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Connecticut governor signs law implementing extensive gun control measures

JURIST

Connecticut governor Ned Lamont signed House Bill (HB) 6667 into law Tuesday which includes a wide variety of comprehensive gun control measures. ” The group claims that the new law violates the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and Section 15, Article First of the Connecticut Constitution.

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Complex litigation judge has 50 ideas to simplify the courts

ABA Journal

As both an attorney and a judge, Thomas Moukawsher has spent the majority of his career dealing in complex litigation. And the Connecticut Superior Court…

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Connecticut Inmate Awarded $250K After Giving Birth in Cell

LegalReader

Connecticut officials are forking over $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an inmate after she gave birth alone in her cell without medical assistance.

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AP and CNHI report finds US sunshine laws put transparency request burden on private citizens

JURIST

The only recourse for resolving transparency-related disputes in these states is for citizens to engage in expensive litigation. In states like Connecticut and Hawaii, information offices do have the authority to compel records to be released, but complaints may still ultimately end up in litigation.

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Parents, Students Push Back Against Required COVID-19 Vaccine at University of Connecticut

LegalReader

UConn students and families are threatening litigation if school officials don't rescind a recent decision to require the COVID-19 vaccine for the fall semester.

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Connecticut Litigation Highlights Of 2024: A Midyear Report

Law 360

Several high-stakes Connecticut cases came to a close in the first half of 2024, resulting in the resolution of a Frontier Communications' $21.8 million feud with its ex-CEO, and a $26.5 million deal for RTX Corp. subcontractors and employees who alleged anticompetitive no-poach agreements prevented them from advancing their careers.

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This state allows a judge to summarily disbar lawyers; it recently happened in a divorce case

ABA Journal

A lawyer in Hamden, Connecticut, has been disbarred by a judge who said she made “empty and malicious claims” that another judge favored Jewish litigants

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