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February 12, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judicial Branch To Probe Incident

One full week after the unseemly transfer of a son's DUI case to his father's courthouse came to light, the state Judicial Branch finally acknowledged it is conducting its own investigation. For Derby Judge Trial Referee Joseph H. Sylvester, it may mean the end of his judicial career.
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April 09, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Land Owners Need Permits For Wetland Activities

A landowner comes to you and explains that it intends to undertake some activity in an inland wetland or watercourse or in an upland review area. The landowner believes that the proposed activity constitutes an exemption to the regulatory authority of the municipal inland wetlands agency because, according to Connecticut General Statutes §22a-40(a), such activity can be conducted "as of right."
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February 12, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

For Me Or Not For Me

The latest and the hottest craze is the 529 College Savings Plan, arguably the best way to save for college presently available. The concept originally began with college savings programs that were prepaid tuition plans. The programs were state run and fell under the realm of enabling families to prepay tuition for state schools. What this meant, however, was that money would be paid to the state college; but this failed to take into account the possibility of interest in other schools or perhaps the possib
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April 29, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Using Creativity For Better Marketing

Legendary GE CEO Jack Welch once professed, The hero is the one with the ideas. In order to generate the ideas Welch speaks of, most high-tech companies put a premium on creativity. And for most marketing professionals, the ability to be creative is considered an essential part of the job. So the question becomes, how can we be more creative? Is it something we can refine and improve or do we just need to sit around and wait for lightening to strike?
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January 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Department Of This And That

From the Department of Corrections: I recently quoted Wernher von Braun in an article. I got the quote from the Internet, so I was sure it had to be correct.
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July 09, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Moving Forward In Fits And Starts

As the economy slowly recovers, those firms that cultivated a balanced client list from a wide range of practice groups are reporting healthier returns, according to the Law Tribune's 2012 survey of the top 25 law firms ranked by gross revenue.
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July 10, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Awareness Hasn't Cured Sex Harassment Epidemic

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark sexual harassment case, <em>Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson</em>, which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's bar on discrimination "because of sex" prohibited an employer from subjecting an employee to a sexually hostile work environment.
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June 18, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Prominent Lawyers Got Special Treatment

Without waiting for someone to make a federal case of it, newly-installed Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers is moving ahead to open the docket sheets and sealing orders in several hundred civil and family cases in which everything except party names and a docket number are sealed.
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June 30, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State Courts May Choose Different Paths

State courts have every reason to be concerned about the reliability of convictions in the wake of the DNA exonerations mdash; including Connecticut's own James Calvin Tillman, who was exonerated of rape charges after serving 18 years in prison.
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January 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Fresh Look At 'Qualified' Under ADA

Since the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act more than 20 years ago, the term "qualified individual with a disability" has become well-entrenched in the vernacular of employment discrimination law.
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