Peter Lowe Leads Employment Law Webinar

On February 9, 2023, partner Peter Lowe and David Ciullo of Career Management Associates continued their Employment Law webinar series to update employers on some of the new key workplace issues. Topics they covered included: New Maine and federal laws in 2022 (including the vacation accrual law) Some very significant (and troubling) wage and hour...

Ben Lund and Kevin Haley Offer Webinar on Maine Business Drafting Essentials

On December 6, 2022, partners Ben Lund and Kevin Haley presented at a daylong webinar on “Maine Business Drafting Essentials” sponsored by the National Business Institute. The webinar addressed an array of topics, including legal issues and trends in federal and state contract law; operating, partnership, and shareholder agreements; asset purchase agreements; common business agreements;...

Ben Lund Presents Webinar on Remote Work to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

On February 24, 2021, partner Ben Lund joined a panel convened by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers for a webinar on “The Remotest Idea: Remote Work and the Paperless Office (Best Practices and Ethics).” The panel offered real-world advice to business lawyers on how to cope with the difficulties of remote work and...

Peter Brann Serves as Expert Speaker on Ranked-Choice Voting

On Oct. 23, 2020, partner Peter Brann was the featured speaker in a webinar entitled: Ranked-Choice Voting: the Maine Experience. The webinar was being sponsored by Alaskans for Better Elections, a grass roots organization behind a referendum campaign to bring ranked-choice voting to Alaska. In addition to Alaska, Massachusetts is also considering a November referendum...

Peter Lowe and Hannah Wurgaft Address Kennebec Valley HR Association

B&I partner Peter Lowe and attorney Hannah Wurgaft offered an employment law update to the Kennebec Valley Human Resources Association on September 9, 2020. Entitled, “What’s New in Employment Law? A Practical Guide for Keeping HR Up to Date,” their presentation addressed the latest developments, including the landmark LGBTQ+ Supreme Court ruling; legal issues arising...

B&I Attorney Presents at ACMA Webinar on California Consumer Privacy Act

On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, B&I partner David Swetnam-Burland participated in a webinar sponsored by the American Catalog Mailers Association on the “California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Fully Prepared?” Swetnam-Burland spoke to a diverse group of catalog retailers and related businesses on the compliance requirements of the first-of-its-kind state privacy law; what businesses and...

B&I Publishes Employment Law Updates on Cloth Coverings, Reopening

B&I has added two employment law updates to its COVID-19 Legal Resource Library. The first offers an overview of federal and state guidance on cloth face covering requirements in Maine. The second responds to employer questions arising out of a webinar on “The Realities of Re-opening,” hosted by B&I and Career Management Associates, and should...

B&I Attorney Presents to American College of Real Estate Lawyers

On May 20, 2020, Brann & Isaacson partner Ben Lund participated in a panel presentation to members of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers from all across the United States. The subject was “Remote Legal Work and the Paper-less Legal Office.” The program covered the ins and outs of remote legal work, including routines...

B&I Attorneys Present Webinar on the Chaos in State Tax Law, Post-Wayfair

On April 30, 2020, Brann & Isaacson senior partner George Isaacson, partner Nathaniel Bessey, and associate Jamie Szal, were featured presenters at a webinar on “Confronting the Chaos of State Taxes in the Post-Wayfair Environment,” offered by the Institute of Finance & Management. Isaacson, who represented Wayfair in the Supreme Court in South Dakota v....

B&I Attorneys To Hold Webinar on COVID-19 Challenges for Family Businesses

On Thursday, April 16, 2020, from 8:00-10:00 AM EDT, Brann & Isaacson partners Peter Lowe and Dan Stockford will participate in a webinar sponsored by the Institute for Family-Owned Business (IFOB) called, “How To’s for Family Business: COVID-19 Challenges: Legal, Communications, and HR.” Lowe and Stockford will go over the latest legal news in response...