Content Posted in 2024
2023 Annual Report, University of Maine School of Law
30 Years Removed, Oil-Spill Liability Insurance's Evolution since the 1989 Exxon Valdez Incident, Rejo Mathew
A Canadian Perspective on U.S. Administered Protection and the Free Trade Agreement, Alan M. Rugman
A Commemorative, Eric Robert Herlan Editor-in-Chief
A Defendant's Right to Counsel in Commitment Hearings for Nonpayment of a Criminal Fine, Barbara A. Appleby
Affirmative Judicial Case Management: A Viable Solution to the Toxic Product Litigation Crisis, Patrick Francis Harrigan
A Genealogy of Founders, Frank M. Coffin
A Greater Purpose for Icebergs: Iceberg Trade to Combat the Effects of Climate Change, Lee A. Foden
Allocating the GST Exemption Under the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Michael B. Lang
Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Trade and Business, Thomas E. Carbonneau
American Home Assurance Co. v. Ingeneri: Misrepresentations in Insurance Applications, Richard P. Bennett
An Appreciation of L. Kinvin Wroth, Vincent L. McKusick
An Inadequate Band-Aid: Existing Privacy Law has Uncertain Application to Web-Scraped Personal Information Used to Train AI, Jody L. Eckman
Antitrust Scrutiny of the Medical Staff Plan, Cynthia Teresa Churchill
Application of the Federal Securities Acts to the Sale of a Closely Held Corporation by Stock Transfer, Loftus C. Carson II
A Quarter of a Century of Rulemaking with Particular Attention to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Frank J. Remington
Arctic Policy Considerations for Scottish Independence, Mason McInnis Brewer
A Reply to David Jones, Dennis M. Patterson
A Structural Approach to the Application of Section One of the Sherman Act to Oligopolistic Interdependence, Annmarie Levins
A Tribute to a Colleague Who Has Endured, Orlando E. Delogu
Aviation Law: Owner-Lessor Liability—The Need for Uniformity, Ann T. Hollyday
Backing-Into Internal Revenue Code Section 338, Drew Erik Swenson
Baybutt Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.: A Question of Ambiguity in Comprehensive General Liability Insurance Policies, Peter Alexander Meyer
Beyond the Equity Power of Bankruptcy Courts: Toxic Tort Liabilities in Chapter 11 Cases, Kaighn Smith
Boucher v. Maine Employment Security Commission: The Role of Acceptance in Employment Security Law, Bradley M. Lown
Bouford v. Bath Iron Works: Defining Double Recovery Under State and Federal Compensation Laws for Maritime Workers, John Arthur McCauley
Burns v. Smith: Assessing the Sufficiency of Affidavits Supporting Prejudgment Attachments in Medical Malpractice Actions, Margaret Christie Kenney
Cameras in Maine's Courts: Has the Time Come? Will it Ever?, Joseph M. O'Connor
Canadian Acceptance of International Commercial Arbitration, John E.C. Brierly
City of Portland v. DePaolo: Defining the Role of Stare Decisis in State Constitutional Decisionmaking, Thad B. Zmistowski
Climate Change in Arctic and Indigenous Peoples: Challenges and Solutions, Vera Solovyeva
Comeau v. Maine Coastal Services: The Quantum Theory and the Rescue Doctrine in Workers' Compensation, George F. Eaton II
Common Law Sovereign Immunity and the Maine Tort Claims Act: A Rose by Another Name, R. Michael Martin
Comparative Negligence: The Multiple Defendant Dilemma, Karen P. O'Sullivan
Compensation for Financing a Spouse's Education: The Means of Economic Justice in Maine, William S. Kany
Constitutional Challenges to Caps on Tort Damages: Is Tort Reform the Dragon Slayer or Is It the Dragon?, Kathryn L. Vezina
Constitutional Issues Raised by the Civil-Criminal Dichotomy of the Maine OUI Law, Bruce W. Smith
Constitutionalizing the Human Right to Food in Maine: A People’s Tool to Advance Food Sovereignty in the U.S., R. Denisse Cordova Montes, Heather Retberg, and Photini Kamvisseli Suarez
Construing "Consideration" in Maine's Recreational Use Statute: Robbins v. Great Northern Paper Co., Russell B. Pierce Jr.
Coping With Confusion: A Unitary Procedure for Judicial Review of the Referendum Process, Daniel L. Cummings
Crypto Losses, Jeffrey A. Maine and Xuan-Thao Nguyen
Cyr v. Michaud: Correction of Clerical Errors with Juror Affidavits, William S. Kany
Deadlocked Juries and the Allen Charge, Karen Pelletier O'Sullivan
Deductibility of Investigatory Expenses Incurred in Business Expansion: North Carolina National Bank v. United States, Edward R. Benjamin Jr.
DEI Newsletter 2024 Issue 1, University of Maine School of Law
DEI Newsletter 2024 Issue 2, University of Maine School of Law
DEI Newsletter 2024 Issue 3, University of Maine School of Law
DEI Newsletter 2024 Issue 4, University of Maine School of Law
Deinstitutionalizing the Mentally Retarded in Maine: The Inevitable Face-Off with Zoning, Pamela D. Albee
Demystifying the Elusive Quest for Cyber Insurance Protection: The Need for New Contract Language, Deborah L. Johnson
Disparity and the Need for Sentencing Guidelines in Maine: A Proposal for Enhanced Appellate Review, Daniel E. Wathen
Dispute Resolution Provisions of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, David P. Cluchey
Dispute Settlement Mechanisms Under the Free Trade Agreement, Ton J.M. Zuijdwijk
Dissell v. Trans World Airlines: Constitutional Limitations on the Workers' Compensation Commission's Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, Patricia A. Nelson-Reade
Dropping the Veil: How an Investigation into One Asylum Office Reveals Systemic Failures Within the U.S. Affirmative Asylum System, Anna R. Welch and Sara P. Cressey
Dunham v. Ware Savings Bank: Economic Policy and Federal Law Justify Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses by State-Chartered Institutions, Martha E. Greene
Editorial Board Vol. 29, No. 1 (2024), Alicia M. Rea Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 29, No. 2 (2024), Alicia M. Rea Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 2. No.1 (2024), Hannah Babinski Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 35 No. 1 (1983), Annmarie Levins Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 35 No. 2 (1983), Annmarie Levins Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 36 No. 1 (1984), George F. Eaton II Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 36 No. 2 (1984), George F. Eaton II Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 37 No. 1 (1985), J. Gordon Scannell, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 37 No. 2 (1985), J. Gordon Scannell, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 38 No. 1 (1986), June Zellers Schau Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 38 No. 2 (1986), June Zellers Schau
Editorial Board Vol. 39 No. 1 (1987), Eric Robert Herlan Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 39 No. 2 (1987), Eric Robert Herlan Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 40 No. 1 (1988), Patricia A. Nelson-Reade Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 40 No. 2 (1988), Patricia A. Nelson-Reade Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 41 No.1 (1989), William L. Dawson, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 41 No. 2 (1989), William L. Dawson, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 42 No.1 (1990), Kathryn L. Vezina Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 42 No. 2 (1990), Kathryn L. Vezina Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 76 No. 1 (2024), Lisa A. Prosienski Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Board Vol. 76 No. 2 (2024), Lisa A. Prosienski Editor-in-Chief
Editors' Preface, June Zellers Schau
Emerging Protection Against Retaliatory Discharge: A Public Policy Exception to the Employment At-Will Doctrine in Maine, Andre D. Bouffard
Ending the Never-Ending Medical Malpractice Crisis, Allen Redlich
Examining Netchoice and Murthy: Content Moderation in the Hands of the Supreme Court, Devin B. Forbush
Expanding Public Access by Codifying the Public Trust Doctrine: The Massachusetts Experience, William L. Lahey, Lauren Sandler Zurier, and Kenneth W. Salinger
Federal Agency Nonacquiescence: Defining and Enforcing Constitutional Limitations on Bad Faith Agency Adjudication, Christopher C. Taintor
Federal Nuclear Policy and the 1987 Maine Nuclear Referendum: Viable Initiative or Legal Cul-de-Sac?, David P. Crocker
Fishing Communities and Public Participation in Federal Decisionmaking: A Case Study of Community Opposition to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, Stephanie Showalter Otts
“Food of their Own Choosing”: Improving Access to Locally Grown, Sustainable, and Real Food, Alexia M. Kulwiec and Tom Starck
Foreword, Charles S. Colgan
Foreword: Understanding Maine's Novel Right to Food Constitutional Amendment, Lisa A. Prosienski Editor-in-Chief
Forgive and Forget: Honoring Full and Unconditional Pardons, Philip P. Houle
From Comprehensive Liability to Climate Liability: The Case for a Climate Adaptation Resilience and Liability Act (CARLA), Anthony Moffa
From "Maine Law" to Model Act: Liquor Liability in Maine, William P. Shumaker
From Natural Law to Legal Realism: Legal Philosophy, Legal Theory, and the Development of American Conflict of Laws Since 1830, Bruce Wardhaugh
General Discretion Under Maine's Site Location of Development Law, Tybe Ann Brett
Getting the Green Light: Renewable Energy as an Internal Tribal Matter, J. Shinay
Gifts, Joint Ownership, and Marital Property: Interspousal Transfers of Property Under Maine's Marital Property Act, Paul Fillmore
Green Amendments and Ham: How Green Amendment Jurisprudence Can Inform Maine’s Right to Food, Sarah M. Everhart
Greenland's Foreign Policy, Past and Present: From the Merchants' Message to Bilateral Agreements, Kenneth Høegh
Group Homes for the Mentally Retarded in Maine: Legislative Intent and Administrative Process, James C. Hunt
Habeas Corpus—A Better Remedy in Visitation Denial Cases, James A. Albert and Gregory A. Brodek
Handicapped Workers: Who Should Bear the Burden of Proving Job Qualifications?, June Zellers Schau
Hanover Insurance Co. v. Hayward: Imposition of Punitive Damages in Addition to Criminal Sanctions, David P. Silk
Hawkes Television, Inc. v. Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection: A New Loophole in Maine's Consumer Credit Code, Elizabeth S. Pearce
Home Rule and the Pre-Emption Doctrine: The Relationship Between State and Local Government in Maine, Robert W. Bower Jr.
Hospital Accountability in Health Care Delivery, C. Elisabeth Belmont
Implied Warranties of Seaworthiness: Applying the Knowing Neglect Standard in Time Hull Insurance Policies, Derek P. Langhauser
Improved Regulation of Maine Physicians: One Solution to the Medical Malpractice Crisis, Joanne Buttolph Steneck
In Defense of Civil Juries, Peter W. Culley
Indigenous Peoples as a Tool for Russia's International Publicity in the Arctic Region, Pavel Sulyandziga and Dmitry Berezhkov
In Pursuit of the Appropriate Standard of Liability for Defective Product Designs, Christina M. Moylan
In re Caulk: A Prisoner's Right to Die—The Factor of Intent, Laurence H. Leavitt
In re Daniel C.: Reunification Efforts and the Termination of Parental Rights, James W. Claus
In re Debra B.: The Best Interest Standard in Court-Authorized Sterilization of the Mentally Retarded, Sheila M. Donahue
In re Gardner: Withdrawing Medical Care From Persistently Vegetative Patients, John K. Veroneau
In re Misty Lee H.: Application of the Best Interests Standard in Parental Rights Terminations, William L. Dawson Jr.
Intellectual Indifference—Intellectual Dishonesty: The Colonial Ordinance, The Equal Footing Doctrine, and The Maine Law Court, Orlando E. Delogu
Introduction to Symposium: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Canada-United States Trade Relations, George J. Mitchell
It's a Soft Shell Life for ME: The Case for Expanding NPDES Permitting to Include Causes of Ocean Acidification, Natalie L. Nowatzke
It’s Getting Hot in Here: Maine’s Right to Food as a Mechanism to Address the Impact of the Warming of the Gulf of Maine on Lobster, Rachel Fischer
Joy v. Eastern Maine Medical Center: Extension of a Physician's Duty to Third Parties, Timothy H. Norton
Judge Edward T. Gignoux — A Personal Appreciation, Frank M. Coffin
Judges as Lawyers, Deirdre M. Smith
Jurisdiction of the Land Use Regulation Commission Within Baxter State Park, Benjamin P. Townsend
Keeping Big Issues Off the Table: The Supreme Court on Entrepreneurial Discretion and the Duty to Bargain, James Friedman
Legal Standards Governing Modification of Child Custody Orders, Christian T. Chandler
Legislative Ethics: Improper Influence by a Lawmaker on an Administrative Agency, Mark W. Lawrence
Libby v. Calais Regional Hospital: Contracting Out of Maine's Employment-At-Will Doctrine, Russell Goldsmith
L. Kinvin Wroth: A Personal Canadian Appreciation, Innis Christie
Local Land Use Controls: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed, Orlando E. Delogu
Long Overdue: The Need for an Examination of the Specter of Racial Bias in the Federal Death Penalty System, John Nidiry and Ruth Friedman
Maine Civil Remedies by Andrew M. Horton & Peggy L. McGehee, Eric R. Herlan
Maine Debtor-Creditor Law by Dennis M. Patterson, David J. Jones
Maine Law Magazine - Issue No. 98, University of Maine School of Law
Maine Recognizes the Independent Tort of Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: Gammon v. Osteopathic Hospital, Jaye E. Rooney
Maine Refuses to Recognize a Cause of Action for Loss of Parental Consortium: Durepo v. Fishman, Nancy Wanderer Mackenzie
Maine's IOLTA Proposal: A Source of Supplemental Funding for Legal Services, J. Gordon Scannell Jr.
Maine's Living Will Act and the Termination of Life-Sustaining Medical Procedures, Eric R. Herlan
Maine's Plant-Closing Law: Analysis and Proposals, Eric Lindquist
Maine's Unintentional Murder Statute: Depraved Indifference on Trial, Louis B. Butterfield
Managing the Cumulative Effects of Coastal Land Development: Can Maine Law Meet the Challenge?, Alison Rieser
Milton v. Cary Medical Center: A Viable Fetus is Not a Person Under Maine's Wrongful Death Statute, Stan Piecuch
Multi-Parent Custody, Jessica Feinberg
Ouellette v. Sturm, Ruger & Co. and Jones v. North American Aerodynamics: The Effectiveness of Maine's Borrowing Statute in Cases Involving Corporations, J. Gordon Scannell Jr.
Perreault v. Parker: Findings Tainted By Error, Gisele M. Nadeau
Personal Injury Compensation as a Tax Preference, Lawrence A. Frolik
Pornography Commissions and the First Amendment: On Constitutional Values and Constitutional Facts, David A.J. Richards
Posteriores Priores: An Unconstitutional Congressional Role in Treaty Termination, Donna D. McKeage
Power v. Power: Federal Pattern-or-Practice Enforcement Actions Applied to Local Prosecutors, Thomas P. Hogan
Prejudice and Promise in the Early Years of the Federal Judiciary, George L. Haskins
Preventing the Importation and Sale of Genuine Goods Bearing American-Owned Trademarks: Protecting an American Goodwill, Timothy H. Hiebert
Price Gouging, the Pandemic, and What Comes Next, Kaitlin A. Caruso
Privatizing Dispute Resolution Under the Free Trade Agreement: Truth or Fancy?, Leon E. Trakman
Projections for Arctic Marine Accessibility: Risk under Climate Change, Xueke Li and Amanda H. Lynch
Proof of Causation in a Private Action for Acid Rain Damage, Patrick J. Scully
Public Access and the New England Shoreline: Editors' Foreword, Kathryn L. Vezina Editor-in-Chief
Public School Integration of Children with Handicaps after Smith v. Robinson: "Separate but Equal" Revisited?, Robert J. Goodwin
Public Trust, Public Use, and Just Compensation, Alison Rieser
Realizing the Right to Food in Maine: Insights from International Law, Smita Narula
Reasonable Accommodation and Non-Invidious Discrimination Under the Maine Human Rights Act, Stuart W. Tisdale Jr.
Re/Descheduling Marijuana Through Administrative Action, Scott P. Bloomberg, Alexandra Harriman, and Shane Pennington
Religious Beliefs, Unemployment Benefits, and Constitutional Choices: Flynn v. Maine Employment Security Commission, Mary Ann Lynch
Remarks by the Chancellor, Robert L. Woodbury
Respect My Authority: The Past, Present, and Future of the Public Authority, Tom J. Letourneau
Restraining the Prosecutor: Restrictions on Threatening Prosecution for Civil Ends, James A. Trowbridge
Rethinking the History of the Seventeenth-Century Colonial Ordinance: A Reinterpretation of an Ancient Statute, Mark Cheung
Retroactive Application of Statutes: Protection of Reliance Interests, Gene A. Maguire
Russia's Arctic Maritime Claims, Raul Pete Pedrozo
Sea Ice and the Law of the Sea: The Myth of Article 234, Amanda H. Lynch and Charles H. Norchi
Separation of Powers Restrictions on Judicial Rulemaking: A Case Study of Federal Rule 4, Ralph U. Whitten
Shoreline Access in Rhode Island: A Case Study of Black Point, Michael Rubin
Solicitation by Lawyers: Piercing the First Amendment Veil, Louise L. Hill
Stacked Recovery Under Maine's Uninsured Motorists Statute: Connolly v. Royal Globe Insurance Company, Edward R. Benjamin Jr.
State Courts' Interest in Federal Rulemaking: A Proposal for Recognition, Vincent L. McKusick
State v. Boilard: Are Jury Instructions on Statutory Defenses Essential to a Fair Trial?, Kristin A. Gustafson
State v. Cloutier: Implied Invitees, Pretext and Plain View Under the Fourth Amendment, Dennis M. Doiron
State v. Curlew: Assessing the Sufficiency of Evidence Under the Corpus Delicti Rule, Brett D. Baber
State v. Durepo: Toward a Principled Maine Version of the Impeachment Exception to the Exclusionary Rule, Andre D. Bouffard
State v. Farnham: The Defendant's Exercise of the Right to Stand Trial as Negative Character Evidence, Richard F. Buckley
State v. Harding: Municipal Police Authority and the Fresh Pursuit Statute, David S. Schuman
State v. Sweatt: An Examination of the Current Confusion in Fourth Amendment Standing, John Archer Hobson
Stewart v. Inhabitants of Durham: An Exclusionary Purpose Ignored, Peter Alexander Meyer
Strategic Minerals and the U.S. Arctic Continental Shelf, James Kraska
Supplements to Environmental Impact Statements: Implementation of the Standards Set by the Council on Environmental Quality, Dale Lynn Gavin
Taking Matters into Your Own Hands; Using the Private Rights of Action in UDAP Statutes to Hold Businesses Accountable for Data Breaches, Deirdre Sullivan
Taxpayer Standing and the Preventive-Remedial Distinction: A Call for Reform, Alicia E. Flaherty
The ADR Movement: Theoretical Aspects and Practical Potential, Craig A. McEwen
The Afro-American and the Constitution: Colonial Times to the Present, James L. Watson
The Case for Second Chances: A Pathway to Decarceration in Maine, Catherine Besteman and Leo Hylton
The Child Witness in Sexual Abuse Cases in Maine: Presentation, Impeachment, and Controversy, Kermit V. Lipez
The Constitution At Sea, Louis Henkin
The Constitution Without Tears, Gene Carter
The Decline of the Privity Rule in the Maine Law of Tort Products Liability: A Conceptual History, Dennis M. Patterson
The Denial of Bail Under Maine's "Proof Evident or Presumption Great" Standard, Maureen Dea
The Federal Civil Rules After Half a Century, Maurice Rosenberg
The Government Contract Defense: Should Manufacturer Discretion Preclude its Availability?, John D. Pelletier
The Gulf of Maine Case and the Future of Ocean Boundary Delimitation, Edward Collins Jr. and Martin R. Rogoff
The Loss & Damage Fund: Will It Leave Greenland Behind?, Natalie L. Nowatzke
The New People v. Collins: How Can Probabilistic Evidence be Properly Admitted?, David Crump
The Obsolescence of Voluntary Confessions in Maine, John C. Sheldon
The Parent-Child Privilege and the Parent-Child Crime: Observations on State v. DeLong and In Re Agosto, Ellen Kandoian
The Primacy Method of State Constitutional Decisionmaking: Interpreting the Maine Constitution, Glen S. Goodnough
The Private Cause of Action Under Maine's Unfair Trade Practices Act, Steven A. Shaw
The Problem of Third-Party Consent in Fourth Amendment Searches: Toward a "Conservative" Reading of the Matlock Decision, Robert Deschene
The Provisional Application of International Agreements, Martin A. Rogoff and Barbara E. Gauditz
The Public Order of the Arctic: Problems and Prospects, Charles H. Norchi
The Public Trust Doctrine in Maine's Submerged Lands: Public Rights, State Obligation and the Role of the Courts, Mitchell M. Tannenbaum
The Reception of Arbitration in United States Law, Thomas E. Carbonneau
The Right to Privacy and the Japanese Constitution, Mark A. Sayre
The Status of Jury Trial Waivers in Maine's District Court, Robert M. Knight
The Vitality of the Doctrine of Punitive Damages in Maine, Kevin F. Gordon
The Waiver Problem in Maine Real Property Foreclosure Law: A Commercial Paper Perspective, Dennis M. Patterson
Tuttle v. Raymond: Drawing the Line on Punitive Damages, Elting H. Smith
Under the Shadow of Absolute Sovereignty: Exploring Conditional Sovereignty in the Case of Svalbard Geopolitics, Eda Ayaydin
Uniform Maine Citations, 2024-2025 Edition, Sara T.S. Wolff, Charles K. Leadbetter, and Michael D. Seitzinger
United States ex rel. Arrow Electronics, Inc. v. G.H. Coffey Co.: Judicial Interpretation of Timely Notice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c), Brett Dwight Baber
West v. Multibanco Comermex, S.A.: Application of the Securities Laws to Foreign Certificates of Deposit, Peter J. Stocks
What's Your Damage?! The Supreme Court Has Wrecked Temporary Takings Jurisprudence, Timothy M. Harris
What the Cluck? Backyard Chickens and Maine's Mysterious Right to Food, Lucy Weaver
When Fines Don't Go Far Enough: The Failure of Prison Settlements and Proposals for More Effective Enforcement Methods, Tori Collins
When the Bank Wants Its Borrower in Bankruptcy: Benefits of Bankruptcy for Lenders and Lender Liability Defendants, David C. Hillman and Matthew L. Caras
Who Should be Liable? Examining the Corporate Liability Regime for Cybersecurity Risks, Angel R. Gardner
Who Should Recover for Loss of Consortium?, Martin S. Amick
Wilderness, Trust, and Finality: The Baxter State Park Snowmobile Dispute, Ellen Kandoian and Brooke E. Barnes
Windward Woes: The Misalignment of Economic Incentives and Renewable Energy Development Goals, Matthew S. Edwards
Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: Patients' Rights—Privacy Rights, Patricia Lerwick
With Thanks from a Student and Alumna, Nancy Diesel Mills
You Can Grow Your Own Way: Maine's Constitutional "Right to Food" Amendment, Kristin Hebert