It’s Valentine’s Day. Otherwise known as the day pitchers and catchers report. It’s a day worthy of fireworks. Aside from the 4th of July, I can’t think of a more appropriate occasion to have a fireworks display. Spring lurks in the distance. In Connecticut, fireworks displays by the Rock Cats have an interesting legal history. … Read more
Last night, I attended an alumni mentorship meeting at Western New England College School of Law. An event that I last attended 8 years ago when I was a 1L. The event began with some mingling. Then we sat at tables and did “speed networked”. Every 10 minutes a group of 1Ls would sit at … Read more
Sunday night while watching the Superbowl, I fired off a few tweets about Groupon’s ad mocking ethnic cleansing in Tibet. Frankly, I’m a little more colorful on twitter than I am on this site and I’m not sure why. Here are the tweets that I fired off: Hey @groupon, you suck. I don’t care what … Read more
CT political writers and junkies are all abuzz about license plate numbers. What gets lost in all the coverage and political back and forth is this “scandal” du jour is a problem. In a mile radius of the State Capitol we have: 1. People who are concerned about giving low license plate numbers to their … Read more
The movie “Groundhog Day” starring Bill Murray has been cited in a Connecticut case. Judge Jon Blue dropped the hammer on an attorney in the case of Baden v. Dorflinger, 2004 WL 3130536. Judge Blue was so frustrated with an attorney that his opinion began with: “The motion for summary judgment now before the court … Read more
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I’m sick of shoveling. Facebook tells me everyone else is sick of winter too. With plenty of time to both shovel and commute I often find myself daydreaming about practicing law in a warmer jurisdiction. Then I wonder whether studying for the bar exam is worse than shoveling. This is a close one. I swore … Read more
This is a must read article from the CT Post’s MariAn Gail Brown about cord blood banking in Connecticut. Sen. Len Fasano, R-North Haven, an attorney, is introducing a bill to establish a public cord blood bank in Connecticut. State lawmakers should throw their support behind it because it promises to help so many people with … Read more
Last night I was driving my daughter home from daycare. We were heading north on 91. It was rush hour and traffic was backed up. I saw the sign for the HOV land and it read for “2 or more persons” and I wondered if my infant daughter “counted” as a person for purposes of … Read more
In 2011, the Legislature will confront all sorts of big problems facing the State. This is perhaps the State’s smallest problem but fixing it is easy. I write this post almost every year and no one listens to me. So I’ll take another bite at the apple here. Connecticut General Statute Section 1-4 designates the first … Read more