Karen Ali

July 02, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Call it a legal game of chicken. A former employee of a Greenwich restaurant has been sued by his former boss, with the dispute focusing on, among other things, the names of menu items.

By Karen Ali

5 minute read

May 23, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Cantor Colburn partner Michael Cantor realized more than a decade ago that the way to bring his intellectual property law firm to the next level was to attract global business to bolster the rapidly growing domestic practice.

By KAREN ALI

4 minute read

June 17, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Although she remains the only woman to ever serve as Connecticut's attorney general, Clarine Nardi Riddle is perhaps better known these days as a Washington insider. She's been a longtime chief of staff for former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman and the leader of efforts to create a more bipartisan approach in the nation's capital.

By KAREN ALI

6 minute read

December 27, 2012 | Law.com

Many Newtown, Conn., lawyers are offering pro bono assistance to families of victims of the recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School -- and are finding that lawyers from outside the area are also eager to help. Says a local attorney, who has received calls from lawyers from around the country, "It looks like the good in the world overshadows the bad, a million to one."

By Karen Ali

4 minute read

April 12, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By KAREN ALI

9 minute read

September 19, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There has been plenty of analysis of the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that stopped married same-sex partners from enjoying federal marriage benefits. But one overlooked aspect of DOMA's demise is the impact on immigrants, specifically on "binational" couples made up of one U.S. citizen and one non-citizen.

By KAREN ALI

6 minute read

September 16, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

One publication dubbed Billie Flaherty the Rebound Queen for helping global chemical company Chemtura Corporation get through a difficult bankruptcy. But it is hardly her only success in the corporate world.

By KAREN ALI

7 minute read

January 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Patrick Flaherty isn't exactly what you call a train buff. But he's been working for the railroads for more than 30 years. Not as an employee. But as a trial counsel for the industry, carving out a successful niche that recently won him a national award.

By KAREN ALI

5 minute read

April 09, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fine wine dinners. A book club. Martini parties. Those are some of the fun events that occur at Pullman Comley, which was voted No. 1 on the list of Best Places to Work in Connecticut 2012. The law firm has been on the list for the past three years. This year it topped the category for small to medium companies - those with 15 to 199 employees.

By KAREN ALI

5 minute read

September 13, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

One publication dubbed Billie Flaherty the “Rebound Queen,” for helping global chemical company Chemtura Corporation get through a difficult bankruptcy. But it's hardly her only success in the corporate world.

By KAREN ALI

7 minute read