/pulse/connecticut-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Connecticut Pulse Copyright 2025 极速赛车. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:40:58 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353706 A Connecticut trial court judge acted within his power to consider and then add three criminal contempt sentences to a murder convict's prison term after the defendant hurled a series of racial and profane attacks at the court when a habeas corpus hearing concluded, the state's highest court ruled Monday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:53:37 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353199 The full Second Circuit refused Friday to revisit President Donald Trump's challenge to writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault finding against him, with two judges dissenting. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:50:40 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353444 A Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that empowered administrative law judges to award ongoing disability benefits created such an outcry that lawmakers intervened in order to cap the costs for entities that would shoulder those bills, attorneys at the state bar association's annual conference heard Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:44:48 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353096 As general counsel continue to see their role evolve, some are relying more heavily on professional organizations like the L Suite and Ready Set GC that are looking to create communities for legal leaders seeking advice and recommendations, and aiming to become more successful strategic business partners. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:53:07 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353127?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353127 The Institute for Justice, Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt LLP, Spears & Filipovits LLC and attorney Lisa Lambert lead this week's edition of 极速赛车 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution's supremacy clause cannot shield the federal government from Federal Tort Claims Act suits. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:34:31 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352059 Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced plans to release a book in the fall detailing its new "Apex" legal strategy to combat nuclear verdicts that focuses on minimizing juror anger throughout a trial. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:22:06 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353297?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2353297 Connecticut attorneys whose conduct drew attention from state disciplinary authorities over the past year were most often accused of failing to adequately communicate with clients, followed by general allegations of misconduct, a panel of ethics lawyers told a gathering of attorneys in Hartford on Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:04:30 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352741 The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with 极速赛车 Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:58:55 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352766?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352766 The Connecticut Bar Association will host its annual legal conference in Hartford on Friday, when it will install a number of new and returning officers to lead the attorney organization over the next year. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:55:46 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352351 Counsel for the law firm representing a former World Wrestling Entertainment staffer on sex trafficking and abuse claims has objected to a motion for default in a related defamation suit, said he couldn't appear in the case earlier in part because of difficulty accessing the federal judiciary's electronic docket system, but he said he would have asked for more time to respond anyway. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:43:01 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352566?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352566 Still seeking to represent prebankruptcy owners of international shipping company Eletson Holdings Inc., Reed Smith LLP has asked the Second Circuit to stay a bankruptcy proceeding and a district court action, arguing the reorganized Eletson, now allegedly under common control with a former adversary, has launched a "calculated effort" to seize the company's privileged client information. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:35:44 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352725?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352725 A reduction in new construction and office vacancy has led more firms to renew their office leases in recent years, while others are spending significantly more than the original asking price on leasing new luxury offices, according to a recent report. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:27:11 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351485?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351485 With the Connecticut state's attorney for Windham's judicial district announcing in April that she'll retire at the end of this month, a longtime supervisory assistant state's attorney has been appointed to take her place, according to the state Criminal Justice Commission, which also announced that the state's attorney in New London's jurisdiction will be reappointed.聽 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:09:21 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352396 When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:41:37 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352044?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352044 A First Circuit panel won't rethink its 2-1 decision that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could keep its pretrial win against a Connecticut attorney who sold unregistered penny stocks, according to an order from the appellate court. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:38:03 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2352140 Counsel for President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to take over the appeal of his New York state hush money conviction post-trial, saying a federal judge in Manhattan wrongly denied removal, and the landscape has now changed in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark presidential immunity decision. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:28:07 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2349384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2349384 The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:58:13 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351137?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351137 A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife are pursuing a federal lawsuit based on speculative allegations and trying to "chill" the First Amendment rights of a Connecticut attorney who represented their ex-landlord and leaked a story about them to the New York Post, the defendant is arguing in seeking judgment in his favor. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:30:38 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351440?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351440 A Florida attorney who was disbarred in the Sunshine State last year and later charged with wire fraud and money laundering amid his handling of an estate matter has been disbarred in New York and now faces reciprocal discipline in Connecticut. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:20:19 +0000 /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/connecticut-pulse/articles/2351247 The U.S. government cannot throw out a boutique law firm's suit that seeks a refund of $282,000 in pandemic-era worker retention credits and a pause on payroll tax enforcement, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Tuesday.