Connecticut

  • June 04, 2025

    Novo Nordisk Wants Hospital Sanctioned For Insulin Pen Suit

    Novo Nordisk Inc. has asked a Connecticut federal judge to sanction Griffin Health Services Corp. for suing the pharmaceutical company after settling a separate insulin pen contamination lawsuit, saying the hospital's complaint left out five important facts that could point blame back toward its own staff.

  • June 04, 2025

    Gas Co., Fired CFO Settle $5.6M Conn. Distribution Claims

    A family-owned propane supplier has settled its former chief financial officer's claims over allegedly unpaid distributions arising from his termination and a planned sale of the business.

  • June 04, 2025

    Conn. High Court Rules Atty, Ex's Alimony Deal Ambiguous

    The ex-wife of a Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP managing partner will get another shot at additional alimony and child support after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the divorce agreement isn't clear about how his bonuses and profit share earnings impact her payout.

  • June 04, 2025

    Conn. Attorney Failed To Split $165K Fee, Watchdog Says

    Connecticut attorney J. Xavier Pryor breached four rules of professional conduct when he failed to split a $165,000 fee from a personal injury settlement with the lawyer who referred the case to him, the state's attorney ethics watchdog said in a disciplinary complaint.

  • June 03, 2025

    Conn. Real Estate Execs Say Investors Weaponized Courts

    Three executives for a real estate development firm have accused their former business partners in Connecticut Superior Court of weaponizing the courts to lodge "a multi-year, multi-forum legal assault" with "fabricated" claims.

  • June 03, 2025

    Calif. Startup's Lender Gets Prison For Investor Fraud

    A Greenwich, Connecticut, hard-money lender was sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison and must pay $9.4 million in restitution to investors in loans he made to the failed California tech startup Bitwise Industries, which operated as a $115 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said.

  • June 03, 2025

    Lovesac Settles Conn. Shareholder Suits With Corp. Reforms

    The Lovesac Co. has agreed to implement new corporate reforms and pay $335,000 to reimburse its stockholders' legal fees in a derivative lawsuit accusing company directors of filing misleading financial reports, according to a deal advanced Tuesday by a Connecticut federal judge.

  • June 03, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Social Worker Can't Challenge NY Abortion Law

    The Second Circuit on Tuesday rejected a social worker's constitutional challenge to a New York law decriminalizing abortion, finding that she lacked standing to sue because she couldn't identify any specific fetus facing harm.

  • June 03, 2025

    Safari Co. Can't Arbitrate Fatal Hippo Attack Suit, Court Told

    A Connecticut-based tour operator cannot force into arbitration a lawsuit over a hippopotamus attack that led to a New Jersey woman's death during a safari in Zambia, her husband and estate have said, claiming they didn't sign a "murky" private dispute clause attached to a ticket sale.

  • June 03, 2025

    Fired CFO Can't Sue To Collect Bonuses, Conn. Court Told

    The ex-vice president and chief financial officer of an adhesive and fastener company is not entitled to collect nearly $300,000 in bonuses because he was not employed on the date they became payable and nothing prevented him from being terminated, according to a motion to dismiss his federal lawsuit with prejudice.

  • June 03, 2025

    Ex-Bank GC Can Easily Pay $2.5M Fraud Restitution, Feds Say

    The former general counsel of Stamford-based Webster Bank has chipped away at a $7.4 million restitution order since being sentenced to four years in prison for a yearslong fraud scheme and is capable of paying back the full amount in a lump sum, prosecutors have told a Connecticut federal judge.

  • June 03, 2025

    Conn. Judge Narrows McCarter's Defenses In $22M Loan Suit

    A Connecticut state court trimmed McCarter & English LLP's defenses in a $22.3 million suit over its role crafting loans for recreational improvements in a Long Island, New York, town, saying the firm cannot pursue a comparative negligence defense but can proceed with its fraud argument.

  • June 03, 2025

    The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the Law360 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts.

  • June 02, 2025

    Chief Fed. Judge Bans Conn. Courthouse Arrests, With Limits

    The chief federal judge for the District of Connecticut has issued a standing order banning law enforcement officers from arresting or detaining individuals in the state's three federal courthouses, with some exceptions for courtroom security functions and federal offices housed in shared buildings.

  • June 02, 2025

    US Trustee Pushes For Fee Examiner In Guo Bankruptcy

    The U.S. Trustee's Office asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to appoint an independent examiner to review fee requests from an increasing number of global professionals authorized to provide legal and other services to the Connecticut-based Chapter 11 estate of Chinese exile Miles Guo.

  • June 02, 2025

    Insurance Experts Examine AI's Challenges For Underwriting

    Academics, attorneys and insurance industry officials took a look at the myriad ways artificial intelligence could affect the "insurance value chain," as one conference panelist put it, across claims, litigation and underwriting, including the coverage of AI-related occurrences themselves.

  • June 02, 2025

    2nd Circ. Won't Let Skier Enforce Pulled Settlement Offer

    The Second Circuit isn't letting an injured skier enforce a settlement he attempted to accept just before a jury sided with the ski resort he was suing, with the appellate court finding Friday that his positions are inconsistent and that allowing enforcement would be unfair.

  • June 02, 2025

    Google Wants Ex-Sales Rep's $2M Commission Suit Tossed

    Google urged a Connecticut federal court to ax a former Google Cloud salesman's suit alleging that the company owes him $2 million in commissions and fired him while he underwent cancer treatments to dodge insurance benefits, saying his claims can't stand.

  • June 02, 2025

    Conn. Hospital's $8.3M Bonus Claims Fail, State Says

    Connecticut Children's Medical Center Inc. has not provided a sufficient legal basis to pursue two of three claims in a lawsuit alleging that it should have received an $8.3 million performance-based bonus for 2022, the state Department of Social Services said in a motion seeking to nix the counts.

  • May 30, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Religious Land, Hotel Surge, Land-Banking

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including interviews with attorneys about recent disputes over land use for religious purposes, a surge in hospitality sector transactions, and the rise of land-banking law.

  • May 30, 2025

    No Sanctions For Stamford In Zoning Fight Over Gyms

    A Connecticut judge declined to sanction the Stamford Board of Representatives after a real estate company accused it of withholding and destroying documents relevant to their zoning fight, ruling that "the evidence of withheld discovery was equivocal at best."

  • May 30, 2025

    DHS Targets Sanctuary Cities In Noncompliance Notice

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has put hundreds of cities and counties in 35 states and the District of Columbia on notice for being what the department deems as unlawful safe havens for undocumented immigrants, advancing the Trump administration's April vow to target sanctuary cities.

  • May 30, 2025

    Shell Speculated About Conn. Environment Goals, Group Says

    Two Shell Oil Co. subsidiaries speculated about Connecticut's regulatory goals while using the draft of a new state permit to interpret a prior permit governing a New Haven petroleum terminal, relitigating theories a judge rejected in 2023, an environmental group has said in its challenge to the terminal's flood readiness plans.

  • May 30, 2025

    Sikorsky Aircraft Workers Can't Back Bias Claims, Court Told

    Two Black ex-employees should lose their federal racial discrimination lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. because one was fired for stealing time, and the other has shown "no evidence of any adverse employment action," the company said in seeking summary judgment Thursday.

  • May 29, 2025

    Real Estate CFO, Mogul's Daughter Dodge Two Trustee Claims

    The chief financial officer of bankrupt construction services company Gateway Development Group Inc. and the daughter of the company's chair have escaped a Chapter 7 trustee's claims that they helped the chair breach his fiduciary duties, with a judge ruling the claims aren't recognized under Connecticut law.

Expert Analysis

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

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    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration

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    The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Filial Consortium Claims' Future After Conn. High Court Ruling

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    While the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled for defendants in rejecting parents’ attempt to recover loss of companionship damages in a severe child injury case, there is still potential for the plaintiffs bar to lobby for a law that would allow filial consortium claims, Glenn Coffin at Gordon Rees.

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

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    Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.

  • Inside State AGs' Arguments Defending The CFPB

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    Recent amicus briefs filed by a coalition of 23 attorneys general argue that the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will irreparably harm consumers in several key areas, making clear that states are preparing to fill in any enforcement gaps, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw

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    The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

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