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By Emily Cousins | June 5, 2024
"The statement made by the plaintiff regarding the defendant's DEI efforts were falsely branded as 'dogpiling,' and 'racist' by managers in the employ of the defendant, including the plaintiff's supervisor, Dean Wicke," the complaint alleged.
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By Emily Cousins | June 4, 2024
"This (would not be a) ruling on the substance of plaintiffs' claims," Tiseme Zegeye of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, said. "This is determining where the lawsuits will play out. ... It's the first step in figuring out where these cases move forward and how they're going to play out."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | June 3, 2024
The majority ruled that in order to vacate an arbitration award, it must violate public policy. But since the criminal charges against the employee, a university administrator, had been dismissed, it could not dislodge the award.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 3, 2024
Trial lawyer Adam Schiffer, a founder of Schiffer Hicks Johnson in Houston, has joined Brown Rudnick as a partner in its newly launched Houston office.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | May 31, 2024
"Using social media and other means, (the defendant) was able to create a dossier on the plaintiffs and use their past trauma for his personal enjoyment," the complaint alleged.
By Emily Cousins | May 30, 2024
"Hopefully, this verdict and other verdicts we've had will transcend to insurance companies to change the status quo," Jonathan Bak of the Flood Law Firm said.
By Emily Cousins | May 30, 2024
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that this case "is not the type of action the litigation privilege was intended to prevent—retaliatory actions for statements (or other communicative acts) occurring in the course of a judicial proceeding."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | May 28, 2024
"The (prejudgment remedy) is what triggered the conversation for us to be able to get the defendant to pay something above and beyond the $1 million policy, because all other avenues were leading back to the $1 million policy itself," plaintiffs counsel Christopher Cramer said.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | May 24, 2024
"The present case involves such a situation in which factual issues exist concerning the collision that preclude summary judgment," the opinion said. "Even if the collision occurred in the decedent's lane, that does not eliminate all allegations of negligence in the complaint."
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | May 24, 2024
"I like decisions like this that help us understand how the rules work and what kind of conduct will violate a rule," ethics expert Mark Dubois said. "The purpose of lawyer discipline is general deterrence so that all of us who labor in the vineyards know where the lines are, what to watch out for."
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