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.

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

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

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."

From our offices in Boston, Portland, and Portsmouth, Pierce Atwood’s State and Local Tax ("SALT") Group provides litigation, planning, transaction, regulatory, and legislative services to business, associations, and individuals on all Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire tax issues and development incentives.

For the most part, the Legislature is still getting up and running.

Last week marked the close of a major legal dispute under Maine law regarding the applicability of retroactive laws to development projects already under construction.

The deadline for local party committees to replace withdrawn legislative candidates on November’s ballot has now passed, determining which names will appear on the ballot.

Massachusetts Utilities Submit Long-Term Contracts for the Purchase of Renewable Energy and RECs from Five Maine Wind Projects and One New Hampshire Wind Project to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for Approval

After being taken to task by states and its own Inspector General for lack of final guidance on Vapor Intrusion, EPA has just released draft guidance documents for hazardous substances and petroleum products for comment.

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

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

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

As the Legislative session comes to a close, two major pieces of tax legislation have been signed by Governor LePage.

The transportation finance bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Legislature contains a number of significant tax changes.

Tuesday proved to be a big night in Maine and national politics. With a little over 90 percent of precincts reporting in Maine, we know the trends but not the outcome of all the local races.