Thomas B Scheffey

December 27, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

At exactly 9:40:03 on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, the last shot was fired in Sandy Hook Elementary School. It ended the life of Adam Lanza, and marked the first shot in the most recent battle over privacy and openness, and the most recent conflict between victims' rights and the public's right to know.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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December 21, 2011 | Law.com

By Thomas B. Scheffey

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May 25, 2011 | Law.com

By Thomas B. Scheffey

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March 26, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Expressing concern about costs, the Superior Court Rules Committee voted Thursday afternoon to table a proposal for mandatory continuing legal education in Connecticut. The move essentially scuttles a Connecticut Bar Association-backed proposal until at least next year.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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July 09, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

At their recent annual meeting, Chief Court Administrator William J. Lavery warned fellow judges that "our courts are in crisis" because of a shortage of judicial marshals, understaffed clerks' offices and inadequate numbers of court interpreters.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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October 22, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

University of Connecticut School of Law Professor Robert L. Birmingham will return in the spring to teach three courses. An online course guide has Birmingham scheduled to teach a Feminist Legal Theory course in the spring, but his lawyer said the professor has been told by UConn officials that won't happen.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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July 16, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Dropshots.com calls itself a "family-friendly" Internet photo-sharing site. But when Tolland money manager Vejay Nazareth was alerted by a co-worker to his former wife's page, what he saw was positively family-hostile.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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January 02, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Breathless travel writers have described Candlewood Lake as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. But for Danbury restaurateur William Marcello's Lakeside Café, it is also a boon for business.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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December 12, 2005 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Over the past quarter century, privatization of formerly governmental activities has made it increasingly difficult for the public to use freedom of information laws to learn what its tax dollars actually do.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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April 03, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In one of the most cantankerous and costliest divorce battles in Connecticut history, the ex-wife of Meriden cosmeceutical magnate Dr. Nicholas Perricone has been kept off the television airwaves, but not out of newspaper tabloids.

By THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

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