October 18, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Justices Need Not Have Experience as Trial JudgesIt is true that justices also have the more routine role in many cases of deciding whether trial judges abused their discretion or made clearly erroneous findings of fact. But trial lawyers too have lots of experience on that subject on the other side of the bench.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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October 17, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Forced Hospitalizations Are a Problem in Mental Health Care CommunityIt is hard to imagine any other circumstance in which the civil law permits such a significant deprivation of freedom and liberty based on what a person might do.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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October 16, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Televise the Trump TrialsThese may well be the most important trials in American history. The American people deserve the right to see them.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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October 10, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Court Ruling Marks a Victory For Humans Over MachinesThe focal legal question was whether any copyright comes into existence immediately upon completion of a work generated autonomously by a computer.
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October 02, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Too Unkind: The Human Crisis of the American Immigration Enforcement SystemThe U.S. immigration enforcement system, as expressed through immigration courts, is an inadequate structure for the kinds of cases currently before it.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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September 28, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Lawyers Should Be Required To Counsel and Advise Clients of Conflict Resolution Options Before Initiating LitigationClients should be notified when their interests are likely to be better served from alternative dispute resolution processes as opposed to litigation.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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September 19, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Let's Move Connecticut's Presidential Primary Date Up to April 2We agree with party leaders that moving our primary date up will give Connecticut's voters a greater voice in the process.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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September 15, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Supreme Choice: Dannehy Nomination to High Court Has Board's SupportAttorney Nora Dannehy's long record of public service gives us confidence that as a jurist, she will continue to act in the best interests of the state and country.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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September 14, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Federal Forfeiture Policy Needs to Catch Up to ConnecticutCivil asset forfeiture has been a nuisance for many citizens, especially when law enforcement retains assets without any conviction of a crime.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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September 13, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Collateral Estoppel's Ascent to Pop Culture: Who Would've Thought?E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation case against Donald Trump goes to the very definition of collateral estoppel, aka issue preclusion.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
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