Thomas B Scheffey

September 08, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

From the nation's beginning, there has been tension and conflict between First Amendment press freedom and the Sixth Amendment fair trial rights.

By Thomas B. Scheffey

6 minute read

July 28, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

True separation of powers was recognized through careful analysis by the Connecticut Supreme Court in the remarkable 1897 "Norwalk Street Railway Appeal" case.

By Thomas B. Scheffey

6 minute read

April 15, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Clients continue to maintain firm overcharged them by millions of dollars.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

16 minute read

February 18, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The state's small public affairs television network, CT-N, has plans to dramatically increases coverage of all three branches of state government, a proposal that includes video coverage of all cases argued before the Supreme and Appellate courts.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

4 minute read

February 05, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Grievance panel hears arguments involving multimillion-dollar dispute.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

8 minute read

February 02, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

21 minute read

February 01, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In December 2014, a solo attorney representing two parents and a handicapped child made a shocking accusation: one of Connecticut's most successful plaintiffs firms had collected $4.3 million more in legal fees than it was entitled to following the settlement of a high-profile medical-malpractice case.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

9 minute read

January 08, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State prosecutor Harry Weller stood in a packed state Supreme Court chamber and attacked the court's August 2015 landmark decision that found the death penalty unconstitutionally cruel and unusual and not in keeping with Connecticut's evolving standards of decency.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

8 minute read

January 08, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State prosecutor Harry Weller stood in a packed state Supreme Court chamber and attacked the court's August 2015 landmark decision that found the death penalty unconstitutionally cruel and unusual and not in keeping with Connecticut's evolving standards of decency.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

8 minute read

January 07, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State prosecutor Harry Weller stood in a packed state Supreme Court chamber and attacked the court's August 2015 landmark decision that found the death penalty unconstitutionally cruel and unusual, and not in keeping with Connecticut's evolving standards of decency.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

6 minute read