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Connecticut Law Tribune

ALERT: The Hartford Hit with Data-Breach Class Action

"Data security breaches have dominated the headlines for the last two decades," the complaint said. "And it doesn't take an IT industry expert to know it. ... The Hartford should certainly have been aware, and indeed was aware, that it was at risk for a data breach that could expose the PII that it collected and maintained."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Supreme Court Declines to Unseal Dulos Family Court Documents

The high court determined that because the transcripts were "sealed by another trial court in a separate proceeding involving different parties. The plaintiff's action is, therefore, a collateral attack on a sealing order imposed by a different court in a different action, which is not permissible."
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Law.com

Communications Between State AGs in 'Anticipation of Litigation' May Be Privileged, High Court Rules

"Here, the documents and communications at issue were shared by the AGO with the AGOs of other states in an effort to unify its strategy and conserve resources with regard to environmental litigation that the AGO has considered pursuing or predicted defending against. The very nature of disclosing these documents to the chief law enforcement officer in the respective state only bolsters that these documents were prepared in anticipation of litigation," Associate Justice Nancy J. Waples wrote on behalf of the court.
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Law.com

Divided Maryland Supreme Court Rejects 'Sexual Orientation' as Protected Employment Category Under State Equal Pay Law

The plaintiff, John Doe, a data analyst at Catholic Relief Services, sued his employer after CRS abruptly terminated his legal spouse's health benefits after more than a year of coverage when the organization discovered the couple's homosexual marriage.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Did This Lawyer Make a Mistake? High Court Weighs Attorney Best Practices

"We caution attorneys against adopting a practice similar to McWhirter's," the decision said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

DENIED: Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Coppertone Sunscreen Class Action

"In short, defendant is tricking consumers into thinking they are buying sunscreen lotion specially formulated for the face, when in reality, they are just buying defendant's regular Sport Mineral sunscreen in a smaller—and far more expensive—bottle," the complaint alleged.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Silver Golub & Teitell Just Landed a Key Role—Leading Benzene Case Against Unilever

"Given that the Unilever dry shampoo products are consumer products—not drugs—these results are even more concerning," the complaint said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

$470K Settlement: Optimus Health Care Was Accused of Fraudulent Billing

"Optimus Health Care repeatedly overbilled Connecticut's Medicaid program, taking in payments they were ineligible to receive," Attorney General William Tong said.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'Deluge of Class Action Lawsuits': Critics Fire Back at Antitrust Advocates

"Both sides of the aisle have their corporate boogeymen," Tom Stebbins said. "Conservatives are mad at Big Tech and Big Pharma. And the left wants to take down Big Energy, Big Ag, you name it. Following populist trends to bash industries because 'big is bad' is no way to enforce the law."
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2nd Circuit Rejects Challenge to Repeal of Religious Exemption for Vaccinations

"This decision is a full and resounding affirmation of the constitutionality and legality of Connecticut's vaccine requirements," Attorney General William Tong, counsel for the defendants, said.
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