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Dan K.'s Inferno

Opinion: Ruling Raises Stakes In NCAA Lawsuit

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  |  by Dan Krisch  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

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

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Opinion: Gun Law Discriminates Against Disabled? Hardly

Friday, April 12, 2013  |  by Norm Pattis  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

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.

Guest Commentary

Opinion: Legislature Shouldn't Tinker With Fee Waiver Law

Friday, April 12, 2013  |  by Anne Louise Blanchard  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

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: Mothers, Newtown And Guns

Monday, April 8, 2013 |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

In Chicago, where handguns were banned altogether, murder rates skyrocketed making Chicago the murder capital of the nation. Criminals do not obey laws.

Legal Ease

Opinion: Santa V. The Easter Bunny

Friday, April 5, 2013  |  by Amy Goodusky  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

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.

Ethics Matters

Opinion: The Quants Are Coming

Friday, April 5, 2013  |  by Mark Dubois  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

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.

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Opinion: Make Corporations Bleed Cash For Gun Deaths

Friday, April 5, 2013  |  by Norm Pattis  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

Let's not congratulate ourselves too much about having addressed gun violence. Yes, the General Assembly passed new gun control legislation. But the new law is merely a baby step on the road to meaningful reform.

Guest Commentary

Opinion: Morality No Longer At Center Of Marriage Debate

Monday, April 1, 2013  |  by Dan Krisch  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

I am heartened that the terms of the debate are changing. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the two most important civil rights cases to come before it in decades: Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor, aka, the same-sex marriage cases.

Legal Ease

Opinion: Send In The Drones

Monday, April 1, 2013  |  by Amy Goodusky  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

If drones could perform complex geophysical analyses, scare camels and fatally harass al-Quaeda, they could certainly be taught to take sworn testimony.

Guest Commentary

Opinion: About That 'Good Guy' With A Gun Argument...

Monday, April 1, 2013  |  by Peter L. Davis  |  The Connecticut Law Tribune

There is a little quasi-statistical mystery deep inside the gun-control debate, but no one ever seems to mention it.