<?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>Sat, 17 May 2008 08:29:16 EST</pubDate> <item> <title>Attorney Pleads Guilty In Immigration Case </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30350</link> <description>Jose L. del Castillo had an immigration law practice and a restaurant. According to federal investigators, they weren't completely separate enterprises. </description> </item> <item> <title>Injured Workers Suffer Another Blow </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30349</link> <description>In a major contractor liability case, the state Supreme Court reversed a trial court that ruled that a general contractor had a non-delegable duty to ensure job site safety. </description> </item> <item> <title>Too Much Sharing In The Workplace </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30348</link> <description>Companies' internal online message boards used by employees can be fertile ground for a host of legal problems for the employer. </description> </item> <item> <title>'At The Center Of A Universe Of Change' </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30347</link> <description>State Supreme Court Justice Barry Schaller is known as a pretty smart guy.</description> </item> <item> <title>Shocking Developments Prompt Teen's Lawsuit </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30346</link> <description>A self-described science geek, 14-year-old freshman Christian Haughwout brought what looked like a small, inexpensive disposable camera to the Morgan School in Clinton one morning last month. </description> </item> <item> <title>Exonerated After Crash </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30337</link> <description>&lt;b&gt;Peter Murrugarra et al. v. Jason Takacs&lt;/b&gt;: Fairfield police officer Jason Takacs was following a car that looked a little suspicious &amp;mdash; the plates didn't match the make and model &amp;mdash; while traveling west on the Post Road in Fairfield. </description> </item> <item> <title>Defendant Challenges Conduct Of Pot-Sniffing Cop </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30351</link> <description>The state is challenging an Appellate Court decision that overturned the conviction of a man charged with possessing and selling crack cocaine. The Appellate Court ruled that the police search of the vehicle constituted an illegal seizure.</description> </item> <item> <title>Words Give Chiropractor Pain In Neck </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30338</link> <description>&lt;b&gt;Tiffany Spencer v. United States of America&lt;/b&gt;: U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa L. Bryant has never been criticized for lacking backbone or being easy to manipulate. In a recent hearing for damages before Bryant, chiropractor Mark Lepensky, of Orange, got more than he could handle-and nothing he could pocket.</description> </item> <item> <title>Making A Full-Time Commitment </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30333</link> <description>Louis O. Roy Jr. of Avon said he closely followed the legislature's special session in January, when lawmakers passed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill in response to last July's triple murder in Cheshire. </description> </item> <item> <title>A Final Encounter With An Old Mentor </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30344</link> <description>I didn't get much sleep last night, so forgive me if I ramble. I don't have much time, and then I am running out the door. I want to get to the courthouse early enough to be sure I am admitted. </description> </item> <item> <title>The Changing Style Of Legislative Leadership </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30343</link> <description>Our legislature cannot function without leadership. If the 151 state representatives and 36 senators in the General Assembly &amp;#8211; each with different values, objectives, and agendas &amp;#8211; fly off in various directions, nothing can be accomplished. </description> </item> <item> <title>A Beclouded FOIC Proceeding </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30345</link> <description>The Sanctuary City of New Haven has provoked protracted proceedings before the State's Freedom of Information Commission over its refusal to honor requests for information surrounding its controversial "IDs for Illegal Aliens" program. The FOIC consolidated the cases of two complainants who allege the city's refusal to disclose information about its activities violates the state's freedom of information laws and regulations. This is hardly the first time New Haven officials have responded to FOIA requests by ensnaring those who made them in endless bureaucratic proceedings before the FOIC. They know how to game the system. </description> </item> <item> <title>An Honorable Ombudsman </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30342</link> <description>More than nine months ago, concerns were raised in this column as to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's choice of Robert Poliner as the state's first Ombudsman for Property Rights. The office, created by Public Act 06-187, has many responsibilities, including advising the General Assembly on property rights issues, undertaking research, and assisting public agencies and private parties in eminent domain proceedings. </description> </item> <item> <title>Stanching The Brain Drain </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30340</link> <description>Judge Lynda B. Munro serves as chair of the Connecticut Bar Association's Women in Law Futures Task Force, which announced on May 15 the creation of a Pledge of Commitment that they will ask legal employers across the state to sign. The pledge will signal support for an 11-page "Best Practices for Gender Equity" manifesto, which in part calls for employers to provide women access to meaningful work, alternative work schedules, mentoring programs and promotion to all levels of management.</description> </item> <item> <title>Fostering Calm After A Conflicted Era </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30339</link> <description>No one has ever become chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court under more difficult circumstances than Chase T. Rogers did a little more than a year ago. </description> </item> <item> <title>Town Settles With Woman After Rescue </title> <link>http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?id=30341</link> <description>Every plaintiff's lawyer knows how hard it is to win lawsuits against municipalities, as public officials and employees are granted rather sweeping immunity from liability in the conduct of their jobs. </description> </item> </channel> </rss>