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June 24, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

ADR: Guidelines Attempt To Make Arbitration Process More Efficient And Economical

Last fall, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) brought together seasoned Connecticut and New York employment arbitrators to form a working group and review early discovery protocols being piloted by judges throughout the U.S. District Courts.
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January 04, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

FORECAST 2013: Your Brain Made You Do It...But Not So Fast

We are in the second decade following the "Decade of the Brain," which Congress designated to describe the national research focus for the 1990s. President George H.W. Bush proclaimed at the time: "A new era of discovery is dawning in brain research."
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May 17, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

'Up Your Game From The Beginning'

Give Connecticut Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers credit: She's not sugar-coating anything. In her recent commencement address to graduates of Quinnipiac University School of Law, she addressed the realities of the difficult legal job market head-on. But at the same time, she said new lawyers could succeed if they're resourceful and provide excellent client service.
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June 05, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Marketing's Face Value

In the late 1990s, proponents of Internet-based marketing predicted that the web would allow marketers to be supremely responsive to clients via the one-to-one characteristics of the online experience. Pundits predicted the Internet would prevail over the Luddite cult of personality and reputation. But they forgot we shop.
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May 29, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Prosecutor 'Vindicated' By Court

The Connecticut Supreme Court last week reinstated the conviction of a Watertown man convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's young son. The boy testified at trial when he was 14 that Charles Warholic assaulted him 50 to 60 times over a two year period beginning in 1992, when the boy was five. The victim is now 20 years old.
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August 07, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

High Court Redefines 'Harmless Error'

The harmless error doctrine — a safety net for prosecutors — has been made a little narrower by the state Supreme Court.
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May 26, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Registration Window About To Close

The clock is ticking for in-house counsel who work in Connecticut, but who are not licensed to practice in the state.
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July 02, 2013 | Law.com

Attorney Suspended After Intimate Relationship With Client

Zenas Zelotes, a Connecticut lawyer who had an intimate relationship with a client, has been suspended from the practice of law for five months. Superior Court Judge Frank D'Andrea Jr. handed down the decision June 28, noting that the suspension must begin August 1.
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April 14, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Camera Ready

The Connecticut pilot program to make video recordings of police interrogations will begin by the end of June in four town police departments. The results could go a long way toward helping lawmakers decide in the next year or two whether to require the videotaping of all interrogations statewide.
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July 19, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyer Objects To Judge's Second Amendment Remarks

Judges are required to be impartial finders of fact, but they also have thoughts and opinions about political causes and public policy debates, just like everyone else.
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