Emily Cousins

June 10, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Steve has never been afraid to step out of a comfortable role," recently retired The Hartford general counsel David Robinson said.

By Emily Cousins

5 minute read

June 07, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the complaint, the plaintiff alleged that the individual defendants "secretly conspired" with American Piping Inspection by soliciting the plaintiff's employees and clients, took Acuren's property and confidential information, and "disparaged and undermined" the plaintiff's business connections.

By Emily Cousins

3 minute read

June 06, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Plaintiffs go too far in asserting that it is abhorrent to scrutinize whether a party's belief is rooted in religion," the decision said. "The Second Circuit has held that an individual's conviction, even if sincere and strong, does not 'automatically mean that the belief is religious' and, instead, could be found to be based on secular or scientific principles."

By Emily Cousins

4 minute read

June 05, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The statement made by the plaintiff regarding the defendant's DEI efforts were falsely branded as 'dogpiling,' and 'racist' by managers in the employ of the defendant, including the plaintiff's supervisor, Dean Wicke," the complaint alleged.

By Emily Cousins

3 minute read

June 04, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"This (would not be a) ruling on the substance of plaintiffs' claims," Tiseme Zegeye of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, said. "This is determining where the lawsuits will play out. ... It's the first step in figuring out where these cases move forward and how they're going to play out."

By Emily Cousins

3 minute read

June 03, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The majority ruled that in order to vacate an arbitration award, it must violate public policy. But since the criminal charges against the employee, a university administrator, had been dismissed, it could not dislodge the award.

By Emily Cousins

6 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Using social media and other means, (the defendant) was able to create a dossier on the plaintiffs and use their past trauma for his personal enjoyment," the complaint alleged.

By Emily Cousins

4 minute read

May 30, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Hopefully, this verdict and other verdicts we've had will transcend to insurance companies to change the status quo," Jonathan Bak of the Flood Law Firm said.

By Emily Cousins

4 minute read

May 30, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that this case "is not the type of action the litigation privilege was intended to prevent—retaliatory actions for statements (or other communicative acts) occurring in the course of a judicial proceeding."

By Emily Cousins

4 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"The (prejudgment remedy) is what triggered the conversation for us to be able to get the defendant to pay something above and beyond the $1 million policy, because all other avenues were leading back to the $1 million policy itself," plaintiffs counsel Christopher Cramer said.

By Emily Cousins

3 minute read