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March 24, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Susan Cartier-Liebel Commentary: From Bricks To Clicks, Offices Take New Shape

Do you know what a completely virtual law office (vlo) is? Or software as a service (Saas) application? I thought not. It is a law office that operates from a secure hosted web-based application. Now if that sounds too high tech for you, you had better get used to it because the future is upon us and brick- and mortar-less law offices, which are centralized in cyberspace, will be coming at you very fast.
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March 03, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Top Attorneys Square Off In Terrorism Trial

A terrorism trial that got underway last week in New Haven came to the state almost by accident. The suspect is from Arizona. Many of the incidents under scrutiny occurred while the man, a convert to Islam, was aboard a Navy ship in the Middle East.
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April 01, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Hey, Judge: Let Me Tell You Why I`m Right . . .

When last we spoke, you were heading for the podium, a spring in your step and a Wilson folder in your hand. This is it-Showtime. While awesome and sometimes awe-inspiring, this is not the hard part of appellate advocacy-this is the fun part!
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March 17, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Norm Pattis Commentary: Eliot Mess Tumbles; Just Another Sugar Daddy

I have been thinking about sex all week. Nothing remarkable there, I suppose. Odds are most of us think about it a lot. Some of us even engage in activities of a prurient, or at least procreative, nature. Sex is everywhere. It is ubiquitous. Look to your left, and then to your right. There ain't a one of us standing that wasn't once a gleam in someone's eye; each of us the product of what lawyers might call a dispositive moment.
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November 20, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiffs' Bar No Longer On Defense

The day after the Nov. 7 election, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced a poll showing that Americans want the new Congress to continue to reform the lawsuit system. And the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) announced that candidates who supported the civil justice system won, and the "vast majority" of those who attacked the system and trial lawyers lost.
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October 15, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Spy Novelist Sheds Light On CIA Operatives

An ex-CIA agent is conspiring with international terrorists to bring destruction and death on U.S. soil.
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October 16, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Faction Seeks Administrator's Ouster

Ratcheting up the rancor in the ongoing feud over probate court consolidation, a group of probate judges is calling for the ouster of Probate Court Administrator James J. Lawlor.
5 minute read
June 04, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In Changing Times, More Men Collecting Alimony

At her family law practice in Southport, Susan Wakefield is starting to see more women and men entering divorce proceedings with comparable salaries on the bargaining table. "Or the women are earning more than their spouses," she said. "I'm definitely not seeing as many traditional couples, with the stay-at-home mom and husband working. They are still out there, but not as many."
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August 23, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Where There's A Will, There's A Way - To Object

Deaths in the family often bring out feelings of sadness and emptiness. But people aren't always longing for the return of their loved ones. Some are in mourning because the financial windfall they expected to receive from Aunt Edna's estate didn't pan out like they anticipated because of the way she wrote her will.
6 minute read
October 16, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiff's 'Jane Doe' Status Not Compromised By MySpace Postings

Lawyers for Milford School Superintendent Gregory A. Firn took to the Internet to challenge the "Jane Doe" anonymity of a 2005 high school graduate who is suing him for failing to protect her from the sexual depredations of volunteer basketball coach Robert Dulin.
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