaborative http://www.umass.edu/masscptc/

Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers - http://www.maao.org/county.htm

Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions - http://www.maccweb.org/

Massachusetts Association of City and Town Clerks - http://www.newenglandclerks.org/

Massachusetts Association of Health Boards - http://www.mahb.org/

Massachusetts Municipal Association- www.mma.org/

U Mass Calendar of Training Events for Local Officials - http://www.townboard.org/

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