Corporate Bribery Case Part Of National Trend

by JAY STAPLETON

When a sales executive for a French power company appeared in a New Haven federal courtroom this month, he joined a growing number of businesses and their employees charged recently with making bribes overseas.

Court Continues To Grant Lawyers Fraud Immunity

by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

When Rowayton divorcee Donna Simms petitioned to have her alimony payments increased in 2004, on the grounds that she was in dire economic straits, she and her lawyers didn't disclose to the court that she was just about to inherit $359,000 from a wealthy uncle.

Low Bono Firms Eye 'Underrepresented' Markets

by CHRISTIAN NOLAN

Every attorney is familiar with the term pro bono for donated legal work, but several recent Quinnipiac University School of Law grads are hoping the term "low bono" is the next buzz-phrase to catch on.

Locker Room Injury Leads To Municipal Liability Drama

by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

In 2005, Middletown High School student Jasmon Vereen was injured while roughhousing in a locker room at the school. He cut his arm on a locker he claimed was damaged. His family filed a lawsuit and a jury awarded a $30,000 plaintiff's verdict. Because Vereen was found 33 percent to blame, his share would be $20,100

Disciplinary Counsel Ruled Immune From Suits

by JAY STAPLETON

For the first time in Connecticut, a federal judge has ruled that attorneys with the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Council should be granted the same immunity from lawsuits as judges and state prosecutors.

Complaint by: Martin

The state contractor ban in Connecticut General Statutes §9-612(g) is designed to prevent awards of contracts in exchange for campaign contributions.

Complaint by: Jackson

Connecticut General Statutes §9-236(a) provides that no person shall solicit a vote on behalf of, or in opposition to, a referendum question.

Complaint by: Gonzalez; Complaint by: Arroyo

A registrar may be required to inform primary candidates about the right to submit a full list of their designees for all available primary polling place officials.

Complaint by: Arena

If one individual on a slate withdraws and is replaced, the new candidate can sign a candidate certification; and the entire slate of candidates is not required to sign the new form, to comply with Connecticut General Statutes §9-409.

Peruta v. Bradford, Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection

Connecticut General Statutes §29-28(d) exempts from mandatory disclosure the names of those whose applications for pistol permits are pending.

Mazzotta v. Chief, Police Department, City of Middletown

The exemption in Connecticut General Statutes §1-210(b)(3)(C) requires an evidentiary showing that the records at issue are to be used in a prospective law enforcement action and that the disclosure of the records would be prejudicial to such action.

Opinion: Gun Law Discriminates Against Disabled? Hardly

by Norm Pattis

If you doubt the law's capacity to transform almost anything into a farce, look no further than the case of Disabled Americans for Firearms Rights LLC, et al., v. Dannel P. Malloy.

Opinion: Ruling Raises Stakes In NCAA Lawsuit

by Dan Krisch

I am watching with a mixture of delight and uncertainty as the NCAA gets taken to school.

Opinion: Legislature Shouldn't Tinker With Fee Waiver Law

by Anne Louise Blanchard

In Connecticut and across the country, there is growing awareness that low-income individuals have difficulty obtaining civil access to justice. Legal aid programs struggle financially and many more people need lawyers than legal aid agencies can represent.

Opinion: Santa V. The Easter Bunny

by Amy Goodusky

I heard, or, more to the point, thought I heard that Easter, that fiesta of hard-boiled, chocolate-covered indulgence, now rivals Christmas as an occasion on which gifts are expected to be bought, wrapped and distributed.

Opinion: The Quants Are Coming

by Mark Dubois

I freely admit that I, along with many other lawyers, went into law because I was a math-phobe. But the students of quantitative analysis have turned their sights to our profession and found that the laws of math have relevance to legal processes and may be ignored at our peril.