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July 12, 2013 |

State Begins Implementing Comprehensive Energy Strategy

With the recent signing of Public Act 13-298, an "Act Concerning Implementation of Connecticut's Comprehensive Energy Strategy," and Public Act 13-303, an "Act Concerning Connecticut's Clean Energy Goals," Governor Dannel Malloy kick-started the implementation of Connecticut's Comprehensive Energy Strategy which he had announced less than a year before.
5 minute read
August 02, 2013 |

Education Law: Leveling The Playing Field

When Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§1681 et seq., it forever changed the landscape of interscholastic and intercollegiate sports.
8 minute read
October 19, 2012 |

'Fluctuating Workweeks' Can Affect Overtime Pay

Two recent decisions by Connecticut courts illustrate both the utility and some of the limitations of using the "fluctuating workweek method" to calculate the overtime pay for non-exempt employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek.
8 minute read
November 02, 2012 |

Restoring The Foundation: Assessing Construction In Progress

This supplements the article published on March 5, 2012 entitled "Changing the Foundation: Assessing Construction in Progress." The last article presented an extensive history of the assessing of construction in progress by municipalities for property tax purposes, the tumultuous changes occurring in the law, and the numerous questions to be addressed. This article serves to answer some of those questions and leave you with a couple more.
4 minute read
November 24, 2008 |

Is Booting A Computer Really Work?

An hourly employee comes to work, hangs up his jacket, hits the power button on his computer and waits for the unit to fire up. Is he working yet? Should he be paid? You might think it's a silly question. But the issue is getting some serious attention, as lawyers are noting a new type of lawsuit, in which employees are suing over time spent booting - or starting up -- their computers.
4 minute read
June 11, 2012 |

The Unworthy Client And Other Intake Considerations

These are difficult times for lawyers. In such times, lawyers and law firms, of every size, are understandably reluctant to turn down any opportunity to gain a new client, and so may tend to see every potential client as a good one.
8 minute read
August 17, 2012 |

Divorced - And Then Bankrupt

Imagine this scenario: You represent a spouse in a divorce proceeding in which the couple has co-owned credit card debt. Your client never made a single purchase in connection with that credit card. After the divorce is finalized, the other spouse files for bankruptcy. Your client becomes the target for the credit card company to pursue for the full balance due on that credit card, and the separation agreement you drafted did not specifically account for this possibility. How could this situation have been avoided?
6 minute read
January 25, 2013 |

The Unfinished Business Doctrine: Law Firm Dissolutions Bring Risks

Based on the efforts of a highly paid legal industry consultant, your firm has been in confidential negotiations with a practice group looking to leave a prominent, nationally known law firm.
8 minute read
August 23, 1999 |

Should Connecticut Regulate Surgery in Doctors' Offices?

Connecticut's medical centers and physicians' offices offer patients convenient and affordable access to outpatient surgical procedures. But the state's hospitals are raising issues of patient safety and want regulation of the increasingly sophisticated surgical procedures performed in physicians' offices, the same way hospitals are regulated. Physicians reply that such an intrusion is unprecedented, unwarranted and unfair. That puts the ball squarely in the court of the state Office of Health Care Access.
10 minute read
June 29, 1999 |

Bankruptcy Reform May Be Bigger Headache

Bankruptcy lawyers, judges and trustees in Connecticut are worrying about bankruptcy reform legislation making its way through Congress. The legislation is considered by many to be too creditor-friendly, with the potential of causing a severe migraine for lawyers and judges alike.
6 minute read

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