8:25 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 Recipe Swap: Public Records
Jill F. Cramer, NC Department of Labor, Raleigh
Jodi T. Harrison, NC Department of Adult Correction, Raleigh
Sardar Mujeeb Shah-Khan, Shah-Khan Law PLLC, Matthews
The ingredients: Changes to the Public Records Act, and recent cases, are blended with discussion of actual practices in responding to records requests.
10:30 Break
10:40 Today's Special: Software Contracts Tips and Tricks
Baxter H. Wells III, NC League of Municipalities, Raleigh
The blue-plate special is the stuff of legends and so is a government agency tech contract gone bad due to provisions that are poorly worded or omitted. Learn the basics to avoid that spoiled contract.
11:40 Lunch Break
12:25 Hot Potato: What To Do When a Subpoena Lands on Your Desk
Andrea Leslie-Fite, Guilford County Attorney's Office, Greensboro
Thomas E. Powers III, City of Charlotte Attorney's Office, Charlotte
Francis P. Rasberry, Cauley Pridgen PA, Raleigh
Dropping the hot potato is a bad idea, but how do you make sure you don't? How do you respond to: An out-of-state subpoena? A discovery subpoena? A subpoena from a case to which your client is not a party? A grand jury subpoena? This session assists you in formulating your responses.
1:55 Break
2:05 Cooks in the Kitchen: Unannounced Visits Under SL 2023-134
J. Mark Payne, J.M. Payne and Associates PLLC, Greensboro
Robin W. Smith, Robin Smith Law Office PLLC, Chapel Hill
A new law allows members and staff of a General Assembly committee to enter any state facility and many local and private-sector facilities. They can ask for information, with a criminal penalty for failing to comply. This session covers what the new law says and some of the questions for government and public sector lawyers to consider.
2:35 Break
2:45 Last Course: Generative AI‡
Kristi A. Nickodem, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill
Explore what generative AI is, how it could impact both government and public sector attorneys and their clients, and what policies and procedures we need to advise clients about.
4:15 Adjourn
‡ Indicates portion providing Technology Training credit