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March 14, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Learning The Medicine: A Critical Job

Good litigators know that gaining facility with the subject matter is crucial to presenting a good case. For counsel who work in the construction realm, that means understanding engineering and contracting issues; for products liability counsel it means understanding the mechanism of the product in question, how it works (or does not). For medical liability lawyers, a meaningful facility with the subject matter requires a working knowledge of the clinical, operational and administrative aspects of the medic
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October 04, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Land Use and Environmental Law: Small Spills Could Trigger New Reporting Rules

Connecticut business owners and residents may be in for a surprise if new regulations for spills of hazardous substances take effect as proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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March 03, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Deals Setback To Recording Industry

Those who download music to their computers now have two unlikely heroes. One is Janet Bond Arterton, a federal judge who sits in New Haven. The other is Christopher David Brennan, a young Waterford resident who, among other artists, has reportedly downloaded songs by Billy Joel and Hootie and the Blowfish.
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May 30, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Legal Services Funding Pours In

The economic malaise and contributions to Sept. 11th-related causes have done little to deter Hartford-area lawyers from supporting legal services.
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August 02, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Tipsy Teens Find Tickets Are Tough To Appeal

Stories that begin with teen drinking parties and $136 fines don't usually end up in the state Appellate Court. But this one does. It all began when someone's parents went away on the first Saturday night in March 2007. Soon enough, a group that included a couple 21-year-olds but mostly young people in their late teens got their hands on some alcohol.
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January 07, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Karen Lee Torre Commentary: Discovery and Other Stealth

There is no greater drag than discovery disputes. They are, by far, the most wasteful investment of time for lawyers and judges. I can't imagine anything a judge would rather emnot/em be forced to spend time on. Although lawyers know better, some cannot help themselves. Despite the "usual stipulations" at a deposition, they still pipe in with impermissible "asked and answered" objections, "relevance" objections and "form" objections to every question, turning the record into a mess of counsel's useless pepper.
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March 26, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Where Will In-House Counsel Draw the Line?

Where will in-house counsel draw the line on new associate costs? In-house legal executives need to stand up and exercise their considerable influence.
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March 14, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Posner Ponders Intellectuals; Yet Definition Eludes Discourse

In my mind`s eye, I see Richard A. Posner forever awake, carrying either little note cards, or a lap top computer with him everywhere. No sooner does a thought dawn, than it is jotted down for latter analysis. Nothing seems wasted. How else to explain his prolific stream of books, together with his full-time occupation as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit?
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May 28, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Favorable Rulings For Employers In EEOC Litigation

p>The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission is the federal agency charged with addressing discrimination in the workplace. As documented in recent articles in the Law Tribune and other legal publications, the EEOC is no longer content just to investigate discrimination claims at the administrative level.
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September 03, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Diversity Chic — Indemnify This

State Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer stepped into the thicket of race politics where no judge belongs. He openly admitted Gail Hardy's promotion to Hartford State's Attorney was a race-based selection by the Criminal Justice Commission he chairs. His maladroit statements touting Hardy the "African-American" as a "diversity" choice, as if taking credit for charity, made me cringe.
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