July 25, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Political Correctness Is Good Alternative to Vile, Sexist, Homophobic Trash TalkSuch disgracefully disrespectful animus displayed by the governor of Puerto Rico should not be accepted from those holding public leadership positions. We can and should demand better.
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July 22, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
The Ultimate Double-Dip: Collecting 2 State PensionsThe ultimate double-dip occurs when one retiree collects two pensions, sometimes for essentially the same job. How can this be?
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July 18, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
What's the Holdup at the Connecticut Supreme Court?The Connecticut Supreme Court is struggling to issue its decisions in a timely fashion.
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July 12, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
100 and Still Kicking: Celebrating Morton KatzAttorney Katz turned 100 on May 15. After taking a day off to celebrate, on May 16 he was back at his post at G.A. 14 in Hartford as a special public defender, representing those who cannot afford to hire an attorney.
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July 02, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Holding Parents Responsible for Children's ViolenceIt is high time that prosecutors and courts begin to hold criminally irresponsible individuals responsible for their actions.
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June 28, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
The Accountants Are Coming!In the late 1990s, our profession was presented with yet another challenge to its well-being (and that of the public it serves) in the form of a threatened…
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June 20, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Saying Goodbye to Another Connecticut Great: Tony Fitzgerald, a Lawyer's LawyerThose who knew him best miss him the most, but our profession misses him greatly.
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June 14, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Bar Admissions Process Bends Toward Justice—With a Little HelpConnecticut Bar admissions questions no longer target a diagnosis—an immutable but often irrelevant characteristic—but instead focus on known behaviors that affect the candidate's ability to practice law.
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June 07, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Is There A Way To Protect All Females Under Title IX?What is the solution when Title IX protections afforded to one protected group disadvantage the other protected group?Title IX prohibits gender discrimination…
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May 30, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune
It's Time to Rein In Mandatory ArbitrationThe Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2019 would make mandatory arbitration agreements unenforceable in civil rights, employment, consumer and antitrust cases.
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