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December 19, 2018 Article

Data Privacy Regulation Is Coming to New Hampshire

New Hampshire Bar News

July 11, 2018 Article

What U.S. Businesses Need to Know about the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

Privacy Alert

June 7, 2018 Article

Online Access to Maine Court Records—Judicial Transparency for the 21st Century

Maine Lawyers Review

Sigmund D. Schutz and Benjamin S. Piper

May 24, 2018 Article

Primer on Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for U.S. Business

GDPR Alert

April 19, 2017

Cyber Update: Free Speech, FOAA, and Website Privacy Policies

Maine Townsman

January 19, 2016 Article

U.S. Federal Regulation of Cyber Security for Electricity Infrastructure

TerraLex

June 16, 2015 Article

Best Practices on Cybersecurity: Guidance for Energy Organizations from the Department of Justice

William L. Roberts

June 16, 2015 Article

Department of Justice Best Practices on Cybersecurity: Guidance for Smaller Organizations

William L. Roberts

February 6, 2012

What to do After a Data Breach: A Primer on Maine's Security Breach Law

Firm Highlights

Maine State Police Announces Restructuring After 3 Weeks of Declining to Share Details

On June 10, the Maine State Police announced plans to reorganize troop deployment and delegation of manpower in line with revised law enforcement priorities. The announcement follows several weeks of secretive posturing and a lack...

Primary Round-Up

Primary Round-Up As you are probably aware, primary elections in Maine took place on Tuesday, June 14, and there were a handful that could be significant to the general election outcome in November. Congressional...

Sixteen Preti Flaherty Attorneys Selected as Chambers USA Leaders in Their Field

Sixteen Preti Flaherty attorneys and six practice groups have been selected for inclusion in the 2022 Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business , the highly regarded directory of leading attorneys and...

Reminder to Continue to Update Policies and Practices to Reflect Latest COVID-19 Guidance

You might be sick of thinking about COVID-19 but people are still getting sick and employers must take appropriate action to keep the workplace safe. There has been a steady increase this summer in...

How Does the Collapse of Roe v. Wade Impact Employer Health Plans?

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey , which held that the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from banning abortion or...

Five Major Norwegian Salmon Companies Agree to $85 Million Settlement in Antitrust Case

Preti Flaherty announced today that a Miami federal Court has granted preliminary approval to an $85 million settlement agreement in an antitrust case involving alleged price fixing of farmed salmon sold in the United...

Attorney Jason Howe Named MEREDA Public Policy Committee Co-Chair

Preti Flaherty attorney and co-chair of the firm's Real Estate and Finance Practice Group Jason Howe has been named co-chair of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association's Public Policy Committee. MEREDA’s active Public Policy...

2022 Maine Employment Law Summit

Join Us for the Return of Preti Flaherty's Annual Employment Law Summit! After two years away due to the pandemic, we've been thinking a lot about how office environments have changed during that time...

Court Orders State Police to Reveal More Details About Misconduct by Troopers

Previously concealed records of trooper misconduct by the Maine State Police must be provided in response to public records requests by the press, according to a ruling by Judge William R. Anderson of Penobscot Superior...

Racial Justice Fund Seeks Applications for Second Round of Grants

The Maine Justice Foundation is pleased to announce the second round of grants from the Racial Justice Fund. The Foundation will accept applications for grants of up to $10,000 from June 1-15, 2022. The...