September 22, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I have returned from Macedonia (if you want to know how to harmonize your regulatory framework with the EU Electricity Directive, give me a call). Here are a few items I find of curre...
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September 6, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
In a recent entry, I noted that I looked forward to Justice Jabar bringing his expertise on administrative appeals to the SJC through his Superior Court experience in Kennebec County. Two o...
August 31, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Earlier this month (August 5), the First Circuit issued a decision on one of my favorite topics, regulatory takings, in a Maine case, Franklin Memorial Hospital v. Harvey, 08-2550. http://ww...
August 24, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I was planning on blogging on the First Circuit's en banc decision in U.S. v. Textron, Inc., which holds that a taxpayer's accrual workpapers discoverable by the government: http://www....
August 18, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
It appears that we now have the definitive dock case, Uliano v. BEP, 2009 ME 89, http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/supreme/index.shtml#mostrecent I've blogged on this subje...
August 12, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last week the SJC gave me a lovely gift in the form of a nice juicy 80B decision - Davis v. SBA Towers II, LLC, 2009 ME 82. http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/supreme/index.sh...
August 5, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So what's doing in the heart of vacation-time in vacation land? Here are a few items. JJ The big appellate news is the nomination of Superior Court Justice Joseph Jabar to replace Justice...
July 30, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Yesterday I received my copy of the Spring edition of The Journal Of Appellate Practice and Process. It's their tenth anniversary (happy birthday). Unlike most law reviews, they are facult...
July 23, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
It was a long road, but the SJC came down with its decision in Adoption of Spado, and a very good decision it is. [2009 ME 76 ]. In a unanimous ruling, the Court issued a judgment in favor...
July 15, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So yesterday I said that the proposed amendments to the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure were taking a little hiatus. Well that hiatus is over. The amendments have been adopted, effectiv...