Thursday, March 23, 2017

First Circuit: After finding ambiguity in exception to overtime coverage based on the absence of a comma, the court relied on the default rule of construction that Maine wage and hour laws “should be liberally construed to further the beneficent purposes for which they are enacted,” and found the exception inapplicable to plaintiffs’ occupation
Law Court: In legal malpractice action arising out of attorney’s alleged failure in underlying employment discrimination case to properly object to motion for summary judgment and conduct adequate discovery, the court affirmed summary judgment for attorney after finding that plaintiff’s legal expert’s opinion that plaintiff would have prevailed in the discrimination case but for the alleged malpractice was conclusory
MHRC: Revised March 21st Commission Meeting Agenda posted
Maine DOL: Latest Employer Update published

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