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October 10, 2006 |

Conn. Large Firms Hike Pay for First-Years

Many of the largest Connecticut-based law firms have hiked their first-year base pay by at least $5,000 from last year, and some new associates are earning $10,000 a year more. Other firms are following suit, such as Stamford-based Cummings & Lockwood, which, says managing partner Jonathan B. Mills, is considering a $10,000-a-year pay increase. But for newly minted lawyers toiling at small to midsized firms across the state, pay rates are essentially the same as they were a year ago.
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October 26, 2012 |

Debt Firm Files Suit Against Banking Department

A Maryland law firm that focuses on debt negotiation services is taking the state Banking Department to court.
5 minute read
January 08, 2007 |

Deal With Developer Hardly Utopian

In the wake of a recently terminated development agreement on the site of the former Norwich State Hospital, Hartford-based Shipman & Goodwin is holding an I.O.U. for $316,000 in legal fees. The problem is, not only did the alleged debtor bounce its last check to the firm, but it now contends that, under the contract, it doesn't have to pay at all.
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August 03, 2012 |

Psychologist's Romance Results In Rare Prosecution

More than three years have passed since Guilford psychologist Alan Shulik ended a romantic relationship with a former patient that landed him in court. Shulik, 59, and licensed to practice for 30 years, wasn't accused of forcing himself on the woman, his lawyers said. Instead, he was charged under a rarely used element of the state's sexual battery law, which criminalizes relationships between mental health professionals and their patients.
6 minute read
October 09, 2006 |

Large Firms Hike Pay For First-Years

Things are looking brighter for first-year associates at Connecticut's largest law firms. Their paychecks are up — in some cases way up — over base salaries for 2005's incoming class.
4 minute read
December 07, 2012 |

State Considers Helping Felons Who 'Paid Their Debt'

A proposal called "Certificates of Rehabilitation" would enable a judge or the Board of Pardons and Paroles to issue a certificate stating that a convicted felon is rehabilitated.
6 minute read
September 12, 2003 |

Courts Cannot Be Cut Out of Arbitration Review

Arbitration may be a good thing, but even this popular alternative to litigation has its limits.
4 minute read
December 06, 2007 |

Accused Polluters Face Legal Pressure From Environmental Group

The Connecticut Fund for the Environment is pressuring industries to clean up stretches of state waterways by restricting their ability to discharge toxins, and it is advancing its initiatives on two fronts. The group is intervening in discharge permit proceedings with the state Department of Environmental Protection, and it has threatened lawsuits against companies it says are polluting local rivers. Last month, two companies agreed to meet tougher discharge limits ahead of schedule.
4 minute read
May 03, 2013 |

Relocating Lawyers Will Have To Wait To Practice

The Judicial Branch's Rules Committee has tabled a proposal that would have allowed attorneys to move into the state and immediately begin to practice while awaiting formal bar admission in Connecticut.
5 minute read
March 29, 2010 |

A Last-Ditch Effort To Collect Fees

It is often the ugly end to a once-promising relationship, and it's a step that law firms try to avoid taking. But when economic times aren't flush, some law firms are getting aggressive and filing lawsuits against clients to collect fees. "It's not something we do lightly," said Julia B. Morris, managing partner of O'Connell, Flaherty Attmore in Hartford. "Clients are having a tough time across the board, and our preference is to find some middle ground" to resolve fee disputes.
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