Dave Collins

August 20, 2009 | Law.com

A Connecticut police department's surveillance video appears to contradict an officer's report of an incident that ends with police subduing a former state agency lawyer with stun guns. Officer Erik Hansen was fingerprinting former Connecticut Freedom of Information attorney Henry Pawlowski Jr. on Aug. 5 on allegations he assaulted another officer in June. The video shows Pawlowski raising his right arm when Hansen roughly drives him to the floor and two other officers shoot Pawlowski with stun guns.

By Dave Collins

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January 29, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

A national organization of health care executives has agreed to disband amid an investigation by Connecticut authorities into whether it illegally gave preferential treatment to vendors who joined the group. Connecticut's attorney general announced an antitrust settlement Thursday with Healthcare Research and Development Institute, which is based in Florida. Under the deal reached with both the Connecticut and Florida attorney generals' offices, HRDI also agreed to pay Connecticut $150,000.

By Dave Collins

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