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Portland law firm Pierce Atwood names two partners
Updated: January 9, 2024Pierce Atwood has named Sara Murphy and Elizabeth Frazier as partners in the firm.
Updated: January 9, 2024
Portland law firm Pierce Atwood appoints next COO
Updated: January 5, 2024Christopher Mordas, who most recently was CEO of a Boston law firm, has been named chief operating officer at Pierce Atwood.
Updated: January 5, 2024
Former partner at Portland law firm Bernstein Shur joins global competitor
January 4, 2024Chad Higgins has joined Dentons Bingham Greenebaum, a global law firm, as a Portland-based partner.
January 4, 2024
Trade secrets or vital data? Lobstermen sue Maine over minute-by-minute boat tracking
January 4, 2024The vessel tracking requirement is intended to help regulators understand risks that lobstering lines may pose to endangered whales. But lobstermen say trap placement and trip routes are confidential and have substantial economic value.
January 4, 2024
Portland law firm Drummond Woodsum names 5 shareholders
January 3, 2024The firm is the fourth-largest in the state, based on the number of Maine attorneys, according to the just-published 2024 Mainebiz Book of Lists.
January 3, 2024
Labor board says Starbucks needs to reopen a Portland location, but landlord has made other plans
Updated: December 15, 2023The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Wednesday against Starbucks, claiming the coffee chain illegally closed nearly two dozen stores across the country, including one in Portland.
Updated: December 15, 2023
Suspect nabbed after Skoweghan Savings Bank robbery in Portland
Updated: December 14, 2023The robbery took place in the city's East Bayside neighborhood Wednesday morning, and police arrested the suspect a half hour later.
Updated: December 14, 2023Madison man sentenced for scam involving Home Depot and Lowe's stores
December 13, 2023According to court records, over a period of 22 months Aaron Hoster removed UPC labels from low-cost items and applied them to higher-priced items that he then purchased.
December 13, 2023
3 Maine nonprofits receive $7.4M in giving from billionaire MacKenzie Scott
December 11, 2023The author, philanthropist and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos continues to make charitable donations in a pledge to give away at least half of her fortune, currently estimated at $40 billion.
December 11, 2023
Newsworthy people and performances for Dec. 11, 2023
Updated: December 11, 2023A roundup of news hires, promotions and professional achievements at businesses and nonprofits around Maine.
Updated: December 11, 2023
How to ensure your business is in compliance with new federal reporting requirements
Updated: November 29, 2023Starting Jan. 1, most U.S. businesses will have to report information about their beneficial owners. Christopher Branson, a corporate lawyer at Murray Plumb & Murray, offers some suggestions about how to get your company ready.
Updated: November 29, 2023
Maine legal legend Robert Preti remembered for 'generous spirit, ready humor'
Updated: November 27, 2023A founding partner of Portland-based law firm Preti Flaherty, he died Nov. 10 at age 99, surrounded by family.
Updated: November 27, 2023
Keeping fraud in check: Maine banks combat rising wave of check fraud
Updated: November 27, 2023Banks and credit unions are spending more to prevent check fraud, which is escalating nationwide even as people write fewer checks.
Updated: November 27, 2023-
FocusMaine co-founder named group's next president
Updated: November 15, 2023Andrea Cianchette Maker, who previously chaired Pierce Atwood's government relations practice before her retirement in 2021, succeeds Dana O'Brien.
Updated: November 15, 2023 
Newsworthy people and performances for Nov. 13, 2023
Updated: November 13, 2023A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits and health care facilities around Maine.
Updated: November 13, 2023
Maine’s first rural practice clinic seeks to build attorney ranks while showcasing rural life
Updated: November 13, 2023Over half of Maine’s population lives in a rural area, but over half of Maine’s lawyers are in Cumberland County. Maine Law’s Rural Practice Clinic, one of only a few rural clinics in the country, meets a pressing need.
Updated: November 13, 2023
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