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September 28, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Law Firm-Reconstructed

The friends' life-changing plan took shape in the dead of winter. Holed up in Philadelphia for a week in February, Richard Rochlin and Scott Sigman talked about their escape. They'd had this discussion before, but always on a more informal and less urgent basis. This time was different. They had a checklist. They were making concrete decisions. All around them, chunks of the legal industry crumbled. Law firms had dissolved. Lawyers were being fired at an unprecedented pace. And the security of big-firm life became relative. "At some point, I said it's time to do this," Rochlin said. "I was asking Scott to leave his job, and I said it's now or never."
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January 30, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

DOJ's Demography Despots Bully Their Way Into East Haven

Federal Department of Justice officials recently flew into New Haven and, before a gaggle of reporters summoned to a press conference, released the DOJ Civil Rights Division's at-last-final investigative report into alleged "racial profiling" and abuses of "Latinos" by the East Haven Police Department. Heavy with histrionics and sweeping rhetoric, it reads more like a stump speech by a Democrat running for mayor of a sanctuary city.
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August 17, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Vets With PTSD Put New Strain On Courts

Already, many Iraq and Afghan vets with emotional problems have found their way into the criminal justice system. Soon, the numbers could be overwhelming.
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January 18, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Taking A Shot At The Firearms Industry

Minutes after President Barak Obama gave a national address last week on gun control reform in the wake of the Newtown killings, the Law Tribune spoke with Michael Lawlor, one of the chief architects of Connecticut's 1993 assault weapons ban.
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November 27, 2006 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Innocence Project Icon Settles Malpractice Claim

Barry C. Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, and law his firm, Cochran, Neufeld & Scheck, have agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a malpractice claim by a man wrongfully convicted of rape. The settlement ended acrimonious litigation that began in June 2005.
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July 12, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Judges OK Grievance Overhauls

Superior Court judges have overwhelmingly adopted major revisions to the state`s attorney discipline system including the creation of a new office that will investigate and pursue cases before the Statewide Grievance Committee once probable cause of lawyer-misconduct is determined.
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October 23, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New Rules Designed To Make Probate Court More Efficient and Fair

The first revision of Connecticut's Probate Rules of Court since 1974 spells out brand new procedures for many topics, including discovery, audio recording, telephone conferencing, and news media coverage.
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May 18, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Panel Reviews U.S. Attorney Hopefuls

The candidates have been interviewed and the recommendations have been made. Now it's up to the administration of President Barack Obama to announce a new U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.With the new administration having recently released names of six U.S. attorneys for other states, indications are that a Connecticut announcement could come soon.
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March 09, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Are Lawyers Paying Too Much For PACER?

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has asked the policy body of the federal judiciary why it continues to charge the public and lawyers for access to electronically filed documents and whether enough is being done to protect the personal data collected by courts.
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August 10, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In Search Of The Best Legal Research

Two legal research services are in a head-to-head competition to win the loyalty of America's lawyers. No, I am not talking about Westlaw and LexisNexis. This battle is between Casemaker and Fastcase. Each markets itself as a member benefit to state and local bar associations. Casemaker has the bigger share of the market, with 28 bars representing 475,000 lawyers. But Fastcase is fast on its heels, with 17 state bars and other smaller bars representing 380,000 subscribers.
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