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August 24, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Have House Dems Been Subpoenaed? They Won't Say

The office of Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan, to the surprise of white-collar defense lawyers and First Amendment attorneys, is responding to requests to release subpoenas with legal riddles, in the name of supporting the effectiveness of a federal grand jury which has already led to the arrests of two former Donovan staff members.
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February 22, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Superfund Reform Exempts Entities

With congratulatory fanfare, media attention and many kudos, President Bush last month signed into law House Resolution 2869 entitled Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. The primary, if not exclusive, focus surrounded Title II of the Act, the Brownsfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Program. While deserving of praise and attention as it establishes a new program to revitalize environmentally contaminated and abandoned industrial properties, Title II is not t
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January 15, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Prosecutors Must Explain Themselves

Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane and 12 state's attorneys — who were subpoenaed by defense lawyers for a convicted double murderer — must take the witness stand in Hartford Superior Court next month to face questions about how they decide when to seek the death penalty.
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September 27, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

SC Year In Review: Loan Servicer Has Standing To Foreclose

On July 16, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court addressed an issue of first impression in J.E. Robert Co. v. Signature Properties LLC, 309 Conn. 307 (2013).
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January 02, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Easing Tensions, Promoting Unity

For the town of East Haven, 2012 was a year of identity confusion and controversy. Federal authorities arrested four police officers accused of racial profiling and mistreating Latinos during traffic stops.
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May 10, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Sex Registry Order Requires A Hearing

A man breaks into, and then hides in, a woman`s parked car. Upon her return he holds a knife to her side and forces her to drive to a remote woodland location. He then tells the woman to get out of the car and accompany him into the woods. She refuses. He runs off.
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March 26, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Bringing The Civil War Home To Connecticut

When attorneys reach retirement, many of them escape to the beach, head to the golf course or settle into a lounge chair. Robert J. O'Brien dives into Civil War history and specifically, New Haven's role in the war. After retiring last May, the former supervisory assistant state's attorney in the New Haven Career Criminal Unit now has plenty of time to devote to his passion for the war, which has garnered new attention as the nation marks the 150th anniversary. "I think this is really fascinating and I want to get other people interested in the history," said O'Brien, a self-proclaimed history buff.
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September 17, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Property Rights Reborn

As a young Army airman in 1943, Joseph Torrisi came home on leave to Long Branch, N.J. While there, he discovered a beautiful beachfront cottage at 78 Ocean Terrace and, before returning to duty, proposed to his father that they buy it for the family.
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January 21, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Harry Mazdoorian Commentary: What? I'd Have To Quit My Client?

Having practiced law in Connecticut for almost 45 years, I've seen a number of new legal concepts come mdash; and in many instances mdash; go. The Connecticut legal community is not particularly known for quickly embracing new notions. Many trial balloons go up, but few stay aloft very long.
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October 08, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Kravitz's Death 'A Great Loss To Our Court'

For almost two years, Connecticut's legal community has been bracing for the death of U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz. But when amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- the disease that had robbed Kravitz of his ability to speak and to walk -- finally took took his life last week, it still came as a devastating blow.
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