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June 24, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

ADR: The State of Mediation—And How to Make it Better

Have you recently convinced a client that the pain and cost of litigation make litigation a poor choice compared to mediation, only to have the client unhappy with the mediation session? If so, your experience is not unique, some experts say.
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March 27, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

How Are We Doing?

By name only: That's how many partners in large law firms know one another, only by name and not by reputation. As firms expand in size and scope, the probability increases that only members of the management committee will know every partner's name or be able to summarize their technical expertise.
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May 29, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers may soon formally ask the Department of Justice to change its controversial policy on waivers of attorney-client privilege in government investigations. One of the nation's top business groups is also actively looking for court cases in which to challenge the policy's legality.
4 minute read
October 11, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New Deputy AG Has Big Case Experience

When Perry Zinn Rowthorn was hired as an assistant attorney general in 1999, he thought the switch from private practice to public service would be temporary.
5 minute read
February 20, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Divorce, Construction-Style

A construction contract is much like a marriage. A contractor and an owner exchange legal vows to build something worthwhile, and the process can seem as exciting as it does uncertain. Then again, unlike a marriage, parties to a construction contract usually intend to part long before their respective deaths.
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April 12, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Responding To Financially-TroubleD Vendors

The current downturn in the economy is causing an age-old-but in recent years uncommon-problem for corporate law departments around the country. How should a large corporation respond when a critical vendor or business partner in financial trouble requests assistance? How can inside counsel help satisfy the business` desire to preserve a key relationship while also protecting the corporation`s interest in recovering any assistance provided to the vendor or partner?
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April 09, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Law of Human Nature - A Titanic Encounter

You can't make this stuff up, I thought, as I stared at the TV. If not for realizing that people were going to die, I would have laughed. Earlier, I had joined relatives for a leisurely last meal at sea. We would disembark in the morning. I had partied to excess and needed a pillow. While the others went off for more, I stumbled to my stateroom.
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September 28, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In Irene's Wake, Changes Made To Coastal Management Act

The Connecticut legislature approved significant changes to the state's Coastal Management Act and related laws which regulate certain activities in the state's tidal, coastal or navigable waters following the devastating impacts from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.
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January 04, 2010 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Shocking Fall From Grace

At one point, Waterbury native John Michael Farren was considered a hot commodity in the Republican Party. He had started his political career in the mid-1970s as campaign director for U.S. Rep. Ronald Sarasin of Connecticut and was a leader of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. After he graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1982, his political connections landed him prominent positions with the U.S. Department of Commerce under former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and later as deputy counsel in the White House under George W. Bush. But many lawyers and politicians in Connecticut said they hadn't heard of Farren, 57, before he was arrested on attempted murder charges last week after allegedly strangling and beating his wife in their New Canaan home.
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August 17, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Second Amendment Experts Say Lawyer's Arrest Illustrates Misunderstood Gun Laws

Immediately after New Haven immigration attorney Sung-Ho Hwang was arrested with a gun tucked in his waistband at a theater showing 'Dark Knight Rises,' his lawyer derided the actions of police officers as "baseless."
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