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April 29, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Cyber-Mud: The Politics Of The 21st Century

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September 20, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Personal Injury: The Thin Line Between 'Ministerial' And 'Discretionary'

Connecticut General Statutes �52-557n codifies the law of municipal tort liability in Connecticut. Simply stated, municipalities are liable in tort for the negligent acts or omissions of its employees although, subject to certain exceptions, this liability does not extend to "negligent acts or omissions which require the exercise of judgment or discretion as an official function of the authority expressly or impliedly granted by law."
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May 25, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

False Alarms Common With GPS Monitoring

Gov. M. Jodi Rell and other Connecticut officials seemed shocked to learn that global positioning system devices used to monitor movements of a released serial rapist and other sex offenders could give faulty readings. But they should not have been.
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September 06, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Magazine's Law School Rankings Harm Profession

As a newcomer from a career in public service and private practice, my first year as dean of Rutgers Law School-Newark has been marked by surprises. Most of them have validated my decision to enter the academic world.
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March 08, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Mental Illness Advocates Face Budget Cuts At Non-Profit Program

At the Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Executive Director Jan VanTassel learned that her agency could face steep reductions in state funding. As a result, the statewide non-profit program that helps people with mental illness and low income may have to reduce its annual caseload.
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August 21, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Busy Lawyers Look To Sabbaticals For Perspective

As Tay Via prepared to leave her real estate practice for a three-month sabbatical, there was only one worry on her mind: "Who's going to water my plants?"
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October 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Senior Citizen Settles For $1 Million After Hotel Fall

Norma Linke v. Heritage New London LLC et al.: A woman from St. Louis who shattered her elbow after falling in the lobby of a New London Holiday Inn has settled her lawsuit against the hotel ownership for $1 million.
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January 22, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judicial Reform Bills Critiqued

Members of the legislature's Judiciary Committee weighed in on two bills Dec. 17 that could implement the most sweeping changes ever proposed for the way Connecticut citizens see into their court system — with much more information and imagery arriving by video and the Internet.
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September 01, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Smart"phones, But To What Extent?

As traditionalists go, I consider myself moderate, ironic even. In fact, I'm pretty sure our lives on the whole are a lot better today than they were in the olden days. Which is to say that I like automobiles, indoor plumbing, electric heat, swimming pools-all of the modern conveniences. And, earlier this year I even added a smartphone to my techie arsenal, with the standard bells and whistles: remote e-mail! remote Internet! texting! Alas, some months later my curmudgeonly traditionalist roots are shining through with regard to that "smart"phone. Truthfully, I've grown to resent the little runt, and at this point I'm not sure how smart the whole concept is at all.
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March 12, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Corporate Priorities: Cost Savings Back On Top

When the current ADR revolution was first building up a head of steam in the 1970s and 1980s, one of the main attractions of both arbitration and mediation was the opportunity to reduce the costs of resolving disputes. Corporate America, especially, felt that there had to be a more efficient way to resolve costly disputes, the vast majority of which were ultimately settled anyway. ADR processes came galloping to the rescue as the knights in cost-saving armor.
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