Posts Categorized: Announcements

Gene Libby recognized by Best Lawyers for family law and criminal defense work

Gene R. Libby was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  Gene was specifically recognized for his work in the areas of family law and criminal defense, both white collar and non-white collar.  In addition, Gene was named the Best Lawyers’  2016 Portland, Maine “Lawyer of the Year” in… Read more »

Court rejects legal challenge to NLRB “Ambush Election” rule

In April 2015, the National Labor Relations Board’s “ambush election” rule became effective, shortening the time between a union’s request for an election and the election itself to just two weeks.  The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a legal challenge to the rule. The lawsuit argued that that the new rule… Read more »

Maine Estate Tax Update

On June 30, 2015 the Maine Legislature voted to override Governor LePage’s veto of the State Budget, which means the proposed Budget became law.   Among the changes to Maine law as a result of the veto override was a change to the Maine Estate Tax Law, codified as 36 M.R.S.A. §§ 4101-4118, which is set… Read more »

Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC selected by U.S. News & World Report for “Best Law Firms 2015 – Maine”

Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC has been recently honored with a recognition by U.S. News & World Report  in its selection of “Best Law Firms 2015 – Maine.”   Selection is based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations and peer review from leading attorneys in their field.   Clients were… Read more »

NLRB reverses its course on e-mail policies

Historically, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) stated in its 2007 Register Guard case that employees did not enjoy rights granted to them by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act in the context of using company e-mail. The Board concluded in a 3-2 decision that employees had no Section 7 rights to use company… Read more »