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March 14, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Clein`s Lust More Shocking Than Murder

The letter said burn this. - Haiman Long Clein was so dementedly obsessed with his young legal associate Beth Ann Carpenter that he would do anything to keep her linked to him, contended defense lawyer Hugh F. Keefe, forcing Clein to read from a scorching Jan. 24, 1994, love letter.
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October 19, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Strategic Considerations For Workplace Investigations

I have devoted a good part of my legal career to either conducting investigations or scrutinizing them. As a prosecutor, I investigated hundreds of cases, ranging from kidnappings to homicides. As an employment lawyer, I still investigate cases, now on behalf of employers.
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June 07, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Putting Trust in Big Brother

Our willingness to be hoodwinked was proven again recently: On page one of newspapers throughout the land, debate churned about whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation can monitor the Internet and public meetings. Buried inside the papers, if reported at all, was a case of FBI complicity with organized crime. Before we get too carried away with justifying any means to accomplish the goal of security, let`s focus a little bit on what the FBI has been up to in our name.
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January 08, 2007 | Connecticut Law Tribune

JSC Meetings Exempted

In an odd development, the state Freedom of Information Commission has found a later &mdash; and contradictory &mdash; version of its Advisory Opinion 77, which formed the basis of <em>The Law Tribune</em>'s Jan. 1 front-page story, "Validity Of Judicial Selection Meetings In Doubt," about the Judicial Selection Commission's duty to provide notice of its meetings.
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April 28, 2008 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Legitimate Criticism Or Actionable Abuse?

While the U.S. Supreme Court has stated that Title VII is not a "general civility code" for the American workplace, several states, including Connecticut, may attempt to encourage civility through a new cause of action aimed at reducing bullying at work.
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May 21, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut To Share In $1.5 Billion Drug Settlement

Connecticut will receive $6 million as part of a massive $1.5 billion civil and criminal health care fraud settlement between a large pharmaceutical company and federal and state governments over allegations the company promoted a drug for unauthorized uses.
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September 18, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Opinion: Riding A New Wave Of Nullification

I am siding with Grandpa Simpson and refusing to recognize Missouri — at least until Missouri recognizes the Constitution. Last week, its Republican-dominated legislature failed, by one vote, to override a veto of the (so-called) Second Amendment Preservation Act.
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September 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

West Hartford Lawyer And Her Friends Provide Items, Services For Needy

New beds for a needy family from Africa. A laptop for a woman who wasn't able to leave her house much. Snow shoveling services for an elderly woman.
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June 12, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Smyth Makes Room For New Leadership

After 12 years in the post, Chief Public Defender Gerard A. Smyth is planning to retire effective Sept.1, but will continue working &mdash; on both the state and national level &mdash; toward ensuring legal representation for indigent criminal defendants.
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May 28, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

To Employers' Relief, Poster Rule Struck Down

On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the National Labor Relations Board's controversial August 2011 Notice Posting Rule, which would have required employers to conspicuously display a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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