Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

November 16, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Devlin is a man of unquestioned integrity with experience that should leave no doubt that his decisions will be based on an objective view of the evidence and the law.

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November 02, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It is has been posited that, without Tom Paine's pen, George Washington's sword would not have been able to win the Revolutionary War.

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October 29, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There are more than 5,700 names on Connecticut's sex offender registry, to the point of uselessness. The Connecticut Sentencing Commission has good ideas for revisions.

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October 18, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Gov. Ned Lamont appears to believe the courts are adequately staffed, or else he would make more appointments. Respectfully, we disagree.

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October 14, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The subpoena containing document requests appears to be a fishing expedition to uncover unsavory information about the children and their families—a request intended to embarrass, harass and intimidate.

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October 13, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The court reporter will invariably send a stamped "Original" of the transcript: a printed copy with one transcript page on each printed page, bound and sealed in a large envelope with a transparent cover. This is a practice we should stop.

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September 30, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

With courthouses open in many smaller Connecticut municipalities, the decision to exclude Norwalk defies explanation

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September 22, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Our state's non-compete results rest not on any clear vision of the legal doctrine or its predictable application to the evidence, but on which Superior Court judge happens to draw the case.

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September 22, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We agree that the Appellate Court's second Elder case decision is correct, based on the wording of practice book provisions. We question, however, the fundamental fairness of Practice Book §2-35(i).

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September 17, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We advocate that the Reapportionment Commission substantially change prior redistricting practices when forming state House districts by showing greater deference to the Town Integrity Principle embodied in the Connecticut Constitution and by justifying any deviance from this principle.

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