Jonathan M. Dunitz,
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Jonathan M. Dunitz

Jonathan M. Dunitz

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August 15, 2024 Press Releases

87 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2025, Including 12 Named Lawyers of the Year More

January 10, 2024 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan M. Dunitz Elected President of the Maine State Bar Association More

August 17, 2023 Press Releases

82 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2024, Including 10 Named Lawyers of the Year More

July 27, 2023 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan Dunitz Appointed Member of the State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s Access to Justice Tax Credit Committee More

August 24, 2022 Press Releases

77 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2023, Including Six Named Lawyers of the Year More

February 23, 2022 Press Releases

Verrill Attorney Jonathan M. Dunitz Elected as Vice President of the Maine State Bar Association More

August 31, 2021 Press Releases

65 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2022, Including Eight Named Lawyers of the Year More

August 24, 2020 Press Releases

Nearly 80 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2021, Including a Dozen Named Lawyers of the Year More

Firm Highlights

Massachusetts Provides Extra Protection to Environmental Justice Communities from Air Pollution

In a groundbreaking move, effective July 1, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will tighten the permitting requirement for certain existing and new sources of air pollution located near an environmental justice population...

Navigating Maine's Renewable Energy Rate Revisions: Key Insights on PUC Docket No. 2024-00137 and 2024-00149

The Maine PUC has recently opened two related dockets that will significantly impact the renewable energy industry. The first, Docket No. 2024-00137, is a follow-on docket to the PUC’s Investigation into the Stranded Cost...

Governor Healey Enacts Transformative Clean Energy and Economic Development Laws: Streamlined Permitting, Equity Protections, and Extended Project Approvals

On November 20, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed the Massachusetts Leads Act, engrossing House Bill 5100 (the “MA Leads Act”), which, among many funding provisions, contains two changes that will significantly benefit project developers...

The Plastics Problem In Massachusetts Part II: Plastic Bags

In my October 2023 blog post about “ The Plastics Problem in Massachusetts ,” I noted that environmental and some mainstream groups have been attacking traditional recycling of plastics in an effort to stop...

Better Communication Among Regulators and the Regulated Can Improve Outcomes for Wastewater Permittees

As our understanding of the environment and anthropogenic impact grows, protection efforts increasingly spawn regulation. Media coverage of perceived harms to health and the environment and well-funded advocacy by conservation organizations usually eclipse the...

Loper Bright and Massachusetts Environmental Law: Navigating the Boundaries of Federal and State Authority

While the SCOTUS’s Loper Bright Enterprises et al. (Loper) decision reversing Chevron was a win for those seeking to rein in the administrative state at the federal level, it does not sound the death...

Administrative Penalties Under Scrutiny: Jarkesy’s Potential Impact on EPA and Massachusetts Enforcement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) often uses civil penalties to punish environmental violators. The EPA can either pursue a penalty through its internal administrative process or have the Justice Department file suit...

Massachusetts’ Mandated Multi-Family Zoning Moves Forward, But Some Towns Resist

Town Meetings across Massachusetts are voting on zoning bylaws that would encourage multi-family housing. According to Section 3A of the Zoning Act, passed in 2021, 177 cities and towns near MBTA transit must ensure...

Successful Representation of Insurer before U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Verrill successfully represented an insurer before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in an insurance coverage matter alleging that the insurer improperly denied a defense and indemnification to a landlord under...

87 Verrill Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2025, Including 12 Named Lawyers of the Year

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