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Connecticut Law Tribune

Judicial Vacancies Are Shrinking, But Courts Are Still Slow

"It seems like all the presiding judges are under pressure to move business along, but don't have all the resources they necessarily need to do it," Angelo Ziotas said. "We certainly would hope the governor's office would fill the remaining vacancies and do so with some lawyers with trial experience so that we can have people on the court [hit] the ground running."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

20 New Judges, 2 Magistrates Rise in Connecticut

"I looked into this crowd and saw how diverse it is; how it looks like America; how it looks like our state," Chief Justice Richard Robinson said at the ceremony. "I've never seen anything that looks like this, where the judges reflect the population so well."
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Republican Platform in Hot Seat Over Recurring Donations

The WinRed defendants argue the Federal Election Campaign Act preempts political funding.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Attorneys Suspended, 1 Reprimanded, 1 Placed on Inactive Status, 2 Reinstated

One of the lawyers, Francis O'Reilly, said he thought the discipline was "fair" and "decided with compassion." "The process was prompt, efficient, thoughtful and comprehensive," he added.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'I Am Going to Burn You to the Ground': 5 Attorneys Disciplined

"Counsel, I strongly request you reconsider your position," the attorney wrote in an email to opposing counsel. "If not I will seek to throw you out of the box and in all honesty you might unsettle my associate but I find to be marginal."
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

This New Ruling Could Change Sexual-Misconduct Proceedings at Universities

Mark D. Sherman, an experienced Title IX defense attorney, said this opinion allows for more transparency and due process, and offers guidelines for universities.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Aetna in the Hot Seat: Insurer Faces 3 Data-Breach Class Actions

The Robinson & Cole law firm has stepped forward to represent the insurer.
3 minute read

Law.com

Citing Pending Disciplinary Matters, Judge Rejects NY Lawyer's Attempt to Stay on Civil Rights Lawsuits in Maine

"Despite the conclusory bombast employed by Fenstermaker in his written submissions with this Court accusing state officials of wrongdoing, those submissions fail to lay out a credible foundation from which wrongdoing might be found," U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy wrote in a disciplinary order.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

8 Times More Than Offer: Lawyers Clinch Verdict in T-Bone Vehicle-Collision Case

"Much of our practice is not based on medical bills or based on diagnosis," Mohan Sreenivasan said. "Our focus is to present to the jury what effects these injuries have on activities of daily living. ... We really embrace the jury charge that you have to put the plaintiff back to where they were if this negligence never occurred."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

How Much for Emotional Distress? Court Grapples With Valuation

"Referees have no authority to adopt a presumptive valuation range that ... produces emotional distress damages awards far lower than permitted by law," the dissenting justice wrote.
4 minute read

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