Maine

Maine Judge Rushes Solution To Lack Of Public Defenders

Anybody willing to move to Maine?

Attorney Caught Two Timing CLEs Suspended For A Year

He didn’t pick a Maine one to focus on.

Maine Doubles Down On Suspension Of Attorney Who Tried To Bodyswap His CLEs

Just attend them and sleep like everyone else does, buddy.

Law Mom And The Modern Family: Experiencing Gender Bias In CLE Bias Training

How is training for lawyers about how to deal with juror bias or caregiver bias not programming that is focused on issues of harassment or discrimination among lawyers?!

Minority Report: Progress Just Isn’t Progressing As Quickly As You’d Think

It is really hard to do discovery when people are pretending they don't see you.

Morning Docket: 11.1.22

* The IRS is AFK when it comes to Church law breaking. [Texas Tribune] * Talk about "Give me Liberty"... [Law.com] * Dropbox under fire for alleged patent infringement. Sounds more like dropping the ball. [Law.com] * Maine is facing a defense lawyer deficit. [News Center Maine]

Morning Docket: 09.22.22

* Tune in, legal nerds! Breyer gave his Ecce Homo at Harvard. [The Crimson] * A Maine healthcare law has been putting patients in danger. [Press Herald] * Few things say COVID relief like...strengthening the police force? [Axios] * Morgan Lewis just got a bump in partners! [Law.com]

Maine Religious Schools Would Rather Render It Back To Caesar Than Accept Gay Students

“I say unto ye, the money is cool and all, but if it means teaching those yucky kids I made wrong, just ignore it forreal” - Jesus, apparently

Morning Docket: 04.20.22

* Sick flight: airborne passengers remove masks mid flight in response to a Judge overturning federal mask mandates. [Vice] * It’s hip to be kind: Mainers want to extend their Good Samaritan laws. [WMTW] * Not done fighting: Wendy Davis continues the legal fight against SB8.  [KTSA] * Governor increases penalties for selling Fentanyl.  [WAPT] * Forgiveness ain’t cheap: NJ diocese shells out over $85 million to settle sexual abuse claims. [AP]

Maine To Consider NIL Law And Classifying College Athletes As Employees

The state is considering going a step further.

Morning Docket: 01.05.21

* New York State and a group of restaurants were unable to resolve a lawsuit over the closure of restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe sharing a meal would help the sides reconcile, oh wait... [WIVB] * Check out this article on new laws that are taking effect in 2021. [CNN] * Porn star Aria Lee is defending herself pro se in a defamation lawsuit filed against her. [Page Six] * Lawyers supporting President Trump in election cases may face professional discipline. [Bloomberg] * A new lawsuit alleges that a Maine salmon producer made false claims about sustainability. The plaintiff must have known something smelled fishy... [Press Herald]

Morning Docket: 10.09.20

* A $50 million lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a woman who was declared dead and later found alive at a funeral home. This sounds like an episode of Tales from the Crypt... [Fox News] * A Maine lawyer is accused of sexual misconduct and other unethical acts against indigent clients he represented. [ProPublica] * Michael Flynn's lawyer is calling for the disqualification of a judge overseeing Flynn's criminal case. [National Law Journal] * A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for accepting retainers from clients and performing no work on the files. [New Jersey Law Journal] * The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Yale University yesterday over admissions practices that are allegedly unfair to Asian and white applicants. Yale must have some decent lawyers that can represent it... [Wall Street Journal]

Morning Docket: 10.05.20

* Steve Barnes, co-founder of New York personal injury powerhouse Cellino and Barnes, was killed in a plane crash along with his niece this past Friday. [New York Times] * Joe Bornstein, one of Maine's best-known personal injury lawyers, also passed away late last week. [Press Herald] * Attorney General Barr will self quarantine after he had close contact with several Trump associates who tested positive for COVID-19. [Boston Globe] * Several aides are accusing the Attorney General of Texas of bribery, abuse of office, and other illicit conduct. [CNN] * The Attorney General of Michigan will no longer enforce certain executive orders issued by Michigan's governor after the state's highest court found that the governor exceeded her powers in issuing many executive orders related to COVID-19. [ABC News] * A boxing champion is facing a lawsuit after allegedly failing to pay for around $500,000 in jewelry. This would have been a much less dramatic ending to the Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems. [New York Post]

Morning Docket: 08.18.20

* A special prosecutor appointed in the Jussie Smollett case found that the prosecutor's office abused its discretion in overseeing the matter. [Wall Street Journal] * A Texas lawyer is being sued for allegedly leading clients to a failed real estate investment with which the attorney had an undisclosed interest. [Texas Lawyer] * The Boston Bar Association is urging Attorney General Barr not to pursue the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber. [Boston Globe] * Apparently it's not libelous to tell a lawyer that he "needs to go back to law school." Maybe this is because lawyers learn very little about how to be practicing attorneys in law school... [Volokh Conspiracy]

Morning Docket: 01.16.20

* A 97 year-old trial lawyer has been allowed to stay on a murder case despite an outburst that forced a judge to release six jurors who had already been seated. [NorthJersey.com] * New York lawmakers are mulling legislation aimed at providing lawyers to immigrants facing deportation proceedings. [New York Daily News] * A number of colleges and universities are led by lawyers, but the jury's out about whether this is a good thing. [Washington Post] * Maine has posthumously pardoned a lawyer who was prosecuted for his involvement in representing a Native American tribe against the state. [Jewish Telegraphic Agency] * A new lawsuit alleges that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls to the U.S. Virgin Islands up until 2018. [ABC News] * The expression "Ok, Boomer" has finally made it to the Supreme Court. [CNN]