Allison Dunn

January 23, 2023 | Law.com

"Respondent, as the sole attorney working on these matters, and as the managing and often the only attorney in her office, was responsible for protecting client or fiduciary funds under her control, for disbursing those funds only to the person or entity entitled to receive them, for reconciling her escrow account monthly, and for ensuring that non-lawyer staff complied with the same professional obligations," the subcommittee said.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 20, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Could the plaintiffs have filed a motion that made their intent clearer, such as by expressly disclaiming any request to consolidate for trial? Yes, they could have—and no doubt wished they did. But my role is not to grade or foot-fault the quality of the plaintiffs' filings. I must decide if the plaintiffs actually proposed consolidation for a joint trial. They did not," U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer wrote.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 19, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"I think it was critical because these kinds of opportunities are harder and harder to find in private practice and for people who are relatively fresh out of law school," said Jeffrey Gentes, a George W. and Sadella D. Crawford visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School and the managing attorney at the Connecticut Fair Housing Center.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 18, 2023 | Law.com

A federal judge has approved a $2.25 million class action settlement in favor of workers who were allegedly instructed by their employer not to include two 15-minute breaks when recording their compensable hours on their daily timesheets and further awarded the plaintiffs' attorneys one-third of the common fund.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 17, 2023 | Law.com

"It's a very novel case," said one of the plaintiff's attorneys, Anthony May, an associate with Brown Goldstein & Levy. "... [T]his is one of the first cases in the federal space to really determine these issues that intersect with civil rights and these arguments that there's some sort of religious freedom. "

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 13, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The lien also does not contravene public policy and is consistent with IDEA's statutory scheme. First, IDEA's fee-shifting provision provides for an award of reasonable fees and costs to the prevailing party, not all fees and costs. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B)," Judge Janet Bond Arterton wrote.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 12, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"This is, however, the second dismissal the court has granted. Plaintiff may move to amend its Complaint if—and only if—it can plausibly allege a concrete, particularized injury and it has a basis, in light of this and the prior Ruling, to state a claim upon which relief can be granted," wrote Judge Janet C. Hall.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 11, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

"While it may be counterintuitive, given Republican aversion to federal regulation in general, many perceive the need for a national privacy law that will preempt state laws," said Shari Lewis, a partner at Rivkin Radler.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 10, 2023 | Law.com

"The court found the defenses based upon COVID were inapplicable in the present case because it didn't interfere with the plaintiff's performance, they had already completed that," said Stewart A. Engel, an attorney representing the plaintiff.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 06, 2023 | Law.com

"Is the contract still able to be performed? If the answer is, 'No,' then there's certainly the argument that performance may be impossible or impractical, the purpose of it may have been frustrated, and so forth," said Peter Byrnes on behalf of the landlord.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read