November 14, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I'm back from the ABA AJEI summit for appellate practice, which was very educational, but before I launch into a blow-by-blow, l thought I'd use this entry for an overview and theme highligh...
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November 7, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So, last entry I said that the Maine SJC had issued a few decisions of note from the appellate perspective, and here they are: 1. Witham Family Limited Partnership v. Town of Bar Harbor, 20...
November 1, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I have been busy busy and derelict in reporting, but the Maine SJC just came down with three decisions, all interesting from an appellate perspective (one relating to the ever fascinating wo...
October 13, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
In my Sept. 28 entry I mused upon whether a recent Maine SJC decision in a different context could be transferred to the 80B or 80C context, so that when one member of a decision-making body...
October 7, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I was informed by Best Lawyers that I've been named their lawyer of the year for appellate practice in Portland, Maine. There's only one chosen in Maine, and this is a peer review proces...
October 4, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
A colleague noted the following excerpt from a First Circuit decision issued yesterday, CQ Int’l Co., Inc. v. Rochem Int’l, Inc. [http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=10-183...
September 28, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here I am esconced in my new office on the working waterfront, pondering the interface between a recent decision of the Maine SJC, Walsh v. Town of Millinocket [http://www.courts.state.me.us...
September 22, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Does the Maine SJC apply the same plausibility test for complaints as does the federal court under Iqbal and Twombly? Two recent decisions, one from the First Circuit (Haley v. City of Bost...
September 19, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here are a few recent First Circuit decisions of interest: 1. Glik v. Cunniffe [http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=10-1764P.01A]. Here, the First Circuit holds that a c...
September 7, 2011 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Onward to tackle the latest pile of SJC decisions (there are some interesting recent First Circuit decisions too, e.g., re filming police activities, that I will attempt to address anon). T...
