It’s the first Friday of lent – so here at A Connecticut Law Blog, we’re (read me) going to (re) tackle Connecticut’s blue laws.
As our legislature is considering allowing liquor sales on Sunday they may also want to consider the following insanity:
….any statement, picture or illustration referring to Easter, Holy Week, Mother’s Day or “Santa [...]
Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at taming the state’s budget deficit, now estimated at more than $1 billion. ConnPolitics.Tv
You can find the bill here.
Read OLR’s analysis here.
I guess the big news is that the legislature will expand the bottle law to include non-carbonated beverages. Don’t they know that all the cool kids have [...]
This is a law blog, so it’s reasonable to ask why I’m writing about layoffs of the Hartford Courant.
The Hartford Courant Alumni blog covers the carnage.
The reason is that our state needs professional journalists. We need them to investigate, to expose, to inform, and to challenge us.
The blogosphere can’t replace professional journalism – it can only [...]
Credit-card companies continue to raise customer interest rates and fees despite a record-low target rate from the Federal Reserve and billions of dollars in bailout money that has been pumped in to the financial companies. Fox Business News.
Rates are rising all over the place even for customers with good credit.
Reading about rates increasing over 300%.
These [...]
The firm names may be different but on Above The Law the story is the same.
First a firm announces a salary freeze, or reduces bonuses, or lays off staff. It’s like a bad a la carte appetizer.
The firm issues a statement about tough economic times, how the firm is strong, and nothing more is planned.
Then another shoe [...]
Link.
Article says layoffs across all firm offices. No associate layoffs.
According to its website, Day Pitney has Connecticut offices in Hartford, West Hartford, Greenwich, New Haven and Stamford.
Memo from co-chair of exective committee states that affected staff will be provided severance packages.
A sad day for all those impacted to be sure.
Based on Above The Law’s daily onslaught of legal [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Much is being made of the horrible chimpanzee attack in Stamford this week.
This morning the Hartford Courant has an article about the chimp and prior safety concerns. Link.
The article states that Travis the chimpanzee was “never had anything but love,” “was treated like a member of the family” and was fed “steak, shrimp and ice cream.”
In the inevitable [...]
by Ryan C. McKeen
Foreclosures in Connecticut are on the rise and have been for sometime. I haven’t seen updated numbers from the Judicial Branch (which would be useful) but I don’t live under a rock either.
I’m not that interested in the overall numbers because I know they’re bad.
What I want to know is the length time between [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Today is a classic mid to late February day. It’s what it should be for this time of year.
It’s cold outside, sunny, and a little windy. Unlike a “classic” January day, the sun is radiant.
If you park your car outside, you’ll get in it, and it will feel a little warm. A sign of [...]
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