Connecticut Public Act 08-167 requires that anyone who collects social security numbers in the course of their businesses to publish a privacy protection policy that ensures the confidentiality of social security numbers, prohibits their unlawful disclosure and limits access to them.
Residents in nursing homes may often change rooms for a number of reasons including roommate disputes. Now they’ll have a few less things to worry about. On October 1, 2008, PA 08-115 went into effect which prohibits telephone and cable operators from charging an installation fee when a resident changes rooms within a facility. The problem … Read more
Connecticut has laws about everything and as of yesterday we have more laws about more things. I’ve taken great pleasure in writing about “interesting” Connecticut laws in this blog. Fortunately, there is no shortage of material. I’m pleased to write that this past legislative session generated more laws. Earth shattering news, I know. It seems that monogramming dentures was a … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for laws in Connecticut. Every year, plenty of new laws go into effect on October 1st. I like to think of it as Christmas for lawyers. Today, laws big and small went into effect. Unfortunately, there is no law requiring Red Sox playoff games to start before … Read more
Sometimes modern technology sucks. – Johnny Drama I’ve had numerous problems with this site over the past week or so. In that time, I’ve spent more time on the technical aspects of this site than I have writing. Through it all, I’ve had a reliable, knowledgeable, webmaster keeping this site alive and making improvements along the … Read more
Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 3-110e simply reads as follows: Nathan Hale shall be the state hero. I’ve always thought that if Hale had been a better spy, he never would have had to give his “one life” for this country (that’s another blog entry for another day). I don’t have the time to write about Newman’s contributions to Connecticut and society in general … Read more
I’ve been playing with themes and widgets for the past few hours. From what I understand, Word Press stopped supporting my old theme. Can’t say that I’m thrilled about that. What I’ve done is some house keeping. I’ve tried to keep things similar to the old site while at the same time making it a … Read more
Yesterday, John McCain suspended his campaign and asked Barack Obama to postpone the first Presidential debate. This had me thinking, if John McCain were a Connecticut resident, what could he decline to do? For starters: jury duty. In Connecticut, a person 70 years or older can choose not to serve on a jury if called. … Read more
In a recent blog post about debt collectors preying on senior citizens, one method of collecting debts was revealed. This method involves finding someone with a similar name and going after them for the amount owed. Oftentimes, the person being contacted is not the person who owes money to the collection agency; however, sometimes people … Read more
Last week, Alex Rodriguez reached a divorce settlement with Cynthia Rodriguez. Now, I have no personal insight into this but it wouldn’t shock me if Arod pushed his lawyers to get the settlement finalized in September. After all, he always comes up short in October. _________________________________ Note: I hope to have the site restored today. … Read more