Jay Stapleton

April 21, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

For more than 30 years, Robert Killian served as the lone judge for all probate matters in Hartford.

By Jay Stapleton

6 minute read

April 13, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It was eight years ago that Chase Rogers was nominated to be Connecticut's chief justice. Since then, she has worked to increase the transparency of Judicial Branch operations, coped with the skyrocketing number of self-represented litigants and dealt with an increasingly unhappy group of critics of the state's family court system.

By Jay Stapleton

6 minute read

April 12, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

It was eight years ago that Chase Rogers was nominated to be Connecticut's chief justice. Since then, she has worked to increase the transparency of Judicial Branch operations, coped with the skyrocketing number of self-represented litigants and dealt with an increasingly unhappy group of critics of the state's family court system.

By Jay Stapleton

6 minute read

April 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The plaintiff says he can't do anything that could be construed as worshipping anything man-made, such as an American flag, so he also declines to take part in flag-raising ceremonies at the fire station.

By Jay Stapleton

3 minute read

April 08, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The plaintiff says he can't do anything that could be construed as worshipping anything man-made, such as an American flag, so he also declines to take part in flag-raising ceremonies at the fire station.

By Jay Stapleton

3 minute read

April 07, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When vegetarians and other diet-conscious eaters go to the supermarket in search of healthy alternatives to meat, the optimal word is healthy. For more than a decade, a British company with U.S. headquarters in Connecticut has tried to tap into that market with meatless dinner entrees.

By Jay Stapleton

6 minute read

April 06, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

After the 2008 financial meltdown, federal securities regulators took heat for their failure to discover or halt Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's responses was to get tough on insider trading.

By Jay Stapleton

7 minute read

April 06, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Vietnam veteran who claims he has been stuck "in limbo" for years while awaiting an appeal on his benefits through the Veterans Affairs Department has filed a lawsuit that could affect thousands of other veterans.

By Jay Stapleton

3 minute read

April 06, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

After the 2008 financial meltdown, federal securities regulators took heat for their failure to discover or halt Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's responses was to get tough on insider trading.

By Jay Stapleton

7 minute read

April 06, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Vietnam veteran who claims he has been stuck "in limbo" for years while awaiting an appeal on his benefits through the Veterans Affairs Department has filed a lawsuit that could affect thousands of other veterans.

By Jay Stapleton

3 minute read