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August 13, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Plaintiffs' Firms Bury Hatchet

One of the state's best-known plaintiffs' firms, Bridgeport-based Koskoff, Koskoff Bieder, sued breakaway ex-partners at Stratton Faxon July 10, alleging the highly successful New Haven personal-injury team failed to pay more than $700,000 in fees due to KKB.
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September 11, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Commentary: Developers Left In The Lurch

The honeymoon of consensus on the Roberts Court is over. The decision in the <em>Rapanos v. U.S.</em> federal wetlands jurisdiction case marked the end of what seemed, at least on first impression, a marked departure from the Rehnquist Court. Congress and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should now step in and bring order to the mess created by the Supreme Court's spat over property rights and regulation.
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June 09, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Student Speech Is Not So Free

With the school year drawing to a close, it was pretty clear that Avery Doninger wasn't going to get her wish to become senior class secretary at Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington. But the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals made that official.
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July 13, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

CBA Downsizes

The Connecticut Bar Association has trimmed its paid staff by more than 25 percent, blaming financial stresses caused in part by the need for new air conditioning and other infrastructure in the association's New Britain headquarters, as well as the cost of replacing "inadequate" software.
5 minute read
March 20, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Only The 'Brave' Dare Challenge Mascot Lunacy

Isn't it terrible that the Mohegan Sun casino in southeastern Connecticut is called "Mohegan?"
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December 07, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When In Doubt, Just Hit Delete

Much has been written about e-mail scams preying upon attorneys; frankly, attorneys are quite capable of protecting themselves by virtue of their professional skills. We are, after all, analysts of prose, distinguishers of detail. Alas, few of us consider ourselves technologically capable, but this is a distraction and an excuse. Attorneys who routinely scrutinize documents somehow find themselves at the mercy of online crooks who often do a shamefully bad job of covering their tracks.
6 minute read
July 19, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Soccer Dad Nets Satisfaction With Coaching Career

Ned McMahon is hanging up his cleats after 10 years of coaching soccer, six of which he spent at the helm of a girls' travel team called the Trumbull Strikers.
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January 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Yale Pioneers Nation's First Ph.D In Law

In Europe, legal scholars have earned doctorates since medieval times. But in America, there has never been a Ph.D in law. Until now. This past December 15 was the deadline for applicants to the first Yale Law School class desiring this advanced degree. There are 82 applicants for only five openings.
6 minute read
January 22, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New EEOC Form Reflects Racial Identity Trends

Race consciousness is certainly nothing new in America. What is changing is how we identify ourselves racially and who gets to do it &mdash; us or the people around us. More people than ever before find it difficult to check off one box in a simple array of race choices. Some people feel that they are none of these things; others, that they are several of them. Increasingly, the trend is to allow people to define their own race and ethnicity.
5 minute read
September 01, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Title Insurance Challenge Moves Forward

Hartford lawyer John Q. Gale has won the first round against 10 national title insurance companies that he claims are illegally using non-lawyer closing agents and depriving Connecticut lawyers of valuable title insurance commissions.
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