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Each year we prepare a summary of important tax items for use by lawyers in the firm, clients and friends. The following summary is for calendar year 2019. Because of the changes in income tax law at both the federal and state level, these tables use simplifying assumptions that may or may not apply toRead More
Under both federal law and Maine law, employers have to allow unpaid break time for nursing mothers. If during the time the employee is not completely relieved of all work duties (don’t overthink this), the time must be paid. Maine law requires that the time must be provided for up to 3 years after birth;Read More
Starting in January 2019, Maine’s minimum wage goes up to $11.00 an hour. Is there a new poster that goes with that change? Yes there is, and you can print it free from this link: https://www.maine.gov/labor/posters/2018/minimumwage.pdf That minimum wage rate also affects the minimum that must be paid to salaried employees in order to keepRead More
If you are considering seeking a divorce or have recently been served with papers seeking a divorce, you might be overwhelmed by the process and wondering what you should be doing. Every situation is different, but starting to collect and organize your documents and information can help make the process go more efficiently and smoothly.Read More
The Maine Rules of Civil Procedure make it easy to depose witnesses in Maine for use in a civil case pending in a foreign jurisdiction. Rule 30(h) sets forth the process. Out-of-state counsel must retain local counsel in Maine to assist, but from there the process is relatively straightforward. First, local counsel will submit anRead More
Dealing with medical bills following a car accident can be confusing and time consuming. If you are injured in an accident caused by the negligence of someone else, your medical bills may be covered by several different sources. First, you can make a legal claim against the other driver. Depending on the facts of yourRead More
Your managers are key to many aspects of your organization – everything from employee engagement to reducing liability to knowing the employees enough to recognize when they are impaired. They are also your front line when employees are asking for time off for medical issues, which may trigger liability to offer disability or family medicalRead More
The topic of common property ownership comes up frequently in the state of Maine with many people owning lake and beach properties in addition to their primary residences. It is commonplace for people to pass down their real estate to the next generation. This holds particularly true for sentimental vacation property. It may seem relativelyRead More
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increased the federal estate tax exemption to $11.2 million for persons dying and transfers after December 31, 2017. Maine advisors have been watching to see whether the State would conform its exemption to the federal exemption, as up through 2017 the Maine exemption and federal exemption had been inRead More
Most of the articles advising you to avoid probate are directed at residents of states which have a much more complicated probate system than Maine’s system. Here, probating a will simply means filing the will with the Probate Court in the county where the decedent lived at the time of death, along with a fill-in-theRead More
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