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Maine will settle with Purdue Pharma, Sacklers for $20M, but is that enough?
Updated: July 14, 2021The settlement by Maine and 14 other states with the manufacturer of prescription opioid OxyContin would divvy up billions of dollars. But Maine has paid an especially high price as a result of the opioid epidemic.
Updated: July 14, 2021
How to manage a partially vaccinated workforce
July 9, 2021Employers who offer workers incentives like $50 gift cards to get vaccinated may be less likely to face legal risks. But as these employment attorneys suggest, vaccine mandates come with a host of complications.
July 9, 2021
How to avoid misclassifying your employees under the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act
June 28, 2021Guest columnist John Cronan, an attorney at Preti Flaherty, cautions employers about how they classify independent contractors. "By law," he writes, "all workers are presumed to be employees for purposes of workers’ compensation."
June 28, 2021
Ask ACE: Set SMART goals for your professional proposals
Updated: January 7, 2022A remote-working professional asks a guest writer from the Association for Consulting Expertise: How do I make my proposal legally enforceable?
Updated: January 7, 2022
Downeast meets Dubai: Unlikely businesses are cashing in on Maine's identity
Updated: June 14, 2021Maine's name is also a popular brand, as evidenced by many businesses in the state. But others "from away" are also leveraging the Maine identity, including ones you'd probably never guess.
Updated: June 14, 2021
Former law firm CEO Patrick Scully sworn in as member of Maine PUC
June 9, 2021Scully, who retired from Bernstein Shur in 2019 after a 35-year career, has pledged to make the work of the three-member regulatory panel "even more transparent."
June 9, 2021
F. Lee Bailey, 87, well-known trial lawyer with a Maine connection, dies
June 4, 2021Bailey had a law career that spanned more than six decades, but more recently maintained F. Lee Bailey Consulting at 325 Main St. in Yarmouth.
June 4, 2021
Valerie Stanfill confirmed as Maine's next chief justice
June 4, 2021The 63-year-old will be the second woman to serve in the role after Leigh Saufley, who left the bench last year to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law.
June 4, 2021
Former worker faces 10 years in prison for stealing from Kittery shipyard
June 3, 2021Michael Gamash, then a civilian employee of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, stole $60,000 of scrap metal from the yard over a two-year period.
June 3, 2021
PUC nominee keen to make Maine energy regulator more transparent, help clean-power transition
Updated: May 27, 2021Patrick Scully, the former CEO of Portland-based law firm Bernstein Shur, has been nominated to serve a six-year term on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
Updated: May 27, 2021
Trustees OK Maine Law's temporary move, delay budget vote until June
Updated: May 25, 2021Monday's vote clears the way for temporarily moving Maine's only law school to downtown Portland, at least for a while.
Updated: May 25, 2021
Three Maine conservation groups plan to sue Brookfield over Kennebec dams
May 17, 2021Four dams owned by global energy company Brookfield Renewable Partners violate federal law and threaten the survival of Atlantic salmon, the conservation groups say in a legal filing.
May 17, 2021-
Maine chief justice nominee would be second woman in role
Updated: May 11, 2021Gov. Janet Mills on Monday nominated Maine Superior Court Judge Valerie Stanfill as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, praising the judge's "sharp intellect, vast legal experience and expertise."
Updated: May 11, 2021 
Portland police warn commercial vehicle owners of part theft spree
May 10, 2021Catalytic converters are a valuable commodity on the black market, and buses and trucks can be especially vulnerable to theft.
May 10, 2021
Ahead of Mother's Day, 6 Maine execs reflect on motherhood, business leadership
May 7, 2021Ahead of Mother's Day this Sunday, some Maine business executives who are also parents shared their thoughts on lessons from motherhood they apply in their professional lives.
May 7, 2021Maine bankruptcy filings creep up, but are still under last year's pace
May 6, 2021The number of filings for bankruptcy protection has ticked upward since last fall, but are still far short of the peak at the start of pandemic.
May 6, 2021
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