As I have reported previously (e.g. entry of June 23, 2009), every six months or so, Judge Lipez holds a dialogue with Maine attorneys.  Yesterday he held such a session, with about 20 attor…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

The New Hampshire Supreme Court is now on twitter:

www.twitter.com/NHCourts

Can Maine be far behind?

The legal blogosphere has been chatting about a 2008 unpublished decision from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in which a lawyer was sanctioned for a mis-cite in his brief.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:…

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…

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…

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…