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Chamber sues over Dirigo
October 27, 2008The Maine State Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit to repeal funding for the DirigoChoice health insurance program, a move critics say threatens to eliminate a program that helps small businesses.
October 27, 2008$11.5M bid for Red Shield
October 21, 2008A company called Whitebox Red Shield made a starting bid of $11.5 million for the bankrupt Red Shield Environmental mill in Old Town.
October 21, 2008Supreme Court hears Maine cases
October 6, 2008The U.S. Supreme Court today -- the first day of its new term -- will hear oral arguments on two cases that originated in Maine.
October 6, 2008Calais museum bankrupt
October 1, 2008The troubled Downeast Heritage Museum on Tuesday announced it has filed for bankruptcy.
October 1, 2008Two lawyers head to jail
September 24, 2008Two southern Maine lawyers yesterday were sentenced for stealing money from clients.
September 24, 2008Red Shield on the auction block
September 19, 2008Red Shield Environmental has scrapped plans to restart its pulp mill in Old Town and instead will put itself up for auction.
September 19, 2008Judge thwarts Samoset expansion
September 12, 2008A superior court judge has overturned local approval of an expansion at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.
September 12, 2008Ex-Verrill Dana partner gets jail time
September 5, 2008A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Verrill Dana law partner John Duncan to 28 months in prison for stealing more than $300,000 from the Portland law firm and its clients between 1997 and 2007.
September 5, 2008Red Shield gets loan, entertains offers to sell
September 3, 2008Red Shield Environmental in Old Town yesterday received a short-term loan to keep the mill prepared for a restart, but at the same time asked the bankruptcy court for permission to entertain offers to sell the mill if it's not able to line up long
September 3, 2008Judge: LNG lease is valid
August 22, 2008A federal judge in Bangor last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe against the Bureau of Indian Affairs over the lease of tribal land to an Oklahoma company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal ther
August 22, 2008SEC: Strategy X inflated stock
August 11, 2008The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged a security consulting firm formerly based in Maine with fraud and stock manipulation.
August 11, 2008
Juris prudence | Husson College's ongoing bid for a rural Maine law school could be just what the courts ordered, or a misguided attempt to fix what isn't broken
August 11, 2008For the past several years, Husson College in Bangor had planned to open a small law program to serve residents in northern and eastern Maine who could not commute to Portland’s law school.
August 11, 2008City extends pier lease
August 8, 2008In a move that may be the first shot in a legal battle with the state, the city of Portland plans to give the Maine State Pier developer an extended lease to the property.
August 8, 2008Maine lawyers will lead Hannaford case
August 1, 2008A federal judge in Portland has named two Maine attorneys to lead a potential class-action lawsuit against Hannaford Bros. related to the recent security breach that exposed millions of its customers to possible fraud.
August 1, 2008Loan may rescue Red Shield
July 29, 2008Red Shield Environmental and its subsidiary, RSE Pulp & Chemical, may be back online soon if a new loan is approved.
July 29, 2008Pulp problem
 | The future of bankrupt Red Shield depends on the price of wood

July 28, 2008Red Shield Environmental LLC, the company that had promised to modernize a shuttered Old Town mill and create renewable biofuel, is in peril.
July 28, 2008
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