So Christmas break is over, I managed to fly down to DC and back without anyone exploding anything in their underpants (yay), and we begin the new year by looking at two recent SJC decisions…

The Maine SJC decided an important case today overruling its precedent and adopting the Second Restatement’s strict liability rule for abnormally dangerous activities.  I shall blog on that…

The Supreme Court decision that issued last week of general appellate interest was the first opinion from Justice Sotomayor, Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter, 08-678. http://www.supremeco…

I mentioned that the Maine SJC came out with several decisions of appellate interest last Tuesday,  and blogged about one yesterday.  Here’s another one, addressing the necessity of a record…

As previewed, here’s a link to a ruling from the Maine SJC Tuesday sua sponte sanctioning an attorney $2500 for remarks in his briefs castigating the trial court – Key Equipment Finance, Inc…

Finally entering the 21st century, I have had the left margin of this blog adjusted so you can click on the subscribe link and, with a couple of more clicks, subscribe.  This means that you…

Judge Coffin died yesterday, at the age of 90.  I’m sure a lot will be written about him.  Here are two illustrative anecdotes. 1.  I had my first First Circuit argument in front of him whe…

The SJC issued two decisions today of some general interest:   (1) Timothy P. Fitzgerald v. Christopher Hutchins; 2009 ME 115 http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2009%20docu…

Here is something to file in the “learn something new every day” category.  I always thought that the standard for obtaining a stay for an agency decision under 80B was the same as under 80…

Following up on my previous entry, here’s a summary of the discussion with Judge Lipez on November 19, aside from the rebuttal rule change discussed in that last entry.  Notably, Judge Lipez…