Pierce Atwood - Maine Appeals blog

“It ain’t over ‘till it’s over,” depending on your point of view, may be a Yogi-ism (as to baseball and life) or a Lenny Kravitz refrain (as to relationships).  But it can also be an admonition from an appellate court that things in the trial court are not yet final, and the parties have jumped the gun in seeking appellate review.  A recent First Circuit decision,

Brief author introduction: My name is Sage Shaheen and I am a summer associate finishing the last week of my summer here at Pierce Atwood. You can find my previous writing and research for this blog here and

Our clients often ask this question about appeals before the Law Court.  And so we decided it was time to look at what the data say.  Our summer associate, and part-time blogger, Sage Shaheen thoroughly reviewed the informat...

A brief introduction from the author: My name is Sage Shaheen and I am a summer associate here at Pierce Atwood. I am a rising 2L at Vermont Law School and, as a long-time reader of the Maine Appeals blog (before ever setting foot at the firm), I am thrilled to now be guest authoring a post. Many thanks to Julia MacDonald and Nolan Reichl for the opportunity to write for the ...

Welcome to our second roundup of recent notable Law Court decisions (our previous roundup for January and February of 2026 is available here). Lots of interesting stuff here on legal topics as far-ranging as qualified and sovereign immunity, the Firs...