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MSBA Golf Tournament Approaches

Maine State Bar Association
Tenth Annual Benefit Golf Tournament
Monday, September 22, 2008
Penobscot Valley Country Club

The Maine State Bar Association invites you to join us for the Tenth Annual MSBA Benefit Golf Tournament, scheduled for Monday, September 22, 2008 at the spectacular Penobscot Valley Country Club!

As in past years, lunch will be provided starting at noon. Players must be at their assigned tee and be ready to start promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the individual/team registration form.

For more information contact:

Cindy Swift (cindy.swift@mainebar.org)
Julie Rowe (jrowe@mainebar.org),
Neil Cavanaugh (ncavanaugh@mainebar.org)
Angela Weston (aweston@mainebar.org) or call 1.800.475.7523.

2008 Litigation Institute

Co-sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association
and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association

September 26 & 27, 2008 at the Augusta Civic Center

Over 30 Topics, 58 Sessions - Nowhere else can you find a seminar that offers so many great choices. There’s something for everyone!

For more information download a complete brochure, click here.

"On Your Own" on television

Watch this video of MSBA Communications & Public Relations Committee member Patty Weidler talking about "On Your Own," the Bar Association's guide to the post-high school world for young adults, with "207" host Rob Caldwell on WCSH-TV:
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?aid=38739.

2008 edition of ‘On Your Own’ now in print for schools and social agencies, and via download for all

AUGUSTA — The Maine State Bar Association’s annually revised guide to adulthood for graduating high school seniors and other young adults is now available.

Maine high schools and social agencies may order copies of “On Your Own” by calling Rita Lessner at the MSBA at 207-622-7523. Schools should be prepared to provide the number of high school seniors expected to graduate this June. Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the 2008 print run is exhausted. >> more

LRIS is “The Right Call” When You Need a Lawyer

The Right Call for the Right Lawyer is the slogan trademarked by the American Bar Association for use by lawyer referral services meeting the ABA’s standards of professional experience criteria, accountability, and public service. This summer, the Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the Maine State Bar Association became one of fewer than 70 referral services nationwide authorized to use this slogan and the ABA seal of approval.

As an impartial not-for-profit professional and public service, the Lawyer Referral & Information Service is, more clearly now than ever, the most effective access point for members of the public looking for assistance with legal issues.

1-800-860-1460

2008 edition of 'On Your Own' available online

August 19, 2008

AUGUSTA—Slaying raises question of whether advocates for the mentally ill are too aggressive in pushing for their clients’ right to refuse treatment
Wall Street Journal

ELLSWORTH—Joint trial begins for a Lamoine man and his wife accused of robbing his 74-year-old grandmother of a safe containing $40,000 or more
Bangor Daily News
Ellsworth American

PORTLAND—Wife of the Massachusetts man charged with 2 manslaughter counts in a Long Lake boat crash says she and her husband have not hidden assets to avoid potential payouts in wrongful death lawsuits filed against him
Portland Press Herald

PORTLAND—AG reaches settlement with owners of a closed local night club to repay some of the deposits taken for high school proms
Portland Press Herald

PORTLAND—In a jail interview, a man charged with a 1995 murder in Portland tells a TV station he did it
WGME-TV (Portland; includes video)

PORTLAND—Former Maine developer reaches agreement in principle with the SEC to resolve a lawsuit charging him with $9 million fraud, attorney says
Portland Press Herald

SACO—Maine lawyer and former managing editor of Privacy Newsletter to conduct seminar on identity theft
KeepMEcurrent (Scarborough)

August 16–18, 2008

AUGUSTA—Haitian citizen and Oakland resident pleads guilty to involvement in cocaine transaction, sentenced to 7 months in jail; faces prospect of deportation
(Augusta) Kennebec Journal

BANGOR—Federal judge sentences former altar boy from Puerto Rico to nearly 5 years in prison for participating in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy
(Bangor Daily News

BANGOR—Dover-Foxcroft man sues Mayo Regional Hospital for its alleged failure to conduct a federally required medical emergency room screening and for an alleged assault by a physician’s assistant
Bangor Daily News

BANGOR—Jury convicts New Brunswick of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone after he was arrested in Brewer with a prescription bottle with his name on containing 90 oxycodone pills
Bangor Daily News

August 15, 2008

AUGUSTA—Citing 1st Amendment, attorney for independent U.S. Senate aspirant asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Maine supreme court ruling that effectively removed his name from the November ballot
Associated Press

AUGUSTA—Two people sentenced to 6 months behind bars for setting fire to a car; other sentencings
(Augusta) Kennebec Journal

PORTLAND—New Hampshire man charged with a 1986 Portland murder waives bail hearing, will remain in jail while awaiting trial
Portland Press Herald

"On Your Own," subtitled "A short guide to your legal rights and responsibilities as an adult," is available for download here as a PDF document.

New MSBA Career Center!

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ALPS is your Maine State Bar affiliated professional liability insurer.

ALPS comprehensive professional liability program offers industry-leading guidance, financial stability and protection to you and your law firm.

Click here for more information, or call 1-800-FOR-ALPS.

Spotlight on Benefits This MSBA Member Benefit Saves You Money (and Time) on Conference Calling Have you ever been stuck somewhere and been forced to cancel or reschedule an important conference call? A member service from the Maine State Bar Association makes that probability non-existent. Whether you are at home, in your car, in a hotel or at the airport, you are in charge of this new, highly efficient, easy-to-use conference calling service. >>More.