Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Allison Dunn | September 30, 2022
"I'm certainly glad that the court recognized that invoices written by a lawyer whose engaged to do an investigation were subject to the privilege," said the plaintiff's attorney, Michael Harrington, partner of FordHarrison in Hartford. "In the public sector, you have this additional concern about making the situation worse because it is publicized later. In this particular case, a lot of folks expressed to the lawyer who did the investigation ... employees were definitely expressing hesitancy about speaking out because the investigation concerned investigating the mayor. I think the court was right to recognize that."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jules Epstein | September 30, 2022
Poor lawyering—came to the fore in a recent challenge to a death sentence imposed over a quarter century ago. The context was a claim that there was a complete system failure—the quality of court-appointed counsel's lawyering so poor that who was counsel was a determining factor in whether a death sentence was returned.
By Andrew Goudsward | September 29, 2022
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group and four of its members stand trial beginning this week in the most highly anticipated trial yet arising from the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Brad Kutner | September 26, 2022
"The vast majority are either part of an email chain this court has previously held to be protected or very similar to material this court has previously held to be protected."
By Marianna Wharry | September 26, 2022
"The commentary accompanying the 2017 revisions to the rules for assessing medical opinions made clear that 'it is never appropriate under our rules to "credit-as-true" any medical opinion' and specifically mentioned that the Ninth Circuit rules were not being adopted in the new regulations. Revisions to Rules Regarding the Evaluation of Medical Evidence. ... The court therefore finds that remand for further proceedings is the appropriate remedy," wrote U.S. District Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. of the Eastern District of Washington.
By Andrew Goudsward | September 16, 2022
Dearie, who has previously announced his intent to retire at the end of the year, was initially proposed by Trump's legal team.
By Michael Balsamo | September 16, 2022
The document, sprinkled with spelling and syntax errors, read, "The U.S. Department of Treasury through the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service have arrested Seized Federal Securities containing sensitive documents which are subject to the Defendant Sealed Search Warrant by the F.B.I. arrest."
By Andrew Goudsward | September 15, 2022
Dearie, who has previously announced his intent to retire at the end of the year, was initially proposed by Trump's legal team.
By ALM Staff | September 14, 2022
Luis Moreaux, a suspect in a cold homicide case, had a seemingly benign interaction with police over a missing registration sticker. He cooperated…
By Stephen Masciocchi and Tina Van Bockern | September 14, 2022
Given the rationales underlying the ruling in 'Peck v. McCann', similar confidentiality laws in other states could now be in jeopardy.
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