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In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

From yesterday's decision in Human Rights Defense Center v. Maine County Comm'rs Ass'n Self-Funded Risk Management Pool (opinion by Justice Horton),…

In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court's ruling marks the first time courts have defined the bad-faith standard in Maine’s Freedom of Access Act.

In a rare decision, Maine's highest court said officials wrongfully withheld records about a settlement payment to a Black inmate who alleged he had been assaulted by guards while awaiting trial.

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that Labor Cess should not be imposed on the supply of materials and consultancy charges for a contract that is different from civil works contracts. This decision...

The suit brought on by Universal Music, Sony Music and Concord classifies The Great 78 Project as an "effort to willfully defy copyright law on an astonishing scale."

While councilor Jerry Quirion claims a quorum of councilors have discussed town business in secret at Peter Drapeau's property, the chairman said the claim is false and part of a personal vendetta.

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The meetings will still be recorded but those recordings will not be posted online until after meetings.