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15 MAY 2012
Some Sectors Show Promise as Construction Rebounds From the Recession
Michael Bosse
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14 MAY 2012
Do You Want to Be My Friend? Pros, Cons and Traps of Facebook and Other Social Media in the Life Cycle of the Employment Relationship
Ron Schneider
Lori Dwyer
Kai McGintee
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14 MAY 2012
Bernstein Shur Issues White Paper: How the Dodd-Frank Act Impacts Investment Advisers
Scot E. Draeger
Caleb C.B. DuBois
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1 MAY 2012
Business & Commercial Litigation Newsletter #16
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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1 MAY 2012
Labor & Employment Alert: Background Checks: EEOC Issues New Guidance on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records
Matthew Tarasevich
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26 APR 2012
Labor & Employment Alert: NLRB and D.C. Court Upholds Right of Contractors' Employees to Handbill on Others' Property
Linda McGill
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26 APR 2012
Labor & Employment Alert: Maine Governor Signs Three Employment-Related Bills
Glenn Israel
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20 APR 2012
Labor & Employment Alert: NLRB April 30 Poster Deadline Postponed - Yet Again
Terry Shumaker
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6 APR 2012
The National Law Journal: First Circuit Wrestles With Requisite Level of Bank Security

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4 APR 2012
What Employers Need to Know About Maine’s New Marijuana Rules
Mainebiz
Lori Londis Dwyer

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28 MAR 2012
Supreme Court Allows Appeal of EPA Wetlands Compliance Order
David Ray
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20 MAR 2012
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #15
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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13 MAR 2012
Labor and Employment Client Alert: MA Joins Other New England States In Protecting Gender Identity
Karen Aframe
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24 FEB 2012
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #14
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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23 FEB 2012
Municipal Alert: Wage & Hour Compliance - Exempt or Non-exempt?
Lori Dwyer
Matt Tarasevich
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20 FEB 2012
Unsung Hero: Linda McGill, Portland lawyer with global reach

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20 FEB 2012
Maine Bar Journal, Beyond the Law (Winter 2012)
Daniel J. Murphy
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16 FEB 2012
The Disproportionate Distribution and Its Consequences of the S Corporation Election
Nelson Toner
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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
Digital Privacy: Supreme Court's Landmark Decision Affects Businesses Large & Small
Mike Bosse
Dan Mitchell
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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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28 NOV 2011
Story Missed The Point: Jury Found Settlement Fair
Andru Volinsky
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25 NOV 2011
Suspended Losses Offer Potential Tax Benefits
Willette Elder
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21 NOV 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #11
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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13 NOV 2011
Builders Struggle In Tough Times
Micheal R. Bosse
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10 NOV 2011
Maine Bar Journal, Beyond the Law (Fall 2011)
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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1 SEP 2011
Maine Bar Journal, Beyond the Law (Summer 2011)
Daniel J. Murphy
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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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16 AUG 2011
Maine Bar Journal, Beyond the Law (Spring 2011)
Daniel Murphy
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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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1 JUL 2011
Summertime Employment Issues
Karen S. Aframe; Matthew Tarasevich
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29 JUN 2011
Business & Commercial Litigation Newsletter #6
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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27 JUN 2011
Alert: Repeal of the Informed Growth Act (IGA)
Philip Saucier
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24 JUN 2011
Alert: Important Clarification on Contract Language Needed
Patricia Peard, Anthony Perkins
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19 JUN 2011
NLRB Flexes Its Muscles
Terry Shumaker, Lori Dwyer
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15 JUN 2011
Commission to Explore Overhauling Chapter 11
Robert Keach
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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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1 JUN 2011
Appealing Unemployment Benefits
Karen S. Aframe
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20 MAY 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #5
Paul McDonald
Daniel Murphy
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12 MAY 2011
Estate Planning Under New Tax Rules
Nelson Toner
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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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18 MAR 2011
Maine Legal Ethics and Professionalism Newsletter #2

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16 MAR 2011
Maine Bar Journal, Beyond the Law
Daniel Murphy
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24 FEB 2011
Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #3
Paul McDonald; Daniel J. Murphy
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23 FEB 2011
Is Your Social Media Policy Overly Broad?
Ronald W. Schneider
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17 FEB 2011
Health Care Reform Newsletter #3
Steven R. Gerlach
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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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1 JAN 2011
Keep an eye out for GINA--NH Business Review 12/31/11
Karen Aframe
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21 DEC 2010
Eleven New Year’s Resolutions for 2011
Karen S. Aframe,
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20 DEC 2010
Tax Law Advisory - A Summary of the New Tax Law

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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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30 NOV 2010
Bedbugs in the Workplace
Kai W. McGintee
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16 NOV 2010
Mechanic's Liens Priority vs. Bank Financing
Michael A. Hodgins
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16 NOV 2010
Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC)
Philip Saucier
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7 OCT 2010
Distracted Driving Poses Large Risk to Employers
Lori Londis Dwyer
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27 SEP 2010
Recovery Zone Facility Bonds Update
Philip H. Gleason
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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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1 SEP 2010
Does Reorganization Need Reform?
Robert J. Keach
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2 AUG 2010
Bribery and Threats in Official and Political Matters
Shoshana Cook Mueller
Philip Saucier
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21 JUL 2010
Tax-Exempt Bonds
Philip H. Gleason
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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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15 APR 2010
Health Care Reform Newsletter #1: Pay or Play
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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19 MAR 2010
Recovery Zone Facility Bonds
Philip H. Gleason
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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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4 JAN 2010
It’s Time for an Employment Practices Audit
Glenn Israel
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28 DEC 2009
COBRA Subsidy Extended to 15 Months
Steven R. Gerlach
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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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16 SEP 2009
A Reminder to Employers to Prepare for H1N1
Kai W. McGintee
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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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14 AUG 2009
Mediate, Don’t Litigate
Edward E. Shumaker
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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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22 JUN 2009
Outsourcing–Documenting the Relationship
Dana A Lukens
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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
Should a Trusted Advisor Become a Trustee?
George F. Burns
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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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11 MAR 2009
Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in Congress
Linda D. McGill
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23 FEB 2009
S Corporation Corner
Nelson A. Toner
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23 FEB 2009
Outsourcing Compliance: A Mission-Critical Reality
Scot E. Draeger
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22 FEB 2009
Bank Qualified Bonds
Philip H. Gleason
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22 FEB 2009
COBRA Payments to be Subsidized
Andru H. Volinsky
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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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16 JAN 2009
Restoring the ADA’s Broad Protections
Karen S. Aframe
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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
New FMLA Regulations
Matthew Tarasevich
Lori Londis Dwyer
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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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7 NOV 2008
Broadened ADA Could Mean More Litigation
Karen S. Aframe
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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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24 SEP 2008
Congress Passes Major Changes to the ADA
Kai W. McGintee
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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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17 SEP 2008
Gartenberg Standards: An Expert’s Point of View
Scot E. Draeger
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8 JUL 2008
Lawyers Seek Details on Jurors
Andru H. Volinsky
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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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8 JUN 2008
Judicial Embrace of ADR Continues
Edward E. Shumaker
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1 MAY 2008
Maine’s New Building and Energy Code
Katherine R. Knox
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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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18 APR 2008
Growing Concerns Over Use of Open Source Code

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6 FEB 2008
New Family and Medical Leave Act Rights
Andrea K. Johnstone
Karen S. Aframe
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1 FEB 2008
Maine’s Anti-SLAPP Law
Jeffrey A. Thaler
John G. Osborn
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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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