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1 FEB 2012
Green Property Insurance: It's Getting Easier To Go Green
Asha Echeverria
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26 JAN 2012
The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011
Paul McDonald
Eben Albert-Knopp
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24 JAN 2012
Attorney Steve Gerlach on Executive Compensation & Why Section 409A Should Be Repealed
Steve Gerlach
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18 JAN 2012
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #13
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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5 JAN 2012
New Year's Resolutions for Getting Your Employment Practices in Shape
Karen S. Aframe
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20 DEC 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #12
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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16 DEC 2011
Five Nightmares Prevented with a Shareholders' Agreement
Kevan Lee Deckelmann
Joel T. Shaw
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16 DEC 2011
Trade Secret Litigation: Protecting the Secret Sauce
Andru H. Volinsky
Ned Sackman
Christopher G. Aslin
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8 DEC 2011
Municipal Law Alert: Maine's New Consumer Fireworks Law Takes Effect on January 1, 2012
N. Joel Moser
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1 DEC 2011
Battling The Big Boys: How Maine's middle-market law firms are facing the challenge
Scot Draeger, featured in Mainebiz
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30 NOV 2011
Representing Clients with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Andru H. Volinsky
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21 NOV 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #11
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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20 OCT 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #10
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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7 OCT 2011
Alert: NLRB Postpones Implementation Date for New Workplace Posting
Linda McGill
Glenn Israel
Terry Shumaker
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21 SEP 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #9
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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15 SEP 2011
Alert: What The Jobs Act Means For The Construction Industry
Michael Bosse
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12 SEP 2011
New Hampshire Department of Labor - Top 10 Violations
Andrea Johnstone
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31 AUG 2011
Business & Commercial Litigation Newsletter #8
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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31 AUG 2011
Alert: NLRB Mandates Workplace and Electronic Posting of Union Organizing Rights
Linda McGill
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8 AUG 2011
WARN Act Liability: Critical Guidance for Investors and Lenders to Distressed Businesses
Robert J. Keach, Lori Dwyer
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29 JUL 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #7
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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28 JUL 2011
Fair Settlements Resolving Construction Disputes Enter a New Era
Michael Bosse
Ted Small
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29 JUN 2011
Business & Commercial Litigation Newsletter #6
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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24 JUN 2011
Alert: Important Clarification on Contract Language Needed
Patricia Peard, Anthony Perkins
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1 JUN 2011
A Bankruptcy Submission Hold, ABA Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Spring 2011)
Jay S. Geller
Jeremy R. Fischer
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20 MAY 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #5
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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11 MAY 2011
GINA Creates Risks for the Sympathetic and Unwary
Ronald W. Schneider, Jr.; Karen S. Aframe
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6 APR 2011
EEOC Issues Final Regulations on the ADAAA
Kai McGintee
Linda McGill
Andrea Johnstone
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1 APR 2011
Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #4
Paul McDonald; Dan Murphy
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29 MAR 2011
Retaliation Protections Strengthened by U.S. Supreme Court
Glenn Israel; Andrea Johnstone
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23 MAR 2011
Contractual Limitation of Liability Versus Indemnification of Third Parties
Michael A. Hodgins
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24 FEB 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #3
Paul McDonald; Daniel J. Murphy
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26 JAN 2011
Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Set a Record in 2010: Are You Ready for 2011?
Glenn Israel
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13 JAN 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #2
Paul McDonald; Daniel J. Murphy
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13 DEC 2010
EEOC’s Final GINA Regulations Become Effective January 2011: Are you prepared?
Karen S. Aframe
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2 DEC 2010
Maine Legal Ethics and Liability Newsletter
John M. R. Paterson; Peter Rubin; Jeffrey Thaler; Glenn Israel
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1 DEC 2010
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #1
Paul McDonald; Daniel J. Murphy
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27 SEP 2010
Crackdown on Independent Contractor Misclassification Continues—What Should You Do?
Lori Londis Dwyer
Andrea K. Johnstone
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2 AUG 2010
Bribery and Threats in Official and Political Matters
Shoshana Cook Mueller
Philip Saucier
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16 JUL 2010
The S Corporation, the QSub and the F Reorganization
Nelson A. Toner
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14 JUL 2010
What You Need to Know About the Maine Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Lauren Epstein
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29 JUN 2010
FMLA Parental Leave: Legal or Biological Parent Status Not Required to Trigger FMLA Leave Entitlem
Karen S. Aframe
Patricia A. Peard
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28 JUN 2010
PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Program for Municipalities
Shoshana Cook Mueller
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18 JUN 2010
New Federal Posting Requirements Effective June 21, 2010
Karen S. Aframe
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14 JUN 2010
Health Care Reform Newsletter #2: Important Provisions Effective in 2010-2011
Steven R. Gerlach
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11 JUN 2010
Revised Maine Landlord-Tenant Statutory Provisions
Wendy J. Paradis
James Garrett
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10 JUN 2010
SEC Staff Offers Guidance on Compliance with the Amended Custody Rule
Caleb C. B. DuBois
Scot E. Draeger
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13 MAY 2010
Taming the Wild West of Social Media: Tips for Employers
Kai W. McGintee
Ronald W. Schneider
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22 APR 2010
COBRA Subsidy Eligibility Period Extended for Two Months
Steven R. Gerlach
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13 APR 2010
IRS Form W-11: IRS Issues Draft Employee Affidavit Under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employmen
Steven R. Gerlach
Lori Londis Dwyer
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11 MAR 2010
400 Colleges and Universities Will Be Audited By the IRS This Year
Steven R. Gerlach
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11 MAR 2010
Recent Court Decision Rules That Severance Pay For Laid-Off Employees Is Exempt From FICA Tax
Karen S. Aframe
Steven R. Gerlach
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5 MAR 2010
COBRA Subsidy and Unemployment Insurance Temporarily Extended
Steven R. Gerlach
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28 FEB 2010
Family Dynamics Consultants and Lawyer-Mediators | ABA Dispute Resolution Magazine
George F. Burns
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18 FEB 2010
SEC Adopts Final Amendments to the Custody Rule Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Scot E. Draeger
Caleb C. B. DuBois
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1 FEB 2010
Racism, Juries, and Justice: Addressing Post-Verdict Juror Testimony of Racial Prejudice During Deli
Andrew Helman
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1 FEB 2010
Bernstein Shur Launches Powerful New Tool for Sex Harassment Training
Glenn Israel
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16 NOV 2009
Federal Law Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination Takes Effect on November 21, 2009
Kai W. McGintee
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15 NOV 2009
Protecting the Workplace Against H1N1 Influenza Legal Liability
Karen S. Aframe
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9 NOV 2009
FMLA Family Military Leave Benefits Expanded to Cover Armed Services Members and Veterans
Karen S. Aframe
Matthew Tarasevich
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16 OCT 2009
SEC Publishes Five-Year Strategic Plan
Caleb C. B. DuBois
Scot E. Draeger
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21 SEP 2009
Federal Government Issues Small Business Preparedness Guide for H1N1
Karen S. Aframe
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9 SEP 2009
Rules for Filing 1099 and W-2 Forms for Attorneys Fees as Part of an Employment Dispute Settlement
Steven R. Gerlach
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2 SEP 2009
Effective September 12, 2009, Filing Deadlines Under MHRA Extended
Lori Londis Dwyer
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1 SEP 2009
Exercise the Power, Play by the Rules: Why Popular Exercise of Legislative Power in Maine Should be Constrained by Legislative Rules, Maine Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 2 (2009)
Jeremy Fischer
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1 SEP 2009
E-Verify Rules Go Into Effect on September 8, 2009
Matthew Tarasevich
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25 AUG 2009
New Hampshire Enacts Mini-WARN: Broadening the Scope of Advance Notice Layoffs
Karen S. Aframe
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15 AUG 2009
Maine Bar Journal; Recovery of Lost Profits Damage
Daniel J. Murphy
Paul McDonald
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2 AUG 2009
The Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009
Scot E. Draeger
Caleb C. B. DuBois
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23 JUL 2009
SEC Proposed to Modify Rule 2a-7 and Implement Other Regulatory Initiatives
Leslie K. Klenk
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1 JUN 2009
Take an Experienced Criminal Lawyer to Lunch
Andru H. Volinsky
Ronald W. Schneider
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28 MAY 2009
SEC Proposes Amendments to the Custody Rule Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Scot E. Draeger
Caleb C. B. DuBois
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28 MAY 2009
SEC Proposes to Modify Proxy Rules to Facilitate Rights of Shareholders to Nominate Directors
Scot E. Draeger
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1 APR 2009
Navigating the Sea of Change in the Regulation of Short-Selling Activity
Caleb C. B. DuBois
Scot E. Draeger
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20 MAR 2009
DOL Issues Model Notices for Federal 65% COBRA Subsidy
Karen S. Aframe
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16 MAR 2009
Sick Leave and Vacation Pay May Not Be Substituted for Unpaid FMLA Leave
Glenn Israel
Kai W. McGintee
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19 FEB 2009
Deadlines for Compliance With “Red Flag Rules” Fast Approaching
Amanda A. Meader
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30 JAN 2009
Wage Claims Likely to Increase as Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is Signed Into Law
Andrea K. Johnstone
Ronald W. Schneider
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16 JAN 2009
First Federal-State Mediation Skills Training Draws 200 Lawyers and Judges
Edward E. Shumaker
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11 DEC 2008
Important Year-End Information for 403(b) and Deferred Compensation Plans
James A. Houle
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11 DEC 2008
New Federal FMLA Rules for Military Caregivers
Lori Londis Dwyer
Glenn Israel
Karen S. Aframe
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1 DEC 2008
Redefining the American Coastline: Can the Government Withdraw Basic Services from the Coast and Avoid Taking Claims?
Travis M. Brennan
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29 OCT 2008
To Google or Not to Google: That is the Question for Hiring Managers
Karen S. Aframe
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9 OCT 2008
Oral Condition Precedent Not Barred by Statute of Frauds
Daniel J. Mitchell
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17 SEP 2008
Measuring The Rule of Law in India: A Volunteer Lawyer’s Experience
Linda D. McGill
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30 JUN 2008
Maine Supreme Court Rules on Definition of Public Official
Amanda A. Meader
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27 JUN 2008
Maine Legislature Changes Rules for Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions
Kai W. McGintee
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1 MAY 2008
Maine Supreme Court Decision a Sea Change in Laws Governing Executive Sessions
Amanda A. Meader
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22 APR 2008
Massachusetts Mandates Treble Damages for Wage and Hour Violations
Karen S. Aframe
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6 FEB 2008
New Family and Medical Leave Act Rights
Andrea K. Johnstone
Karen S. Aframe
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10 JAN 2008
Proposed Amendment to Maine Public Sector Union Recognition Laws & Its Possible Effect
Matthew Tarasevich
Linda D. McGill
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10 JAN 2008
NH Department of Insurance Issues Additional Guidance on Implementation of Civil Union Laws
Karen S. Aframe
Andrea K. Johnstone
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29 NOV 2006
Maine Human Rights Commission Issues Guidance Regarding “Service Animals”
Matthew Tarasevich
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