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Wraight.Law
Dec 14, 2020
Prosecution Threat Over New Mask Mandate By Maine Governor
A new executive order from Governor Janet Mills mandates that publicly-accessible businesses force customers to wear masks before...
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Wraight.Law
Nov 30, 2020
Indigent Criminal Defense ‘Underfunded’ With ‘Desperate Need’ For More Commission Staff - Chairman
Criminal defense for those who cannot afford an attorney in Maine is “underfunded“ by the state and there is a “desperate need” for more...
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Wraight.Law
Nov 25, 2020
Resumption Of Trials Reversed as Covid-19 Cases Rise In Maine
Trials planned for the coming months in York and Cumberland counties are being cancelled because of rising levels of Covid-19 cases in...
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Wraight.Law
Nov 4, 2020
Foreclosures And Civil Trials Delayed To 2021 In Favor Of Criminal Cases
Criminal trials will take priority over civil cases in Maine - delaying foreclosures, small claims, land use violations and other matters...
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Wraight.Law
Nov 4, 2020
Head Of Maine Commission On Criminal Defense To Step Down In December
The man who leads Maine’s commission on providing criminal defense for defendants unable to afford a lawyer has announced he’s stepping...
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Wraight.Law
Oct 20, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If Loud Music Is Enough To Enter A Home Without A Warrant
A motorist played loud music and used his horn against state law. Was that enough to enter his home without a warrant? SCOTUS will decide.
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Wraight.Law
Sep 8, 2020
Budget Cuts And Stalled Public Defender Plans Frustrate Agency
Frustration about budget cuts and stalled progress on a proposed public defender system for Maine spilled over at a meeting of a...
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Wraight.Law
Sep 8, 2020
Delay Announced In Expected Resumption Of Jury Trials
Jury trials are not expected to resume in Maine until early November at the earliest, according to updated plans related to the Covid...
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Wraight.Law
Jul 2, 2020
UPDATED: Legal Action Explored Over Attorney-Client Recordings of Inmates
The latest research by a commission covering legal defense is for just three counties in Maine
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Wraight.Law
Jul 1, 2020
Is The Maine Bar Exam In Jeopardy? Mass Cancels Its In-Person Exam In The Fall
The in-person fall bar exam for Massachusetts has been cancelled altogether, putting into question whether Maine will eventually follow...
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Wraight.Law
Jun 22, 2020
Associate Responds To ‘White Privilege Is Racist’ Remarks At State Bar Event
UPDATE: An associate at a Maine law firm has responded yet again in an open letter to the outcry to her comment the term ‘white...
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Wraight.Law
Jun 7, 2020
Idea Pushed By Maine Attorney To Reform Policing Gets NPR Attention
Police officers should be forced to get insurance in the same way as motorists.
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Wraight.Law
Jun 5, 2020
More Recordings Between Lawyers And Incarcerated Clients Revealed
More recordings of attorney-client calls emerge, along with in-person visits by defense lawyers to their clients in jail.
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Wraight.Law
Jun 5, 2020
Complaints About Lawyers Investigated by Commission
Two complaints were sent to a commissioner, another directly to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
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Wraight.Law
Jun 3, 2020
Maine Defense Attorneys Group Issues Statement On George Floyd’s Death
Statement from Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers released.
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Wraight.Law
May 5, 2020
Jail Inmate Recording Of Call With Attorney Shocks Commissioners (UPDATE)
The recording between an attorney and his client was shared with a prosecutor.
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Wraight.Law
Apr 15, 2020
Wait Is Over! Summer Bar Exam Postponed And February Results Out
July bar cancelled and February bar results released with pass rate.
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Wraight.Law
Apr 9, 2020
Chief Justice Quits To Be Dean At Maine's Only Law School
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley starts her new position next week.
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Wraight.Law
Apr 6, 2020
Vehicle Stops OK If Owner Has Expired License But Cops Don't Know Who's Driving
Traffic stops by police are now even more likely.
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![Jury Trials Off In May, Non-Urgent Court Hearings Still Postponed](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/efff9b_0abc161655e14a45b216099973b491a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/efff9b_0abc161655e14a45b216099973b491a7~mv2.webp)
Wraight.Law
Apr 1, 2020
Jury Trials Off In May, Non-Urgent Court Hearings Still Postponed
Orders by the Supreme Judicial Court continue the restrictions already in place.
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