The perennial question –- "How Clean is Clean?" -- has an ever-changing answer.

In a set of proposals just released, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is set to reform its hazardous waste and hazardous matter rules for the first time in years.

Many are familiar with the "Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard" issued by ASTM, used for satisfying "All Appropriate Inquiry" for environmental contamination.

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.

The Maine Legislature is progressing toward adjournment, as the Legislature focuses its work on moving legislation through the House and Senate.

Overview of New Form I-9 for Employers

Earlier this month, in Elsie Metcalfe v. Grieco Hyundai, LLC, the Rhode Island Federal District Court invalidated a class action waiver in an agreement without an arbitration clause that was therefore not subject to the Federal Arbitration Act.

As previously reported, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will be reviewing the continued vitality of its decision in Feeney v. Dell Inc. (Feeney I), governing the enforceability of class action waivers in consumer arbitration agreements, in light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion.

Does your company have a mobile app that collects information from users?

The new HIPAA rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services have made substantial changes to the way in which covered entities (e.g., hospitals, health insurers, etc…) and their business associates (entities which perform services on behalf of covered entities involving health information) secure and interact with health information.

Governor LePage has submitted his proposed budget for the biennium that begins on July 1, 2013, which contains a number of state tax changes.

The 2013 Summary of New Maine Laws & Carried Over Legislation report is provided to help you stay abreast of changes in Maine laws.

Additional Gubernatorial Vetoes Sustained; Legislative Democrats Unveil Tax Proposal to Close Budget Gap; Tax Reform Proposal Fate Uncertain ..

On August 20, 2013, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) approved important changes to simplify hazardous waste compliance and reporting.

We are once again entering the season when most for-profit and non-profit corporations file their annual reports with the Secretary of State or other applicable agency in the states where they are organized as well as the states in which they are qualified to do business as foreign entities.

As forecast in our December 2022 client alert, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a pre-publication version of its final rule that eliminates the use of the de minimis exemption...

For many years, both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection have wrestled with the practical question of how solvent-contaminated wipes should be managed under hazardous waste regulations.

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