After the Supreme Court decided Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, it was fashionable for some in the plaintiffs' bar to argue that the deciding factor was the size of the class.

This summer, the Delaware Court of Chancery twice ruled that if robust procedural protections are used, a merger involving a company with a controlling stockholder will be reviewed under the deferential business judgment rule instead of the much more exacting entire fairness standard.

On December 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") released proposed rules to amend Regulation A to provide for the offering of up to $50 million in securities. Regulation A is a quasi-public offering process intended to allow established companies that are not yet ready to go public an avenue for advertising and selling securities.

The vast majority of requests for accommodation aim to help an employee perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Wellness plans have long held the potential to help employers manage the cost of their health benefits.

The New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) has proposed that ISO-New England (ISO-NE) facilitate the addition of new electric transmission infrastructure to access renewable resources and increased natural gas firm pipeline capacity to serve generation load in New England.

As most have heard by now, the Maine DEP has issued a proposal to eliminate the ozone nonattainment new source review requirements in areas of the State that attain the ozone standard.

On March 5, 2013, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (the"Law Court") issued a decision in which it invalidated Saddleback Ridge Wind, LLC's ("Saddleback") permit to construct the Saddleback Ridge Wind Project.

On February 5, 2013, Governor LePage delivered his State of the State Address to a Joint Convention of the Legislature. This speech focused on what Mainer’s are earning, compared to the costs of living and working in the State.

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 is a regular 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.

If your company is subject to HIPAA, new rules published by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") will require changes in your policies and practices regarding data breaches.

In a recent Memorandum and Order, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied class certification in a case brought on behalf of Massachusetts residents.

In an opinion authored by Chief Justice Sandra Lynch that could, and should, find its way into civil procedure casebooks, the First Circuit charted a course through the complexities of the Erie doctrine and state choice-of-law principles in determining which law governed the award of attorneys' fees to be paid under a class action settlement agreement, reached in a federal MDL proceeding, where subject matter jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship.

What is the proper remedy when a party challenges a municipal action under Rule 80B, but the court later determines that this was the wrong procedural vehicle to challenge...

Yesterday, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the certification of a class of purchasers of "Light" cigarettes in a case alleging that Philip Morris USA, Inc. (Philip Morris), by using the name "Lights" and describing the cigarettes as "Lowered Tar & Nicotine," violated the New Hampshire Consumer Protection Act.

Judge Hornby issued a decision this week in the District of Maine, certifying additional state-law class claims and rejecting defendant’s request to decertify an FLSA class in a misclassification case involving FedEx drivers.

On March 27, 2023, the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari by Acheson Hotels in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer, Case No. 21-1410. In its petition to appeal from an earlier...

In a recent Seventh Circuit decision that has received much attention, Judge Posner explained the predominance requirement of Rule 23(b)(3) in a way that no doubt will be cited frequently by plaintiffs' class action lawyers.