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August 12, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

100 Oral Arguments: Merger Creates Premier Appellate Practice

"We have a skill set that we can apply to an environmental case one day, a civil rights case the next day, a commercial case the day after that and a tax case the day after that," Brian Ginsberg said. "It's really a have-case, will-travel model, and I think that's what makes our respective appellate groups so dynamic now, and what will make Harris Beach Murtha Appellate Group a real force to be reckoned with."
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August 09, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet David M. Moore, Secretary of the Connecticut Bar Association

"It doesn't matter if you are a prosecutor or a defense attorney. It didn't matter if you were plaintiffs counselor or defense counsel," Moore said. "If you can tell a good story and back it up with facts, you are going to prevail."
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August 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

Covington, Wilmer Played Roles in the US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Wilmer was brought in by Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones to work with officials outside Russia to help secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, while Covington aided U.S.-funded media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in freeing reporter Alsu Kurmasheva.
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August 09, 2024 | Law.com

Fighting an Employee: Here's When Brian Sutherland Says Employers Should Throw in the Towel

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Brian J. Sutherland of Beal, Sutherland, Berlin & Brown outlines his top litigation considerations for employers faced with discrimination claims.
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August 08, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In a First-of-Its-Kind Decision, Divided CT Supreme Court Rules on Permanency Benefits

"The majority of the court, unfortunately, has now blended the standard for determining the maturing of permanency benefits into our well-established standard for the vesting of those benefits," Steven G. Howe, the plaintiff's attorney, said. "Those two concepts, as the dissent correctly points out, are separate and distinct, and they should not have been combined."
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August 08, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet Connecticut Bar Association Treasurer Sharad A. Samy

While Samy said he believes the government institutions and systems work, "they work best when we have citizenry that actually acts as citizens, and if we fail to act as citizens as individuals, no amount of great thinking in any of those institutions, the Constitution and our law is really going to function well. People have forgotten that they need to be citizens."
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August 08, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Approaching the Finish Line: It's Time to Talk About Succession

Every song comes to an end, and for many of us, it's a challenge to figure out what's next.
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August 07, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Former High Court Justice's Tribute to a Great Law Clerk and Friend

After I left the bench, Michele Morris eventually became an "unassigned permanent clerk," which gave her increased opportunity to train law clerks from other chambers, setting the gold standard by which all were measured.
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August 07, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Law Firms Are Feuding Over Allegedly Stolen Clients and Work Processes

"[T]he Etemis categorically deny all allegations made against them," John Kanca, their lawyer, said. "The Etemis have full confidence in their defenses and their counterclaim allegations, and look forward to vigorously seeking justice in court by providing proof as to all of their allegations. The Etemis intend to advance this case by telling the truth and the full story of everything that happened leading to the Etemis departure from Trantolo & Trantolo, and thereafter."
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August 07, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Meet J. Paul Vance Jr., New Vice President of the Connecticut Bar

"I was a high school basketball coach, and I think I was pretty good at motivating my teams," J. Paul Vance Jr. said. "That's what I want to do in this role as vice president, is be a worker and motivator, and to remind people that it's really important that lawyers across the state remember this is our labor union. This is an organization that speaks for all of us, and so I want to hear everybody's voice and be a resource for them."
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