2022 MYM Preview
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Revisiting the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund
By Scott Merrill When books are made into movies, there’s often a flurry of new paperbacks that show up in bookstores and online. Newly-branded covers remind shoppers that the book they’re holding was the inspiration for the movie. And as...
Federal Trade Commission Ramps Up Enforcement Efforts On Deceptive Endorsements and Testimonials
By Kristin A. Mendoza For e-commerce businesses, or any business with an online presence, online reviews continue to grow in importance for attracting new customers. An industry study released earlier this year indicated...
Charla Bizios Stevens: Striving for Authenticity
By Kathie Ragsdale Charla Bizios Stevens has been a trailblazer since the fifth grade, when she rebelled against the regulation that girls had to wear skirts to classes in her Haverhill, Massachusetts elementary school. One...
Mapping the History of Lead Contamination in the Granite State
By Kathie Ragsdale, Paul Cuno Booth, and Johnny Bassett, for the Bar News When she was apartment-hunting for her family in 2009, Heidi Leno was thrilled to find a spacious unit in an older building on Union Street in...
Child Support in Equal Time Parenting Schedules
By Honey Hastings What is the appropriate child support in cases where the parents have equal or approximately equal parenting schedules? Under current law, the answer to this question is not known. RSA 458-C:5 states that there...
NHBA Attorneys and Staff to Volunteer for “We the People: the Citizen and Constitution” Virtual National Finals
Concord, NH – March 15, 2021 Attorneys Edward D. Philpot, Jr. and Anne Zinkin will represent New Hampshire as National Judges for the “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” National Finals, to be held virtually April 23 –...
NHBA Leadership Academy Program Returns in Fall 2021
Concord, NH – October 28, 2020 In response to COVID-19, the New Hampshire Bar Association temporarily paused its renowned Leadership Academy earlier this year. The NHBA is now preparing for a highly anticipated October 2021 return of the...
New Hampshire Legal Assistance Advocates for Systemic Energy Policy Change
Energy Utility Justice Program helps low-income people pay their bills By Scott Merrill As winter approaches and heating fuel prices soar in the Granite State, New Hampshire Legal Assistance is helping those who can’t afford the high costs to...
Meet James Mulhern: A Portsmouth Renaissance Man
By Kathie Ragsdale Portsmouth attorney James Mulhern’s credentials are so varied one might think they belonged to more than one person. He graduated from the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, where he was a classical...
Frozen Eggs, Sperm, and Embryos: Becoming a Legal Parent after Death
By Chrissy Hanisco It is hardly a secret that medical advances in treating infertility and achieving pregnancy and live birth have moved faster than the law. In the past, many state statutes only referred to artificial insemination and assumed a...
N.H. Supreme Court Task Force Addresses Shortage of Public Defenders
Reducing extremely high case loads, increasing funding a priority By Scott Merrill The so-called “Great Resignation” that continues to affect businesses and organizations across the country has hit New Hampshire Public Defender—essentially the...