Environmental Litigation

• Defended paper company in odor nuisance federal class action lawsuit.
• Defended global chemical company in PFAS natural resource damages lawsuit.
• Defended Fortune 500 company in four-week RCRA citizen suit remedy phase trial in federal court involving clean-up of mercury in river sediment.
• Defended and successfully modified $250 million administrative clean-up order at nine-day hearing before Maine Board of Environmental Protection.
• Defended largest Maine petroleum enforcement action in over 20 years.
• Defended largest U.S. EPA pesticide enforcement action in Region I.
• Resolved property damage claims for residential and commercial landowners located on former municipal landfill.
• Resolved state and federal trustee natural resource damage claims at three former marine oil terminals.
• Resolved property damage lawsuit by lakefront property owners arising from No. 6 fuel oil spill into Maine waterbody.
• Defended environmental consultants in $1 million federal court jury trial against manufacturing company claim of faulty Phase I environmental site assessment.
• Defended environmental engineers in three-week New Hampshire arbitration in $15 million alleged negligent groundwater treatment system design at superfund site.
• Defended paper company in multi-plaintiff toxic tort lawsuit involving alleged brain cancer cluster.
• Successful U.S. EPA sole source aquifer petition under the Clean Water Act for Conanicut Island, Rhode Island on behalf of citizen group.
• Successful contested license transfer for 99MW wind power project in New Hampshire.
• Successful contested air emission license amendment for paper mill.

Financial and Commercial Litigation

• Won $13.6 million verdict in civil jury trial in Bangor, Maine for breach of contract to negotiate in good faith on behalf of electric utility.
• In claim involving elder financial abuse, won a $300,000 verdict in civil jury trial in Portland, Maine for breach of fiduciary duty and defeated counterclaim for $2 million.
• Won $650,000 civil bench trial in Portland, Maine involving wrongful interference with an inheritance.
• Won $40 million securities arbitration in Washington, D.C. on behalf of publicly traded company in connection with stock purchase of Maryland manufacturer.
• Won $419,000 securities arbitration in Boston.
• Successful appeal of $50 million state agency contract for wireless emergency communication service.
• Successful appeal of $35 million state agency contract for lottery services.
• Resolved securities and probate litigation and arbitration related to mishandling of assets, securities fraud, fiduciary mismanagement, and related matters.
• Defense and prosecution of high value partnership disputes, professional liability claims, and construction defect claims.

Media and First Amendment

• Pre-publication review of Pulitzer prize finalist podcast for public radio.
• Won dismissal of high-profile defamation claim against radio station and reporters in New Hampshire.
• Won news media First Amendment challenge to secret jury selection in high profile criminal case in Maine for Maine Sunday Telegram/Portland Press Herald.
• Won federal summary judgment in favor of eight news media organizations against claims of libel, invasion of privacy, and civil rights violations arising from reporting on alleged unlawful firearms confiscation.
• Won trials and precedent setting freedom of information appeals involving access to state and federal public records.
• Pre-publication review of news articles and broadcasts for every daily newspaper in Maine.
• Won dismissal of defamation claims against New York Times reporter.
• Won lawsuit attempting to compel disclosure of identity of author of allegedly defamatory anonymous newsletter.
• Won dismissal of federal copyright claims against prominent magazine.