October 25, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I have just returned from the Judicial Conference of the District of Maine, held Thurs-Friday at the Samoset in Rockland. Budget cuts eliminated conferences at the circuit court level (stra...
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October 20, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Marshall Rothstein, the latest addition to the Canadian Supreme Court, has graciously allowed me to share his Ten Rules for Appellate Advocacy. As you can see, he is not only a very witty f...
October 17, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Chief Justice Roberts' recent foray into Mickey Spillane prose in a certiorari decision (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1486.pdf) brings up the issue of judicial humor. T...
October 14, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC just issued a Rule 80C decision, so of course I must comment upon it (Matt Manahan of Pierce Atwood also represented one of the interested parties): http://www.maine.gov/tools/whats...
October 13, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
On Friday, applying intermediate scrutiny, the Connecticut Supreme Court held, as did the highest courts in Massachusetts and California, that under its state constitution, marriage rights c...
October 9, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC decided a criminal case Tuesday in which the defendant asserted various claims of error with respect to jury selection. The Court rejected arguments about taint and bias: while var...
October 7, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The MSBA and MTLA is sponsoring a one-hour phone seminar tomorrow, 11 am -12 pm (dial-in at 10:55) on Maine Rules of Civil Procedure 76D-76H. These are the rules about appeals to the Superi...
The Maine SJC has posted its schedule for arguments in October (October 22-30): http://www.courts.state.me.us/maine_courts/supreme/oral_arguments.shtml This is their annual Tour of Maine,...
October 1, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
When I was a young pup I represented someone in a divorce as my first pro bono effort. I vowed never to do that again, because that sort of trial work was not for me, and I lacked knowledge...
September 26, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Paul Macri and the folks at Berman & Simmons won a remand in a decision raising interesting choice of law issues. New England Surfaces v. EI. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Docket No. 08-1048. S...
