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Looking for something(s) to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Season? Look no further than this addition of Employment Wisdom on the Go (EWOTG), which will get you up-to-speed and up-to-date on several new employment laws recently passed by the Maine Legislature that could affect your business. Several of these changes to the law, which becameRead More
Skelton, Taintor and Abbott Shareholder Amy Dieterich was recently quoted in the Lewiston Sun Journal about a case she successfully litigated on behalf of a Town of Rangeley employee who had been retaliated and discriminated against by the Town and one of its Selectmen: https://www.sunjournal.com/2021/06/24/rangeley-town-employee-reach-settlement-agreement-in-lawsuit-for-90000-over-claims-of-hostile-work-environment/. Amy successfully defeated the Town’s motion for summary judgment inRead More
AUBURN, Maine (April 22, 2021) – Skelton Taintor & Abbott announces that Ronald Bissonnette, Daniel D’Auteuil, Jr., and Emma Burgess Roy and the staff of Isaacson & Raymond, P.A.– will join the firm effective July 1, 2021. Bissonnette brings his expertise in real estate law, including acquisitions, like kind exchanges and leasing. Bissonnette’s practice alsoRead More
New Rules and Procedures Intended to Aid Trademark Owners In today’s business world dominated by a proliferation of internet companies, acquiring rights to valuable trademarks and protecting them against infringement has been a daunting, often complicated and frequently expensive undertaking. This has been particularly true for trademark owners initiating and maintaining a civil trademark infringementRead More
The Sun Journal interviewed attorneys Amy Dieterich from Skelton, Taintor and Abbott and Mike Malloy from the Malloy Firm about the legal issues employers and employees are dealing with as the COVID-19 pandemic continues into 2021. With the Families First Coronavirus Response Act set to expire on December 31st despite the pandemic cresting in MaineRead More
AUBURN, Maine (November 23, 2020) – Skelton Taintor & Abbott announces the hiring of Reeve Wood as Of Counsel, focusing on title work and real estate transactions, effective November 23, 2020. Wood began his career as a teacher in New York and then moved on to work as an investigator of police misconduct for theRead More
Skelton, Taintor and Abbott shareholder Amy Dieterich is quoted in the Portland Press Herald regarding Portland’s newly-passed hazard pay ordinance. She counseled employees and employers that there is serious litigation risk if they do not start paying certain employees time and a half for working during a declared emergency in December. Employment lawyers at Skelton,Read More
AUBURN, Maine – Skelton Taintor & Abbott has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firms” for Family Law, and Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 2021. Tier 1 rankings are determined through a combination of impressive feedback from peers and clients as well as information provided inRead More
Skelton, Taintor and Abbott Shareholder Amy Dieterich and attorney Michael Malloy from the Malloy Firm will be discussing the latest workplace-related COVID issues for the L/A Chamber of Commerce on November 5th about leave issues under the ADA, FMLA and FFCRA, the new Maine paid leave law going into effect on January 1st and COVIDRead More
AUBURN, Maine – Stephen B. Wade from the firm of Skelton Taintor & Abbott has been honored on the 2020 New England Super Lawyers list. Braden M. Clement, Amy Dieterich and Jordan Payne Hay have been named to Rising Stars. All are repeat honorees. This is the 13th consecutive such honor for Wade, who isRead More
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