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December 10, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Overcomes Low Medical Bills, Captures $1 Million Policy Limit

"I set the parameters very early on that this case was not settling for less than a million," Angela Edwards of Trantolo & Trantolo, counsel for the plaintiffs, said.
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December 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Suspected Shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Is Charged With Murder in New York. Now What?

Former veteran prosecutor and law professor Gary Galperin lays out the road map for getting Luigi Mangione, chief suspect in the shooting death of Brian Thompson, back to Manhattan to face murder charges following his arrest in Pennsylvania. Mangione is fighting extradition.
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December 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

What To Do If ICE Comes to Your Business

If you own or run a business, even if none of your employees are undocumented immigrants, there is a chance that agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may come to your business looking to inspect your Form I-9s and search for undocumented immigrants. Employment attorney Paul Rooney provides tips on what to do before, during, and after a raid.
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December 09, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Appeals Court Slices $150 Million in Statutory Damages From Judgment Owed by Alex Jones

The court affirmed the bulk of the judgment—Connecticut's largest-ever personal injury award—rejecting defense arguments on appeal that the trial court improperly defaulted Jones and denying his motion for remittitur.
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December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

2nd Circuit Revives Connecticut Lawyers' Challenge to Anti-Discrimination Ethics Rule

“At this stage in the proceedings, Appellants have alleged plausibly that they intend to engage in speech proscribed, at least arguably, by a recently enacted, focused regulation," Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston wrote for the panel.
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December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Stake Out My Space': Attorneys, Law Professors Flock from X to Bluesky

Texas appellate attorney Raffi Melkonian, who has been called the Dean of Appellate Twitter, said he began seeing more ads, bots and hateful content on X in recent years, to the point that he said he has blocked dozens of accounts a day.
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December 06, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Movers: Pullman & Comley Adds Member and Counsel

Pullman & Comley has added attorneys Kate Boucher and Tyler Hokanson to the firm’s real estate, energy, environmental and land use practice.
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December 05, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

CooperSurgical Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

"This order means we get to proceed with litigation and start preparing our case for class certification and trial," Adam Polk of Girard Sharp said.
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December 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

SEC Commissioner Uyeda Predicts Eased Crypto Enforcement Under Next Chair

“The SEC can bring at least a national approach as to what we think the law is with respect to cryptocurrencies,” said Mark Uyeda, a Republican.
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December 05, 2024 | Law.com

Former CEO Allowed to Proceed with Discrimination Suit Against Commercial Litigation Funder, Judge Rules

At the motion to dismiss stage, the court held that the alleged comparisons between a Black employee and white counterparts plausibly established that LexShares' actions resulted from alleged discriminatory animus.
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