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May 18, 2017 |

Connecticut Not Ripe for Major Firm M&A Activity

Despite being home to many successful firms, Connecticut isn't particularly fertile ground for law firm mergers and acquisitions. The annual number of tie-ups never reaches double digits, according to consultant data, and experts seem to agree this trend will continue for the foreseeable future in the "Land of Steady Habits."
17 minute read
February 08, 2017 |

Sun West Hit with $800,000 Breach of Contract Suit

A Connecticut company claims the mortgage giant has refused to pay it for services rendered.
5 minute read
January 23, 2017 |

Big Suits

A subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. ran a nepotism program on a grand scale in China, U.S. Department of Justice officials said on Nov. 17, as the bank agreed to pay $264.4 million to settle allegations that it hired the sons and daughters of government officials to bribe its way to investment deals.
42 minute read
November 21, 2016 |

Connecticut Lawyers Shepherd Cash-Strapped Women's Program Through Transaction

Earlier in her career, Jennifer Kleiner worked as a resident manager at a program for homeless girls under the age of 18. Twenty-five years later, Kleiner is now a lawyer and counsel at Verrill Dana in Westport. Along with Verrill Dana partner Cheryl Johnson, they helped the program for which Kleiner used to work as a support staff member survive a crisis brought on by funding cuts by Connecticut's Department of Children & Families.
7 minute read
November 04, 2016 |

Catholic Hospital Settles Pension Funding Lawsuit for $107M

St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center had claimed its "church plan" was exempt from federal regulations.
7 minute read
July 25, 2016 |

What Final Overtime Regulations Mean for Connecticut Employers

On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor released its highly anticipated and contentious revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations. The new regulations, which go into effect Dec. 1, make significant changes to the salary threshold for classifying an employee as exempt from the overtime requirement pursuant to the administrative, executive and professional exemptions. The changes will likely impact the exemption status of 4.2 million employees nation­wide, including approximately 46,000 employees in Connecticut, resulting in U.S. employers paying an estimated additional $1.2 billion in wages in just the first year of implementation.
13 minute read
July 01, 2016 |

Internet, TV Service Ad War Sparks Federal Lawsuit

Frontier's Entry Into Texas and California Markets Met With False Claims by Charter, Complaint Says
7 minute read
March 16, 2016 |

Conn. Psychiatrist Settles Medicaid Fraud Claims for $400,000

A Tolland psychiatrist who allegedly submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims has agreed to a settlement with the state for just over $400,000.
3 minute read
March 07, 2016 |

Windy City Welcomes Two Midsize Firms, Plus More Lateral Moves

K&L Gates and Sidley Austin disgorge partners to new Chicago offices for other firms; a bevy of moves at legal giants Baker & McKenzie and Norton Rose Fulbright; Schulte Roth bolts on a broker-dealer group; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.
14 minute read
December 24, 2015 |

Finnegan Wins Suit That Spooked Patent Lawyers

Firms aren't automatically conflicted when they prosecute patents for business competitors with similar inventions, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
3 minute read

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