Back in Town
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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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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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