Lexis Nexis With The Best Marketing Promotion Ever?

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Alright “ever” is hyperbole. No need to flood my inbox with other great promotions. This is simply the best one that’s ever come across my desk but writing that makes for a poor blog post title. Like most firms, our firm gets a lot of unsolicited mailers. Most of the them go in the trash … Read more

ATTORNEY GENERAL URGES SENATE LEADERS TO REJECT “RIGHT TO CARRY” RECIPROCITY LEGISLATION

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I’m with Chris Murphy, how about Connecticut starts thinking about recognizing other State’s gun laws when they start recognizing our marriage laws? – RM HARTFORD – Attorney General George Jepsen is urging U.S. Senate leaders to oppose national “right-to-carry” reciprocity legislation that would require states to recognize the gun-permitting laws of other states, including the … Read more

Inspired By Meeting With WNEU 1L Students

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Last week, I had the privilege of attending a networking event with 1Ls at WNEU Law and I walked away feeling inspired. The topic of conversation that always comes up in speaking with 1Ls is what kind of law do they want to practice.  This very topic dominated the function.  I find this very interesting. … Read more

Malloy Investigating Cox Communications Response To Storm

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A few hours after writing a post calling for an investigation of Cox Communications, I received an email from David Bednarz, Deputy Press Secretary for Governor Dannel P. Malloy: I just saw the blog post that you wrote regarding Cox and wanted to assure you that the group Governor Malloy formed to review Tropical Storm … Read more

Malloy Should Expand Storm Probe To Include Cox Communications

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Restoring phone, internet, and television services are a lower priority than restoring power.  No one died because they couldn’t watch this year’s college football game of the century. This post isn’t about that.  It is about the response of a utility to a significant storm. Where I live, we have been without phone, television or … Read more

Facebook Messenger Very Useful For Personal Communication

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Companies like Apple and RIM have developed proprietary software that allows users of their devices to send messages (essentially text messages) to other users of their devices without incurring fees for text messaging. This works if everyone you know has either an iPhone or a Blackberry. I think closed messaging systems aren’t long for this … Read more

Hartford Marathon Review

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The Hartford Marathon is a great race.

I ran the Hartford Half Marathon in 2009 and 2010. This year it was time to step up to the marathon (my second marathon overall). The Hartford Marathon Foundation (HMF) puts on a fantastic race. I’ve run a number of their 5ks and the Amica Half Marathon.

Usually when I arrive at a Race Expo there is a long line where volunteers search for bibs. When I arrived at the XL center, I showed race staff my license, and they grabbed the next available bib, scanned it, and it was mine. This made check in faster than any other race that I’ve run. This is a small example of HMF’s commitment to detail.

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How Google Voice Helping Me Through The Power Outage

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I use Google Voice to run my cell phone’s voicemail. This has many advantages including visual voicemail, call screening, and the ability to access my voicemail from a computer or tablet. Right now, the area where I work and live has been devastated by an early winter storm. We are in the middle of what … Read more

If You Need To Contact Me

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Both my home and my office have been without power or phone since late Saturday afternoon. My voice mail system is also down. To make matters worse, my cell phone service is also out. However, I do have periodic access to wifi. Please email me at rmckeen at lttnlaw.com if you need to contact me. If you … Read more