November 16, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Note that the SJC will be holding a public hearing on Dec. 1 in Bangor on Husson's renewed application for pre-approval of its graduates to take the Maine bar exam. Here's a link to the rel...
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November 13, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The blogosphere has been chatting about the smackdown an Illinois judge gave to Sidley lawyers for a reply brief they filed to quash a subpoena on behalf of some Northwestern (my alma mater)...
November 10, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
In the course of preparing for my presentation on when to appeal, I asked Matt Pollack for whatever statistics the SJC had on the probabilities of success on appeal. Here they are: Charts...
November 8, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I have returned from vacation in various climes, including the UK. Here's a jeopardy-trivial pursuit question - I spent Halloween in, from a literary perspective, the happening place to...
October 21, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is now on twitter: www.twitter.com/NHCourts Can Maine be far behind?
October 20, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The legal blogosphere has been chatting about a 2008 unpublished decision from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in which a lawyer was sanctioned for a mis-cite in his brief. The Court says:...
October 19, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Louise Thomas of PA along with co-counsel Leslie Ahari of Toutman Sanders won an appeal involving D&O coverage issues. Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine v. Indian Harbor Ins. Co. 08-252...
October 5, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So Thursday and Friday were busy - Thursday was the unveiling of the portraits of Justices Dana and Calkins at the SJC, followed by the Red Mass, and Friday was a symposium on expanding just...
October 1, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
A few weeks ago, I had a couple of oral arguments at the SJC, and as with every argument, after each, I thought of a more responsive answer for one of the questions asked - because I had tim...
September 25, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Now that Justice Sotomayor is beginning her new gig, I thought the article written a while back by my friend and confrere on the Board of Bar Examiners, Paul Mills, would be of interest. (...
