As these binding agreements become more common as a condition of employment, lawmakers debate a measure that would effectively deputize private attorneys to take employers to court in state labor and discrimination cases.
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Prime Automotive names new chief executive as former CEO demands his job back
Prime, which owns nine auto dealerships in Maine, received notices from Toyota, Volkswagen and other manufacturers objecting to the removal of former CEO David Rosenberg.
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Gov. Mills grants full pardon to late tribal attorney Donald Gellers
Maine’s first known posthumous pardon brings closure to a 1968 case that was one of the most sordid in the state’s legal history.
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Lab backlog slows justice in drug and alcohol cases in Maine courts
The state lab that processes urine and blood tests for criminal cases has a backlog that is delaying justice in some cases by up to six months.
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Court upholds national monument designation off New England coast
Fishing groups objected to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument because it restricts where they can fish.
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Judge temporarily blocks Maine’s new à la carte cable TV law
The preliminary injunction means towns and cities can’t enforce a new law requiring cable companies to offer pricing for individual channels.
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Volkswagen, Toyota threaten to revoke Saco dealerships’ franchise rights
The auto manufacturers blasted Prime Motor Group owner GPB Capital Holdings for firing former CEO David Rosenberg without their approval.
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Oversight panel orders investigation of Maine office that provides lawyers for the poor
The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee approved a ‘deeper dive’ into the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services after an initial review and outside reports raised questions about accountability.
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Ousted Prime Automotive Group CEO sues to be reinstated
David Rosenberg says GPB Capital Holdings violated dealership franchise agreements with auto manufacturers when it fired him in September.
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New lawsuit accuses company that owns Prime Automotive of running Ponzi scheme
The federal lawsuit claims GPB Capital Holdings has been paying investors dividends out of their own invested funds.