<?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, 16 May 2012 09:42:16 EST</pubDate> <item> <title>Filing Fees Rise To Fill Legal Aid Needs </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42169</link> <description>State lawmakers have provided cash-strapped legal aid programs with a financial shot in the arm, as they agreed last week to increase court filing fees for the second time since 2009. It will cost $50 more to fill a civil/family law cases and small claims actions, bringing those totals to $350 and $225 respectively. There s also a new $600 fee for out-of-state attorneys who want to work a Connecticut case on a pro hoc vice basis. </description> </item> <item> <title>Silent Witnesses, New Insights</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42170</link> <description>It s only about the size of a pack of cigarettes, but the  black box or event data recorder (EDR) that is being built into more and more modern cars and trucks could become an information gold mine for personal injury lawyers.</description> </item> <item> <title>A Display Of Gratitude</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42156</link> <description>Last week s reception to honor U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz had the New Haven Lawn Club overflowing, and not just with human bodies. Palpable emotion  from deep gratitude to silent anguish  filled the ballroom, limned by brilliant end-of- day sunlight.</description> </item> <item> <title>Health Law: An Under-The-Radar Aspect Of Health Care Reform</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42160</link> <description>Much has been written in the press recently about the constitutionality of the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and whether the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on the health care reform law in late March, will rule the mandate unconstitutional, thus striking down all or a portion of the landmark legislation. The mandate, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2014, would require most U.S. citizens to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.</description> </item> <item> <title>At The Intersection Of Politics And Business</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42157</link> <description>Today s general counsel straddling a complex global intersection of law, politics, policy, and business has an imperative opportunity to make a difference in the life cycle of a public company. And the upcoming elections are magnifying that opportunity significantly.</description> </item> <item> <title>Take Him Out To The Blog Game</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42158</link> <description>In the heart of Yankees-Red Sox territory, attorney Andrew Walter s professional baseball allegiances lie in the middle of the country.</description> </item> <item> <title>Plaintiffs Lawyers Eye Data Breach Niche</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42168</link> <description>For trial lawyers, future litigation might not focus so heavily on auto accident, slip-and-fall and medical malpractice cases. Plaintiffs attorneys are finding new business by taking on lawsuits in which clients claim to have been hurt  financially or otherwise  through data breaches.</description> </item> <item> <title>Alumni Watch Quietly As Defections Rock Firm</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42171</link> <description>Two decades ago, the international law firm then known as LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &amp; MacRae was a rising star in the Connecticut legal scene. In 2007, before the firm merged to become Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf, its offices occupied two floors of the Goodwin Square Building in Hartford.</description> </item> <item> <title>Law Firm Protests Banking License Rule</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42172</link> <description>A Maryland law firm is challenging the Connecticut Department of Banking over a new state law that may require $800-a-year banking licenses for lawyers whose debt negotiation work is more than  ancillary to their legal practice.</description> </item> <item> <title>Health Law: Feds Step Up HIPAA Compliance Audits</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42159</link> <description>The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has fundamentally changed the health care industry s privacy and security practices. However, the federal government s enforcement efforts historically have been complaint-driven and sporadic. As a result, HIPAA-covered entities and business associates typically have failed to make compliance a priority. In fact, in 2008, the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General published a report criticizing the government s HIPAA oversight, concluding that,  reliance on complaints alone was ineffective for identifying noncompliance.</description> </item> <item> <title>Inmate Pursues Challenge Of 1992 Murder Conviction</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42166</link> <description>Summary: A man with a mental illness who was convicted 20 years ago for allegedly raping and killing his wife s grandmother is still attempting to prove his innocence by getting a new trial. Defense lawyers have long argued that Lapointe was coerced into confessing to the crime.</description> </item> <item> <title>Motorcyclist s Estate Recovers $1 Million in Verdict</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42174</link> <description>Susan Boudreault, Executrix of the Estate of Richard A. Boudreault v. Esteban Pacheco and Jarmoc Tobacco LLC: The estate of a man who was killed when the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a tobacco farm tractor has recently recovered $1 million from a jury in Hartford.</description> </item> <item> <title>A Case Of Adam, Eve And The Nazis </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42175</link> <description>In the 480-year-old oil painting by the German master Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam appears fresh-faced and innocent, scratching his head while holding the fateful apple. An accompanying portrait shows Eve with narrowed eyes and blushing cheeks. Both are partly hidden in leaves.</description> </item> <item> <title>Child Porn Decision Turns On Downloading Intent </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42167</link> <description>James Kent, a public administration professor at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was convicted of hundreds of counts of procuring and possessing child pornography via the Internet on his work computer. Last week, New York s highest court reversed the convictions that were based on images located in temporary Internet or  cache folders on his computer hard drive. </description> </item> <item> <title>The Latest Shield Against Judicial Activists</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42173</link> <description>Last Tuesday, North Carolina became the 31st state where the prospect of gay marriage was given a lethal injection. By an overwhelming 61 percent to 39 percent margin, voters approved a measure that embeds in the state s constitution the command that a marriage of one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in the state. </description> </item> <item> <title>Attacks On Integrity Taken Personally </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42176</link> <description>A welcome and not altogether unexpected piece of news arrived in the mail. It was from the Statewide Grievance Committee. The panel found no further need to investigate a complaint lodged against me. I filed the complaint myself.</description> </item> <item> <title>Offering Better Advice Than Dr. Phil </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42165</link> <description>If I can t be properly qualified to serve as an expert witness in the retrial of Vendrella v. Astriab on the issue of biting, horses and what makes the two things related, I think it is time that I wrote a book. In spite of the fact that I have three finished novel manuscripts which have somehow escaped publication despite fierce efforts on the author s part to attract attention to them, and three-quarters of a fourth, I am not giving up. I will just shift focus. </description> </item> <item> <title>Pro Bono Proposal Could Tap Deep Talent Pool</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42164</link> <description>Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals has set off something of a firestorm by proposing a rule that 50 hours of mandatory pro bono be a part of the admission requirements for New York lawyers. His proposal is both a pragmatic (though heavy-handed) solution to a pressing need and a cynical recognition that new admittees really have no say in setting the standards by which they will get (or be denied) licenses. </description> </item> <item> <title>Editorial: Sixth Amendment Alive And Well In Connecticut</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42161</link> <description>Individuals charged with committing crimes have the constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations. So said the U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of decisions released in March  Missouri v. Frye and Lafler v. Cooper. </description> </item> <item> <title>Editorial: Don t Tamper With Separation Of Powers</title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=42162</link> <description>The Connecticut Supreme Court recently invalidated the state Board of Education s order removing the locally elected Bridgeport Board of Education and replacing it with its own appointees. The Editorial Board does not write to comment on the merits of the decision, about which reasonable minds can differ. Rather the board writes to comment on the remarks by some legislators concerning the possibility of reversing the result before the period to file a motion for reconsideration (and, if filed, to be disposed of) had passed.</description> </item> </channel> </rss>