by Christine Stuart Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is following through on his promise to end the year in the black by cutting nearly $79 million from the current budget. Malloy’s decision to use his rescissionary authority to keep his first budget in the black will have a “relatively small impact” on state services according to the governor … Read more
Blawgfather and lawyer extraordinaire, Dan Schwartz, has drawn a tough first round matchup in Sad City Hartford’s “Hot In Hartford” competition in WNPR’s John Dankosky. One of the country’s best law blogger v. the host of one of the very best local radio shows in the country? Hartford is pretty darn awesome. As much as … Read more
On December 18, 2008 I wrote “Tweet! Judicial Branch Website! Tweet! . In that post, I argued: The judicial branch can inform attorneys and the public of programs, changes in forms, updates in procedures, decisions, court closings and a variety of other information by creating a twitter feed. Today, my dream has been realized. The Connecticut Judicial … Read more
According to a June 2010 RBA Civil Caseflow Processing Program Report Card the average disposition time of a civil case is between 21 and 23 months. Disposition time is measured between the filing date and the disposition date of a case.
I originally wrote this post on October 17, 2008. I appeared before Judge Satter a number of times over the past few years. He was fair and just. In light of Judge Sattter’s death yesterday, I think this is worth re-posting. It is but a small window into the career of Judge Satter. __________ A … Read more
Rick Santorum’s Google “problem” has been well documented. Senator Richard Blumenthal also has a Google “problem” (albeit a very different problem than Mr. Santorum).
Below my search results for “ct attorney general” taken on Monday, January 16, 2012…..
by Hugh McQuaid With a new Democratic governor, 2011 seemed like the year the legislature would repeal Connecticut’s death penalty, until the sole survivor of a triple homicide appealed to lawmakers to wait. On Thursday a state senator said the wait may be over. Sen. Edward Meyer, D-Guilford, said he will be sponsoring a prospective … Read more
Just read that Judge Robert Satter has died. This is very sad news.
In 2012, the Legislature will confront all sorts of big problems facing the State. This is Connecticut’s smallest “problem”. The good news is that fixing it is easy. I write this post almost every year. In 2011, at least two bills were introduced in the General Assembly to change “Martin Luther King Day” to “Martin … Read more
by Christine Stuart Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will be proposing sweeping changes to Connecticut’s religious-based “blue laws” that regulate the sale of alcohol, according to several sources who have been briefed on the proposal. Malloy is expected to announce on Saturday that he wants to allow package stores to sell alcohol on Sundays and will … Read more