1. Key Moments In Your Disability Claim You Need to Keep Track Of

    If you have worked in Maine in the past but now suffer from a disability and are seeking Social Security Disability Insurance, the Bangor attorneys at McCue Law Office are here to help. The first two significant qualifications you must meet to be considered for approval in your disability claim are …Read More

  2. Medical Marijuana and Maine Workers’ Compensation Law

    A pair of recent Maine Workers’ Compensation Board decisions pose an interesting legal question and apparently provide Maine with an opportunity to set a judicial precedent for the rest of the country. Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Co., LLC and Noll v. Lepage Bakeries are decisions on appeal from …Read More

  3. Attorney-Client Privilege

    Your humble author does his share of criminal-defense work, mostly court-appointed. Someone who is accused of committing a crime has a variety of constitutional (due process) protections, such as the famous right to remain silent (repeated on thousands of TV show episodes) and the right to a jury tr…Read More

  4. Legal Advice on the Internet

    The Internet, as everyone should know by now, contains all manner of information, ranging from useful and correct to dangerously incorrect. I have encountered a few individuals (not attorneys) who rely on information they find online to form legal theories, civil or criminal, in the hope that they c…Read More

  5. A Few More Basic Tips for Injured Workers

    As I said before, I get a fair number of calls from people who have been hurt on the job and want some legal advice, sometimes leading to an attorney-client relationship. Certain questions come up frequently, and I think it would be apropos to offer more essential Maine workers’ compensation infor…Read More

  6. A Few Words about Cell Phone Use While Driving

    The managing attorney at McCue Law Office recently asked me to look into what several of us thought was a new state law regarding the use of mobile devices while driving. As it turns out, the “new law” was just a bill that was defeated in the legislature during the spring, conflated in our minds…Read More