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June 28, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Gay Marriage Advocates Hail DOMA Decision

Attorney Brian Rice won't soon forget June 26. First of all, it's his anniversary. Rice and his partner were married in 2004, just after Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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August 02, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Personal Injury Lawyer Charged With Masterminding Insurance Fraud Scheme

Federal authorities say that a Bridgeport personal injury attorney masterminded an insurance fraud scheme that included an unlicensed doctor and several chiropractors and netted $2.5 million in settlements.
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September 13, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Legal Departments Of The Year: GE Pro Bono Efforts Help Nonprofits, Indigent And Others

In 2010, when Brackett B. Denniston III, senior vice president and general counsel of General Electric, received an award for pro bono work, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg praised him as a "pro bono champion."
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September 19, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

PETA Calls Inmate's Case Fishy

The Connecticut Department of Correction and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have apparently reached agreement: Fish are not "swimming vegetables." The Correction Department has confirmed that it will offer vegetarian substitutes for fish in the meals it provides to prison inmate Howard Cosby, after the PETA Foundation threatened litigation claiming infringement of Cosby's religious beliefs.
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May 10, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State Transfer Act Subverts Federal Remediation Law

The grace in an industrial or commercial real estate transaction (to paraphrase the playwright Ben Jonson) lies in its simplicity. However, relevant Connecticut environmental law suggests that our legislature`s notion of simplicity depends on Rube Goldberg for definition. Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) designed to simplify brownfield redevelopment have been effectively nullified in Connecticut by recent amendments to the Hazardous Waste Estab
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August 14, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Pension Suit Losses Piling Up

Defense attorneys are hailing a series of recent court victories in lawsuits filed on behalf of employees who lost money in their 401(k) and other retirement plans because of the declining price of their employer's stock.
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February 22, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Real-Life Lawyer Journeys Into Fantasy World With Adventure Novel

Government, law and fiction are three words seldom used together, aside from perhaps in a sarcastic jest about written legislation. However, former state lawmaker, corporate attorney and novelist James A. Shapiro has seamlessly combined all three in his career.
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January 18, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Firms Prepare For Further Downturn

Billable work at many of Connecticut`s largest law firms took a steep slide in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but largely recovered by the time October and November rolled around, firm managers say in hindsight.
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May 23, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Year On The Edge

Talking with this year's law school grads, it's hard to believe that a year has passed since my classmates and I graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law. One year later, many of us are hard at work at law firms - arguing motions, counseling clients, and still getting used to the way our last names sound with the word "attorney" in front of them.
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May 28, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Prosecutor Acted On Judge's Request

Derby Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney Paul O. Gaetano is being punished with a 60-day unpaid suspension for obliging a Derby judge's improper request to have his son's DUI case transferred from Bridgeport.
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