Publications

April 26, 2022 Article

H-2B Temporary Visas: Additional 35,000 Coming in Second Half of FY 2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the forthcoming publication of a joint temporary final rule to make available an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of...

April 11, 2022 Article

Proposed EPA Rule Would Tighten Emissions Standards at Affected Power Plants and Industrial Sources

March 2, 2022 Article

FY2023 H-1B Season – Key Facts for Employers

February 25, 2022 Article

Employers May See Increased Accommodation Requests in 2022

February 18, 2022 Article

Are We Done Yet? Managing COVID-19 in Year Three

February 4, 2022 Article

Maine Legislative Update: Second Session of the 130th Legislature

February 2, 2022 Article

Workers' Comp Alert: CMS Opposes Select Medicare Set-Asides in Updated Reference Guide

Maine Workers' Comp Alert

January 19, 2022 Article

Pandemic Legal Lessons Learned by the Real Estate Industry

NH Business Review

January 14, 2022 Article

What Do the Supreme Court's Vaccination Rulings Mean for Your Business?

January 10, 2022 Article

EPA Makes History With First-Ever Addition of Hazardous Air Pollutant

December 29, 2021 Article

Legislative Alert: Convening of the 2nd Regular Session of the 130th Legislature

December 21, 2021 Article

Maine Supreme Court Affirms Decision in Workers’ Compensation Case Regarding Notice Requirements

Maine Workers' Comp Alert

December 20, 2021 Article

OSHA's ETS Moves One Step Closer to Reality in 2022

December 17, 2021

Legislative Alert: Legislative Racial Impact Statements Coming Soon

December 14, 2021 Article

Exemption Issues for Banks in Maine

Maine Bankers Association

November 12, 2021 Article

Municipalities Can Now Cut Electricity Costs Through Expansion of New Hampshire Group Net Metering

November 9, 2021 Article

Not So Fast: OSHA’s ETS in Limbo While Challenges Play Out

November 9, 2021 Article

Maine Workers’ Compensation Appellate Division Update - November 2021

Maine Workers' Comp Alert

November 5, 2021 Article

OSHA Issues Long-Awaited Vaccination Rule for Large Employers

November 4, 2021 Article

How to Create Authentic Social Media Content

Mainebiz

October 29, 2021 Article

Legislative Update: First Legislative Council Vote on Legislative Requests

October 26, 2021

Legislative Alert: Redistricting Analysis

October 13, 2021 Article

Beyond Maine’s Ban-the-Box Statute: Practical Employer Considerations

October 5, 2021 Article

Legislative Alert: Special Session, Redistricting, and Cloture

September 30, 2021 Article

Employees Who Refuse to Comply with a Mandatory Vaccination Policy are Generally Ineligible to Receive Unemployment Benefits

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H-2B Temporary Visas: Additional 35,000 Coming in Second Half of FY 2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the forthcoming publication of a joint temporary final rule to make available an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas...

Attorney Crystal L. Bulges Joins Preti Flaherty’s Environmental Practice Group

Preti Flaherty is pleased to announce that attorney Crystal L. Bulges has joined the firm’s Environmental Practice Group, working in the Portland office. Crystal brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience...

More Reminders of the Shortcomings of Maine’s Freedom of Access Law

As part of an editorial marking Sunshine Week , the annual celebration started by the American Society of News Editors to recognize the importance of open government, Preti Flaherty attorney Sig Schutz is quoted by the Bangor...

Proposed EPA Rule Would Tighten Emissions Standards at Affected Power Plants and Industrial Sources

On April 6, the U.S. EPA published a proposed rule to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) in 26 states that the agency says are impacting the ability of downwind states to...

Preti Flaherty Attorney Tim Bryant Selected by Franchise Times as “Legal Eagle”

For the fourteenth consecutive year, Preti Flaherty attorney Tim Bryant has been recognized as a Franchise Times magazine “Legal Eagle.” Nominated by their peers, franchise attorneys chosen for this honor are considered among the...

FY2023 H-1B Season – Key Facts for Employers

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the H-1B initial registration period for the FY 2023 cap is scheduled to open at noon ET on March 1, 2022 and will remain open until noon ET...

Identifying and Preventing Inappropriate Comments at Work

Employers are starting to establish a new workplace normal. Employees are often returning to work in an environment that is dramatically different than the one they left two years ago. How we communicate with...

From Maine to Kushan: Teaching the U.S. Legal System in China

Preti Flaherty attorney Jeff Thaler was recently the subject of an essay written by one of his former students at Duke Kushan University (DKU). In 2019, Jeff spent time at DKU serving as a...

Employers May See Increased Accommodation Requests in 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a multitude of challenges for employers. As more employees return to the office in 2022—whether full-time or on a hybrid schedule—employers will face difficult compliance questions and, most likely...

Preti Flaherty Files Human Trafficking and Forced Labor Lawsuit Against Church of Scientology

Preti Flaherty attorneys Greg Hansel, Shana Solomon, Ellie Quinby, and Katherine Oaks filed a human trafficking and forced labor lawsuit against the Church of Scientology on behalf of three plaintiffs claiming decades of forced...