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Michael Marciano

Michael Marciano

Michael Marciano is a regional managing editor for ALM. He can be reached at [email protected] or call 646-957-3022. On Twitter: @BreakingCTLaw

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July 14, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Salvatore Agati (Ret.) Joins Carmody's ADR Group This Summer

Judge Agati will join Carmody's litigation practice as a key member of the alternative dispute resolution group, where he will be developing his practice as a private mediator and arbitrator across Connecticut.

By Michael Marciano

2 minute read

July 14, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If We Aren't Finding the Right to Bodily Autonomy in the Constitution, We're Reading it Incorrectly

Even those who believe abortion is murder must acknowledge that it is shocking and overwhelming for a woman to be told that from the moment another organism comes into existence, she no longer has the right to decide what happens to her body.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 14, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Voting Enfranchisement for Noncitizen Residents is Nothing New, But Deserves New Consideration

Permitting Connecticut's cities and towns to decide for themselves whether to allow noncitizens who pay taxes to vote in their elections respects principles of local democracy.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

6 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Improved Accountability is a Step in the Right Direction for Connecticut State Police

Upholding the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act with the Connecticut State Police was a governmental action in the public interest and not a self-serving, unconstitutional impairment of contract.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Which of Our Constitutional Rights May Be Next on the Chopping Block?

The danger may not be that more individual rights will be overturned, but that there will be more tolerance of things that interfere with or hinder access to those rights.

By Joette Katz

6 minute read

July 01, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Bank of America Alleges $1.2 Million Breach of Loan Agreement

The suit targets Freeline Organic Food USA and other defendants, to which the plaintiffs allege it extended a $2 million line of credit per loan agreement in April 2016, expiring in November 2021.

By Michael Marciano

1 minute read

July 01, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

ERISA Complaint Filed Against Lincoln National Life Insurance

A lawsuit for long-term disability benefits was brought by the Law Office of Ian O. Smith on behalf of Stanley Ptak.

By Michael Marciano

1 minute read

June 30, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

We've Opened the Most Dangerous Chapter in the History of Constitutional Litigation

Building on the foundation laid in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court has 'Lochner-ed' gun rights.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

3 minute read

June 29, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If a Bee Can Be a Fish, Can an Elephant Be Human?

The Nonhuman Rights Project has not yet been able to convince courts to extend the protection the law provides animals from paternalistic anti-cruelty statutes and regulations to legal rights protectable by judicial remedy such as habeas corpus.

By Mark Dubois

5 minute read

June 23, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Movers: Veteran Attorneys Join Hartford Firm; Associates Hired in New Haven

Hartford-based Neubert, Pepe & Monteith and New Haven's Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey announce their latest hires.

By Michael Marciano

3 minute read