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Pierce Atwood LLP, which just celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2016, is a leading regional multiservice law firm recognized nationally and…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 24 Jun 2022
EPA Proposes Changes (Again) to CWA Water Quality Certification Rule
Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to replace existing regulatory requirements for water quality…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 14 Jun 2022
Proposed Amendments to the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure
The Advisory Committee on the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure, of which I am a member, has been working with the SJC on potential changes to the…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 3 Jun 2022
Breaking: Mass. High Court Expansively Interprets Zoning Exemption for Solar Energy
Massachusetts has committed to increasing the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources, such as solar power, through a series of laws…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 2 Jun 2022
Covid-19, Emergency Pandemic Orders, and Force Majeure
The Law Court recently weighed in on a trending legal issue - the extent to which Covid-19 restrictions trigger “force majeure” contract clauses. In…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 2 Jun 2022
New NLRB Case Threatens Employers' Rights to Counter Union Campaigns
In an unfair labor practice complaint recently filed against online retailer Amazon, the Brooklyn Regional Office of the National Labor Relations…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 20 May 2022
Appeals Court Excuses City’s Notice-by-Mail Fail
Today the Appeals Court decided Markham v. Pittsfield Cellular Telephone Company (pdf), holding that the 90-day appeal period under M.G.L. C. 40A, §…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 20 May 2022
Federal Court Rules MetaBirkin NFTs Entitled to First Amendment Protection in Hermès Trademark Case
In one of the first trademark cases involving NFTs (non-fungible tokens), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York’s opinion in…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 19 May 2022
Justice Department Announces Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Reinstitutes SEPs
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced its Environmental Justice (EJ) Enforcement Strategy, which not only provides a roadmap for…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 6 May 2022
Is It Time to Update Mass. R. Civ. P. 23?
Over the past 25 years, I have had the good fortune of getting to know and working with both plaintiff and defendant class action lawyers from many…
Pierce Atwood LLP | USA | 27 Apr 2022
FERC Holds Technical Conference to Consider Financial Assurance for Hydropower Projects
On April 26, 2022 FERC held a Commission staff-led technical conference to discuss whether and, if so, how the Commission should require additional…
