By Ryan Lovelace | May 21, 2018
Ahead of the American Bar Association's annual meeting this summer, an ABA working group is debating a proposed resolution to help lawyers and law firms deal with problems of mental illness and impairment.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | May 21, 2018
"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the decision "egregiously wrong."
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By Robert Storace | May 18, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled it lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal by Meriden police in a civil rights lawsuit by a man who claimed he was stunned with a Taser during a drug sting.
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By Michael Marciano | May 18, 2018
Attorneys Erin E. Boatman, Irve J. Goldman, and Barbara H. Katz received Commercial Law and Bankruptcy (CLABBY) awards recently from the Connecticut Bar Association, in recognition of their professional achievements.
By Marcia Coyle | May 18, 2018
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke favorably of the plan last week during a meeting of the Federal Judges Association in Washington. Justice Elena Kagan said she supports the two-year pilot plan and will "take into account" in her own hiring whether judges and law schools comply with it.
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By Robert Storace | May 17, 2018
Greenberg Traurig New York shareholder Toby Soli and Atlanta shareholder Lori Cohen filed a successful motion to compel the lawyer to reveal her identity in a products liability lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb.
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By Karen Sloan | Michael Marciano | May 17, 2018
The law class of 2017 overall fared better in the entry-level job market, but national figures obscure the extreme stratification of employment success for grads from individual schools. Our 10 charts break down all the latest hiring data, showing the schools that excelled, and those that lagged behind.
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By Robert Storace | May 17, 2018
Bloomfield resident Michael Galikas got a $5 million settlement from the insurance carrier of a truck that struck him while biking. Galikas was in an induced coma and had his left leg amputated after the crash.
By Colby Hamilton | May 16, 2018
The payment appears to represent Trump's reimbursement of funds his attorney Michael Cohen paid an adult film actress to keep her from going public about an alleged affair.
By Tony Mauro | May 16, 2018
Thurgood Marshall's message was clear, and shared by most justices before and since: life-tenured Supreme Court justices don't like to be told when to retire or move on. If anything, hinting that it is time to go seems to stiffen justices' resolve to stay. But presidents and others keep trying.
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