September 24, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
On October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing two cases from Maine. 1. Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, Docket No. 07-562. This is a class action by smokers against Altria and its sub...
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September 18, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Returning to the world of real CLE, Monday I participated in the MSBA's seminar on Rule 80Bs and 80Cs, and learned useful things from the other presenters, Denis Culley and Mary Denison....
September 16, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Once again my alma mater, Northwestern, is on the cutting edge. The September 8 National Law Journal reports that this fall CLE credits can be earned at NU by attending discussions about 3...
September 11, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Following up on my entry yesterday on whether parallel cites are still needed in the Maine SJC, Matt Pollack, SJC Executive Clerk, once again provides with the definitive answer. First of a...
September 10, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So here are two rule violations I see often: 1. lack of parallel cites. Lately I've seen more and more briefs in the SJC that don't include the parallel cite (e.g. 2005 ME XX, without t...
September 9, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
1. US Supreme Court Following up on a previous entry (8/4/08), in Kennedy v. Louisiana, 07-343, the Supreme Court issued an order yesterday inviting briefs on the underlying merits, not ju...
September 4, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
What percentage of insured Americans are currently on a precribed drug? Over 50%. How does this affect litigation? There's an article in the August 25 National Law Journal about questioni...
September 1, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The summaries of the oral arguments before the SJC the week of September 15 are now posted on the SJC website. If I were looking for one to see for fun, I'd try Picher, on Sept. 16, 3 pm, i...
August 26, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I will be speaking September 16 in Freeport at a half-day (1.0 ethics credits!) MSBA seminar sponsored by the New Lawyers section. (https://www.mainebar.org/cle_event_show.asp?id=2381) I'l...
August 21, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
A recent wrongful discharge First Circuit decision, Soto-Lebron v. Federal Express, http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/06-2501-01A.pdf, provides further fodder for my neverending med...
