Superior Court Ruling Protects Jobs of Domestic Violence Victims

Administrator | September 29, 2009

Victims of domestic violence won an important victory when New London Superior Court Judge A. Susan Peck ruled that employers cannot terminate workers simply because they are victims of domestic violence. The ruling creates a new public policy exception in Connecticut’s employment-at-will doctrine, which allows employees to be fired for any reason or for [...]

Parenting Education Classes

Administrator | September 17, 2009

If you are a party to a pending divorce, legal separation, annulment, or child custody action in Connecticut – and you have minor children born to the marriage – you are required by law to participate in Parenting Education Classes. These 6-hour classes are designed to teach parents how to help their children adjust [...]

Lawyers Must Know The Identities of Their Clients

Administrator | September 14, 2009

It’s par for the course in this ever-changing world of ours that people will find ways to scam other people. I’m providing a link below to an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune detailing two forged signatures on mortgages that landed the attorney in hot water for not checking the IDs of his clients [...]

Occupational Tax for Lawyers and Court Fees Increase!

Administrator | September 8, 2009

Yikes! The annual occupational tax for private sector attorneys was just raised from $450 to $565! Public sector attorneys (such as Public Defenders) are still exempt from the tax. Court fees were increased in July but the legislature recently added some new increases to the mix. For more information, please see [...]

Proposed Law in Honolulu Would Ban Bad Odors on Public Transit

Administrator | September 1, 2009

I happened upon this story quite by accident and couldn’t resist passing it on.
Two members of the Honolulu City Council, Rod Tam and Nestor Garcia, co-sponsored a transit bill that includes an anti-odor section that would make it illegal to “bring onto transit property [...]