November 13, 2023 EditionEdition

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Nov. 13, 2023

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits and health care facilities around Maine.

🔒On the Record: Ad maven Burgess talks growth, ‘geofencing’ and standing out in digital world

Meredith Strang Burgess is bullish on growth at the seven-person advertising and marketing agency she leads from a new office in Portland.

🔒Maine’s first rural practice clinic seeks to build attorney ranks while showcasing rural life

Over half of Maine’s population lives in a rural area, but over half of Maine’s lawyers are in Cumberland County. Maine Law’s Rural Practice Clinic, one of only a few rural clinics in the country, meets a pressing need.

🔒Parent-to-be launches ‘family formation’ practice at Bernstein Shur

As families are created in new ways, new legal issues have arisen. Maine's largest law firm has launched a practice that specializes in them.
ADVERTISEMENT

🔒Feuding over family leave: Businesses fear bigger staffing headaches under Maine’s new law

The newly enacted law is being called one of the country’s broadest and most generous paid family and medical leave programs.

🔒Building Business: Small and large, projects are still in the works

Despite higher interest rates, construction costs and labor shortages, construction projects continue to break ground and come to fruition across Maine.

🔒Ask ACE: What regulations and legal issues should I consider when expanding into New England?

ACE columnist Carrie Green Yardley offers guidance on how to navigate regulations in different states.

🔒From the Editor: The paid leave law will test small businesses in Maine

Maine's recently enacted paid leave law is designed to offer comfort to employees who are dealing with the...
ADVERTISEMENT
Already a subscriber? Log in.