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October 08, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Big Data Explosion Emerges As Legal Issue

We've all experienced the "ick" factor—that queasy feeling that a company has just a bit too much information about you.
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November 10, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Casting Votes

As I write this, the results of the 2008 general election are unknown. Of one thing I am absolutely certain, however: My candidates did not garner enough votes for to win either the presidency or a seat in the House of Representatives. I know this because, so far as I know, I am the only person in the country to have cast write-in ballots for Elizabeth Kerrigan and Clarence Darrow.
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October 30, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Woman Who Alleged Priest Sex Abuse Gets $1.1 Million

Jane Doe v. Norwich Roman Catholic Diocese et al.: A now 48-year-old woman who claims that a Catholic priest sexually abused her several times when she was a young girl in the mid- to late 1970s has recovered $1.1 million in a settlement.
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October 15, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New Found Peace Of Mind

Corporate counsel perilously straddling the legal ethics fence in four New England states where they are not licensed to practice law can finally breathe easier.
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January 24, 2011 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Prosecutor's Exit Raises Questions

Longtime Waterbury State's Attorney John Connelly will be remembered for trying more death penalty and murder cases than possibly any other prosecutor in the state's history. But whether that's what he'll be remembered for most is still up in the air.
6 minute read
May 03, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Ex-Judge To Help Distribute Newtown Aid

Former U.S. District Court Judge Alan H. Nevas will join two Newtown residents on a committee to decide how survivors and victims of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting will be compensated.
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March 15, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When Defendants Take Control Of Cases

A doctor on trial for killing a client wants to get all the experts he needs to prove whatever is on his mind. He has a right to defend himself at public expense. He now demands that the public fund exploration of his theories of the case, too.
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June 11, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State's Bond Procedures In Need Of Reform

In last week's column, I noted the asymmetry of the governor's condemning as "despicable" alleged financial scamming by a congressional campaign official while ignoring some truly despicable efforts by his subordinates and others to give cover to an illicit plan to divert $300,000 in state funds to Communist Party officials so they can (purportedly) renovate their New Haven headquarters. This week's column must fairly give credit where due, and the credit goes to Gov. Danell Malloy.
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October 19, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

'Massive Undertaking' In Sex-Abuse Cases

Now that mediation has failed, a flurry of litigation is in the offing in the massive child sex-abuse case involving the late Dr. George Reardon. And attorneys are navigating a complicated path toward trial.
6 minute read
July 31, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judicial Branch Names New Administrative Judges For Family, Juvenile Matters

The state Judicial Branch has appointed two new chief administrative judges, one for family matters and the other for juvenile matters, as well as new administrative judges for the Ansonia-Milford, Danbury and Tolland judicial districts.
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