... after 8:00 in the evening. At that time Dufour was driving a Honda. Balsamo was driving a 2002 Mercedes. Balsamo was hospitalized as a result of this accident. Read Articles: Motor Vehicle Homicide Charges Filed In Massachusetts Against Connecticut Woman Motor Vehicle Homicide OUI Being Prosecuted In Massachusetts Superior Court Motor Vehicle Homicide in Massachusetts can be charged either as a felony or a misdemeanor. In this case it was charged as a felony. The defendant faces a maximum state ...
July 3, 2009 06:08 am

Whither The Heeding Presumption?

(Drug and Device Law)
... "common sense" to us. We don't read every warning that we encounter - and we're defense lawyers. Like Riley, we don't think anybody else does either. Next, the dissent raises the perceived difficulties ... Therefore, we decline to create one as well. Id. DeJesus, in contrast, was more of a statutory case, involving causation language in the Connecticut product liability statute. The statute, however, was silent about what "proving' causation entailed. The court held that it did not entail a heeding ...
July 2, 2009 05:18 am

New York Criminal Law News July 2, 2009

(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)
... EDITIONS, BUSINESS; Pg. A41, 618 words, MINDING YOUR BUSINESS: Web site makes it easy for you to say, 'I'm sorry', JAMES BERNSTEIN ... LAWYERS (71%); ORGANIZED CRIME (71%); JURY TRIALS ( ... ... HOUSE ARREST (70%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (69%); ... NEW YORK, USA (93 ... Madoff funds; Money paid in exchange for giving up apartment, BY ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO ... LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (76%); CRIMINAL OFFENSES (72%); CITIES (70%); LAW COURTS & TRIBUNALS (70%); ... NEW YORK, USA (92%); CONNECTICUT, ...
July 2, 2009 02:20 am

CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE STREET LEVEL

(Bulletins from Aloha)
... attention because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was almost brand new. Forty years (40) later, The City of New Haven, Connecticut decided their employment test also improperly discriminated against minorities and did the same laudatory thing Wonderlic did -- they ... even surly. The Summary Judgment door to nowhere flies in tandem with the Judge trap door. The employer's large law firm lawyer belongs to the U.S. District Court Historical Society and has drinks and dinner with Ronald Reagan's Judge on ...
July 1, 2009 08:11 am
... on the controversial Ricci v. DeStefano case. The case, which was brought by a group of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut claiming that they had been denied promotions when the city of New Haven threw out the promotion exam. The ... the Court would uphold Sotamayor's ruling, or overturn it. The effects of the case are yet to be seen in the court of law. It is up to future lawyers and judges to see just how this case will affect the ways in which the Ricci case will play out and impact ...
June 30, 2009 02:50 pm
Perhaps no decision has been more eagerly anticipated this year by employment lawyers than the Supreme Court's opinion in Ricci v. DeStefano. If you are unfamiliar ... of Law forum) did on Forbes.com: It's a question HR managers and company lawyers are used to facing every day. Would you rather field the legal claims that ... : Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS Blog: Analysis: Ricci, without the rhetoric. Dan Schwartz's Connecticut Employment Law Blog: Five Things Employers Can Learn from the Ricci v. DeStefano ...
June 30, 2009 02:41 am
... case out of little Connecticut, the Ricci v. DeStefano case today sure has drawn big interest. Seems like everyone has an opinion on the matter. There ... private employers; still waiting to see the impact. For the mainstream local media approach, the Connecticut Law Tribune has two pieces here and here (I'm quoted ... upending the Ricci decision. Michael Fox, at the always reliable, Jottings by an Employer's Lawyer, also highlights a little-discussed topic that I have also been thinking about today ...
June 29, 2009 06:23 pm

New Haven Firefighters Win

(Maryland Lawyer Blog)
The Supreme Court ruled in a 504 decision today that white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a lower court decision in which Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ... to the court, because black and only two Latinos were likely to be promoted, based on the results. New Haven went with the "blame it on the lawyers" defense, saying that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities. My opinion? I really don't have one. I have not ...
June 29, 2009 10:15 am
... ), Baker Motley was galvanized to take action against racism early in life. (IntLawGrrls posts here.) Born in New Haven, Connecticut, to immigrants from the Caribbean island of Nevis, Constance Baker was denied access to local public recreation areas as a teenager. She set ... Life and Work," will take place on Quinnipiac's campus. Scheduled panelists include leading civil rights scholars, lawyers, judges, historians, and journalists such as Lani Guinier, Elaine Jones, Drew S. Days, James B. Farmer, ...
June 27, 2009 01:52 pm
... and/or other noticeable stress in steering, or accelerated abnormal tire wear. Ultimately, this kind of condition can lead to "wheel separation, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash," according to Kia. The states affected by the recall include Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Kia ...
June 25, 2009 02:43 pm
by Ryan McKeen Yesterday, I had a conversation with a lawyer who informed me that New York does not have no fault divorce. Instead, the parties must prove fault. I was shocked to learn this. In Connecticut, divorce is the only area of practice that I can think of where the ultimate outcome is never in question. If a party wants to get divorced they have to file for divorce and that's pretty much it. ...
June 24, 2009 05:28 am

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights June 24, 2009

(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)
... Away Right to Discuss Divorce, Conn. Supreme Court Rules The Connecticut Law Tribune Establishing a new point of Connecticut case law, the state Supreme Court has concluded ... law and resolve a nearly even circuit split. N.Y. Attorney General Plans to Sue Lawyer for Fraud Over Pensions New York Law Journal A ... 's Deacons, expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region by more than 500 lawyers. Approved by votes at both partnerships on Monday, the tie-up will be the largest to date in the region. ...
June 24, 2009 01:05 am
... terrifying as the crew member blocked the doors and forced her into performing oral sex on him. A Miami, Florida lawyer, Charles Lipcon, said that travelers on these ships think that they are in a special cocoon that nothing bad can happen to them. ... . Many of these cruise line crimes have made headline news over the past few years. One such story was of the Connecticut newlywed who had went missing in 2005 during her honeymoon cruise on board a Royal Caribbean cruise. Although cruise companies ...
June 23, 2009 03:51 pm
... idea they are in a special cocoon where nothing bad can happen," says Charles Lipcon, a leading maritime lawyer in Miami, Florida, who is representing the alleged victim from the Coral Princess and has handled more than a hundred cruise assault ... International Association, a trade organization representing the industry. Cruise crimes have made headlines in recent years, like the Connecticut newlywed who vanished from his Royal Caribbean honeymoon cruise in 2005. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard ...
June 22, 2009 04:03 pm
... -tier performance-based associate compensation and advancement program that Howrey unveiled last year, is a first of it's kind entry level lawyer training and initiation program specifically designed to accelerate the development of associate competencies. Participants in Howrey's Tier 1 ... Visitors. Online Surveys & Market Research Earlier: Salary Cut Watch: Drinker Biddle Cuts Salaries AND Rates Sponsored Topics: United States - Business - Education - Colleges and Universities - Connecticut
June 22, 2009 01:26 pm
... about his politics but the clip is shorter than most so I selected it. _______________ Connecticut [www.youtube.com] Listen to the homeowner Susette Kelo describe how corporate America using the power of ... American judicial system. Yes if I need to say it I'm proud to be an American trial lawyer. You keep driving to work in cars that my client's hands made, ... shake? And when your kids play soccer they can thank the trial lawyers like me that sued and caused soccer goal manufacturers to redesign and ...
June 22, 2009 07:01 am
... , whether and how to treat patients - could well have constitutional ramifications, write David Rifkin and Lee Casey, a couple of lawyers in the Bush I administration now both at Baker & Hostetler, in an opinion piece in Monday's WSJ. According to the authors, the same "right to privacy" arguments used - and upheld - in Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, could be used to challenge individual decisions made by government concerning ...
June 22, 2009 06:26 am

Video tape evidence in Massachusetts DUI cases

(Massachusetts DUI Attorney Blog)
... to lead to a not guilty verdict on a Massachusetts DUI charge. Many police departments are video-taping the booking process and some departments even have cruiser cameras and or a camera in the back of the police car. In a recent case from Connecticut, a councilwoman evidently did not realize that the booking was being recorded as she told the officers that she has control over their salaries after being charged with DUI. Video tape evidence is important because it can undermine the officer's ...
June 19, 2009 05:06 pm

Recent GAO Report on Sovereign Wealth Funds

(The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog)
... investments led the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to raise concerns in 2008 over national security and the possible impact on the economy of large influxes of foreign governmental investment. Accordingly, Senators Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Richard Shelby of Alabama, the senior Democrat and Republican members on the Senate Banking Committee, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to address a variety of concerns and issues. The most recent report, the ...
June 19, 2009 06:18 am
... here.) Each of the blogs has done a good job wrapping up the case, including the Jottings from an Employer's Lawyer, LawMemo, The Laconic Law Blog. What's the case about technically? The Washington Employment Law Update sums it up: In a ... Ledbetter decision before it, we're likely to see some "corrective" legislation by Congress that builds this back into it. Employers in Connecticut also have to be concerned about claims of age discrimination brought under state law; those claims are going to be ...
June 18, 2009 09:10 pm
 
 

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