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January 07, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Forecast 2013

Welcome to the Law Tribune's annual Forecast issue. Here, we ask more than a dozen experts to look ahead, and offer insight into legal issues, cases and trends that are likely to find their way into our reporting over the next 12 months.
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October 26, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Offered Arbitration: The Battle Intensifies

In a recent column I commented on the apparent growing competition between the courts and private alternative dispute resolution companies for business related arbitration disputes.
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May 01, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Let's Hear It For The Pioneers

Remember the good old days, when genial, collegial lawyers called each other up and cordially settled cases over the telephone? Remember when divorce was a sad but simple and quick matter, mostly conducted out of court, of distributing property in an amicable manner to enhance the chances for happy new starts for all? Me neither.
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October 12, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Human Rights Ruling Will Say Much About Court

The first argument heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, will determine whether our federal courts can continue to adjudicate human-rights cases, and whether corporations (as well as natural persons) can be named as defendants in those suits.
5 minute read
September 10, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Making Things Crystal Clear

In a drug-related murder case, Jonathan Rivers pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for his promise to cooperate with authorities. But when he took the Fifth Amendment at the trial of a drug kingpin, prosecutors tried to rescind his plea agreement and sentence him for murder. In a newly issued opinion, the state Supreme Court said prosecutors couldn't do that because the plea agreement was ambiguously worded and didn't explicitly state that the man would have to testify. State prosecutors say they will now standardize their plea agreement forms.
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January 04, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Reflections On The Reactionaries; We`re Too Scared To See Straight

Call 2001 the year the United States lost its nerve and surrendered a sense of vitality. You see, it was during 2001 that the National Law Journal and Time Magazine both chose as people of the year diminutive and reactive creatures lacking visions of their own. It was a year in which fear and the imperatives of feeling good took precedence over seeing clearly.
4 minute read
March 26, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Federal Computer Copy Control Bill Could Hurt Public

Compiling your favorite tunes or a photo slide show on a compact disc could no longer be possible if the backers of a proposed federal copy-control bill prevail.
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November 13, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Few Protest Docket Sheets' Unsealing

In the large majority of the Connecticut court system's 40 remaining super-secret "Level 1" files, neither the parties nor their lawyers have come forward with concerns over the ongoing bid by <em>The Connecticut Law Tribune </em>and <em>The Hartford Courant</em> to uncover basic information, such as the litigants' names and their cases' docket numbers.
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July 03, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Court Voucher Ruling May Stir Issue In Conn.

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring school vouchers constitutional will likely stir up discussion at the statehouse next year about vouchers and the issue of school choice.
4 minute read
July 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: The 100-Year Debate Over Legal Education

Recent critics of legal education, fueled by the declining market for lawyers and the increasing cost of law school, have advocated wholesale changes in legal education and the legal profession.
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