<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Connecticut Law Tribune</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com</link> <description>Legal news for the state of Connecticut</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:51:33 EST</pubDate> <item> <title>Struggling To Care For Young And Old Alike</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36517</link> <description>It s called the sandwich generation. And it has nothing to do with anyone s eating habits. Rather, the phrase is used to describe adults who now have responsibilities to their elderly parents as well as their children.  At the same time you re giving your teenager the keys to the car you may be wondering,  Is it time to take away my dad s car keys? said attorney Sallie Kraus</description> </item> <item> <title> Country Lawyer Eyes Attorney General s Post </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36516</link> <description>Litchfield County is the birthplace of the nation s first law school, and has a long tradition of sending statesmen to Hartford to help govern Connecticut. In the historic display of Connecticut s political history at the state s Legislative Office Building, one large panel chronicles  The Roraback Era. It refers to the early 20th century  Old Deal politics of rock-ribbed Republican Party Boss J. Henry Roraback, who used politics and hydropower to become a dynamo of power in many forms. </description> </item> <item> <title>Justices Throw Twist Into Jury Polling Rule</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36515</link> <description>It only takes a minute or two. After the verdict is announced, each juror is asked one by one if they agree with the decision. It s the one last ray of hope for the defeated side s lawyer, a last-ditch effort to learn whether there was some coercion in the jury room or dissension in the ranks that could lead to a new trial.</description> </item> <item> <title>Better Behavior Or Less Money To Steal?</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36514</link> <description>A year after dire predictions and preparations for the worst, the Client Security Fund is in decent financial shape. But don t say that to Christopher Blanchard, the Judicial Branch attorney who oversees the fund that reimburses clients wronged by lawyers who steal and embezzle their money. He knows one lawyer s move can lead to a disastrous draining of money from the fund.</description> </item> <item> <title>A Move To Decriminalize Teen Prostitution </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36513</link> <description>Just last week, the feds indicted a Connecticut couple for allegedly forcing two 14-year-old girls to engage in commercial sex acts at a Hartford hotel. The couple face sex trafficking charges and could go to prison for a long time. The underage girls, meanwhile, will be treated as victims and receive appropriate help, including counseling. That s standard operating procedure in juvenile sex trafficking cases handled by the U.S. Attorney s Office in Connecticut. But in the state courts of Connecticut, the outcome for minors involved in prostitution could conceivably be different. </description> </item> <item> <title>Learning The ABCs Of Helping Students</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36512</link> <description>Alyssa Cunningham leads the life of a busy professional. As an associate with Wiggin and Dana s health care practice, she routinely works into the night at her Hartford office. Then she drops by a house on Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury to see seven teenage boys and make sure they re keeping up with their studies and chores. For Cunningham, it feels like she s the mother of the teenagers. But they re not her own flesh and blood. The Simsbury boarding house is operated by A Better Chance program. </description> </item> <item> <title>Owner Of 18 Dogs Loses Suit Against Town</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36508</link> <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gladys Kronovitter et al. v. Richard Doyle et al.: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;A woman who claimed her civil rights were violated when police searched her residence and seized her dogs was unable recently to convince a jury she had been wronged. Gladys Kronovitter, 78, had lived in a decrepit home on Flat Rock Road in Easton for more than 60 years. The home, since condemned, was infamous among her otherwise well-to-do neighbors; it had holes in the roof, but no electricity or plumbing.</description> </item> <item> <title>Hospital Settles Claims That It Overcharged Medicare</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36507</link> <description>The U.S. government and Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs entered into a civil settlement agreement late last month to resolve allegations that the infirmary violated the False Claims Act. The U.S. Attorney s Office in Connecticut alleges that Johnson Memorial Hospital overcharged Medicare for infusion therapy, chemotherapy administration, and blood transfusions between 2000 and 2005.</description> </item> <item> <title>Lawmakers Look For Money To Save Courthouses, Libraries</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36518</link> <description>There s a move afoot in the legislature to restore budget cuts that have prompted plans to close courthouses and law libraries.</description> </item> <item> <title>What Does The Second Amendment Mean?</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36504</link> <description>In a few months, another and more far-reaching pronouncement on Americans Second Amendment rights is expected from the U.S. Supreme Court. Its 2008 opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down the District s ban on handgun possession as an unconstitutional encroachment on the individual right to keep and bear arms, was significant but of narrow application as Heller only involved limitations on federal authority. </description> </item> <item> <title>Second Circuit Nominee Has Political Connections</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36503</link> <description>Sen. Christopher Dodd is a lame duck. He reads the polls. Last November, a Quinnipiac University poll put his approval rating at a dismal 40 percent; 54 percent of those polled disapproved of him. Democrat pundits breathed a sigh of relief when the senator announced he was folding his tent. The Democrats now stand a fighting change of retaining the seat in November. So why is this lamest of ducks nominating people to serve as federal judge?</description> </item> <item> <title>The Municipal Pension Crisis</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36506</link> <description>Connecticut Magazine ran a recent article outlining the impending crisis in municipal pension funds across the state. Nationwide, public pension funds have dropped from being roughly 85 percent funded to approximately 65 percent funded in the last two years. Pennsylvania recently enacted a  loan fund and modifications to their investment standards because certain municipalities had become  severely distressed as their funding had approached 50 percent.</description> </item> <item> <title>Tough Talk Spices Up Mundane Objections</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36505</link> <description>I object! In fact, I do this all the time: in court, in person, in writing, to interrogatories, to requests for production, to deposition questions. The questions are stultifyingly familiar. The objections themselves are drearily rehashed and warmed over versions of other objections, to which the words  cut and paste apply more readily than  draft and edit. If I had a buck for every time I inserted the phrase  impermissible fishing expedition, I could actually own a large tropical fish tank with exotic and alarming-looking multi-colored fish to entertain me with their smooth machinations.</description> </item> <item> <title>GM Battles To Withhold Safety Secrets</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36510</link> <description>It s a potentially explosive lawsuit focusing on the safety record of a major auto maker. And it has nothing to do with Toyota. A small army of defense lawyers for once-mighty General Motors is battling in Connecticut court to seal court documents that indicate that poorly designed seat backs may have led to numerous deaths and injuries.</description> </item> <item> <title>Second Nominee For 2nd Circuit?</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36511</link> <description>Unlike the selection of a new pope, there is no white puff of smoke to signal when a Circuit Court of Appeals judge is being nominated. But the letter of inquiry from the American Bar Association has a similar portent. Just weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny was the subject of ABA and FBI questionnaires and interviews, top Connecticut state and federal judges began to receive inquiries about Susan L. Carney, the deputy general counsel at Yale University. </description> </item> <item> <title>No Easy Breeze</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=36509</link> <description>Attorney Paul Corey is ready to provide wind energy to Connecticut, but are state residents ready to accept it? That s a question that encompasses a host of debates over land use, potential noise and visual pollution and being a good neighbor. It s also a matter of perseverance for project developers that must navigate local and, sometimes, state regulatory authorities. </description> </item> </channel> </rss>