In George v. NWMCC, CA No. 10-10289-DJC (D. Mass., September 27, 2012), United States District Judge Denise Casper granted class certification to a group of employees and former employees of National Water Main Cleaning Company (NWMCC), a provider of sewer and catch basin cleaning services (among other things).

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, upholding the enforceability of a class action waiver in a consumer arbitration agreement, was applauded by employers, who initially (reasonably) assumed that Concepcion paved the way for class action waivers in employment agreements.

Last week, on the one-year anniversary of Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, 131 S.Ct. 2541 (2011), a group of Democratic lawmakers proposed companion House and Senate bills that would repeal Dukes’ requirement that workers seeking class treatment of employment discrimination claims demonstrate class-wide discrimination policies or practices.

Maine law regarding cross-appeals has long been murky, and as a result that subject has often been the subject of commentary both at this blog (here and here, for instance) and elsewhere.

With the economy dragging and jobs difficult to come by, students who might otherwise have obtained paying jobs have increasingly turned to unpaid internships as a way to gain relevant experience and enhance their resumes.

In April 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a decision holding that "intentional discrimination against a transgender individual because that person is transgender is, by definition, discrimination based on sex" in violation of Title VII.

If asked, most employers would say that an employee who has worked for the company for less than 12 months is not protected under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA").

As part of the reorganization of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission into the newly-formed Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC), large development projects in the unorganized and deorganized territories in Maine will soon be required to undergo a two-step permitting process.

On May 10th, the Taxation Committee held a public hearing on LD 1496, An Act to Modernize and Simplify the Tax Code.

FERC's order and the accompanying Stipulation and Consent Agreement describe two sets of violations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published in the September 8th Federal Register a final rule...

Perhaps settling a debate that has been raging for at least 20 years, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today in Sackett v. EPA that is intended to settle, once and for all...

Governor LePage recently announced that he would veto all legislation sent to his desk until a plan to repay the State's debt to Maine hospitals was enacted.

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.

On January 10th, the very first week of this legislative session, Governor LePage announced that he had vetoed five of sixteen bills that he held from the last legislative session.

In Part 1 of this series, we provided a brief overview and introduction of the Boston-based COVID-19 tuition refund class action cases, noting generally that most similar suits haven't made it very far, as courts...

Earlier this year, the SJC approved several amendments to the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, which are to take effect on September 1, 2023. One such amendment applies to Mass. R. Civ. P. 23...

In a decision dated February 26, 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Vassalle v. Midland Funding, ___ F.3d ___ (6th Cir. 2013), reversed the District Court’s certification of a settlement class in a case alleging "robo-signing."

Last week the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that, despite defaulting only one month into its five-year lease, a commercial tenant is bound...

Maine legislators have introduced legislation (LD 1120) to "close offshore tax loopholes."