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    Hire calling: Maine law firms ramp up attorney recruiting

    Renee Cordes Updated: November 11, 2019

    Maine law firms of all sizes are hiring, and trying new strategies to bring entry-level and seasoned attorneys onboard.

    Renee Cordes Updated: November 11, 2019

  • ADA standards catch up with ecommerce, and lawsuits are on the rise

    Maureen Milliken Updated: November 11, 2019

    A lawsuit over Domino’s Pizza's digital compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act may be the highest-profile such case, but it’s not alone.

    Maureen Milliken Updated: November 11, 2019

  • At Legal Food Hub, attorneys help food businesses, pro bono

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 11, 2019

    Legal Food Hub, a pro bono program of the Conservation Law Foundation, is helping Maine food producers and farmers meet the legal challenges of growing a business.

    Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 11, 2019

  • Focus on law highlights a range of issues

    Peter Van Allen Updated: November 11, 2019

    Small businesses face a range of issues as they get established. For many entrepreneurs, dealing with branding and trademark issues probably doesn’t rank near the top of their priorities.

    Peter Van Allen Updated: November 11, 2019
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    Maine completes regs for legal pot industry

    Staff November 5, 2019

    Although some Mainers say it’s high time, the state has completed adopting rules for the new recreational-use marijuana industry.

    Staff November 5, 2019

  • Former Maine video store owner convicted for pirating thousands of movies

    Staff November 1, 2019

    The former owner of a chain of video rental stores in central and eastern Maine faces up to 20 years in prison for illegally copying and selling over 48,000 movie DVDs.

    Staff November 1, 2019

  • Maine to get $5M in (another) opioid settlement

    Staff October 29, 2019

    Maine will receive about $5 million in a multi-state legal settlement related to the marketing of prescription opioid drugs — but the case has nothing to do with Purdue Pharma.

    Staff October 29, 2019

  • Maine moves to stop illegal online sales of alcohol

    Staff October 24, 2019

    Maine has joined a coalition of 47 other states and U.S. territories in calling on Facebook, eBay and Craigslist to stop the illegal sale of alcohol on their websites.

    Staff October 24, 2019

  • Maine Law gets funding to continue Rural Lawyer Project

    Renee Cordes Updated: October 23, 2019

    The University of Maine School of Law has received funding to continue the Rural Lawyer Project, which pairs students with mentors in rural practices in order to improve access to legal services.

    Renee Cordes Updated: October 23, 2019

  • Maine shares in Johnson & Johnson medical device settlement

    Staff October 21, 2019

    In a consent agreement involving dozens of states, the company agreed to pay $116.9 million to settle a suit charging deceptive marketing practices.

    Staff October 21, 2019
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    State settles suit over Pownal timber harvesting

    Staff October 11, 2019

    The Maine Forest Service claimed a Durham-based logging company didn’t follow water-protection rules while harvesting timber in Pownal.

    Staff October 11, 2019

  • After opposing Purdue settlement, Maine makes another legal objection

    Staff October 7, 2019

    While the $10 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma for its role in the national opioid crisis has made headlines in recent weeks, Maine and 23 other states are now objecting to a request the company has made with its federal bankruptcy trustee.

    Staff October 7, 2019
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    A Look Back: The risky business of the stock market

    October 3, 2019

    In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. In 2006, police unions across Maine were discovering the risks and rewards of the stock market — the hard way.

    October 3, 2019

  • What’s expected of a nonprofit board member

    Carry Green Yardley Updated: January 8, 2021

    A contributing expert explains what you should be prepared to do, and not do, when you take a seat on a nonprofit's board.

    Carry Green Yardley Updated: January 8, 2021

  • Maine repays $400K in federal grants after wrongly awarding contract

    Staff September 13, 2019

    The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has returned $398,055 to the U.S. Department of Justice, after auditors found DHHS inappropriately administered a federal grant for crime-victim assistance.

    Staff September 13, 2019

  • How to get a ‘fresh start’ through Chapter 11

    Adam Prescott Updated: September 2, 2019

    Small businesses are critical to Maine’s economy, and many thrive in the state. For those that don't, a Chapter 11 bankruptcy may be an overlooked, but strategic, option. Our expert explains.

    Adam Prescott Updated: September 2, 2019

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Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
Poll Description

The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins. 

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