Dave Collins

January 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyers have filed a new appeal of his murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide them with evidence that pointed to another suspect and discredited a key state witness.The motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Haven seeks a hearing and the setting of bail.

By DAVE COLLINS

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May 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - Marsh McLennan Cos. Inc., the New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid rigging, price fixing and receiving kickbacks.State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced the deal Wednesday, saying it settles his 2005 lawsuit against the firm.

By DAVE COLLINS

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May 01, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Sony Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut lawyer who said record company executives retaliated against him for winning higher pay for gospel music artists.

By Dave Collins

3 minute read

February 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - A federal judge in Connecticut has rejected a second bid by Yale University to throw out all the allegations in a lawsuit filed by a South Korean university that claims it lost tens of millions of dollars after Yale damaged its reputation.Dongguk University claims in the 2008 lawsuit that it hired an art history professor after Yale wrongly confirmed the professor earned a doctorate at the New Haven school.

By Dave Collins

3 minute read

March 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By DAVE COLLINS

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May 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - A Connecticut environmental activist on Wednesday scored a significant legal victory in her fight over how the Millstone nuclear power complex manages its wastewater.The state Supreme Court unanimously decided to allow Nancy Burton to challenge the state process that led to a preliminary decision to allow Millstone to renew its wastewater discharge permit.

By DAVE COLLINS

3 minute read

February 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - A judge charged with drunken driving and videotaped using racial slurs while arguing with police officers was suspended without pay Monday for eight months by a judicial review panel.Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, who was confirmed as Connecticut's first black female judge in 1991, apologized to the state Judicial Review Council.

By DAVE COLLINS

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July 16, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state Supreme Court ruled last week that a law designed to give children of unwed parents the same rights as those born to married parents applies to all child support cases, even those decided before the statute took effect in 2004.

By DAVE COLLINS

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March 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

HARTFORD, Conn. AP - A quasi-public trash agency that lost $220 million in a deal with Enron Corp. has agreed to a $16.25 million settlement with a Hartford-based lawfirm that gave advice on the doomed transaction.State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority announced the settlement with Murtha Cullina LLP Thursday, after the agency's board of directors approved the proposal.

By Dave Collins

3 minute read

June 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By DAVE COLLINS

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