by Ryan McKeen I give the State credit for not prosecuting the owner of the chimpanzee, Sandra Herold. It speaks well for our system of criminal justice in Connecticut. At its core, the State had a weak criminal case against Ms. Herold. She legally owned a pet and the State’s investigation concluded there was no … Read more
Proceeds Benefit Young Lawyers Section Soup Kitchen Project by Tom Ciuba This holiday season, the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) offers attorneys throughout the state a chance to help the less fortunate. The CBA has published From Court to Cuisine, a charity cookbook to benefit the Young Lawyers Section (YLS) Soup Kitchen Project. Edited by Livia … Read more
by Ryan McKeen Scrolling through Facebook, I came across several posts the gist of which were: “If Tiger cheated, I wouldn’t call it domestic violence…I would call it deserving!!” There were a number of people who liked these posts and many who posted things like “OH YES” and “AMEN”. Let’s assume for the purpose of … Read more
by Ryan C. McKeen Turkeys aren’t just in our statutes. We’re a state so rich in law that we’ve had a 24 day trial about turkey preparation that resulted in an appeal to the Supreme Court. State of Connecticut v. John R. Gerich. 138 Conn. 292, (1951). (I love Google Scholar). In State v. Gerich, … Read more
by Ryan C. McKeen In Connecticut, Turkeys are game birds. Profound, I know. Why does this matter? Because no person can take or destroy any nest or egg of a game bird. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 26-92. So the next time you’re out for a hike and stumble on some turkey eggs or a turkey … Read more
by Ryan C. McKeen Connecticut has no official celebration of turkey laws. Blawg “experts” often write self serving posts on how a lawyer looking to start a “blawg” should find a niche and perform a google search to see who if any other blawgers occupy that niche. Blah, blah, blah…. I looked around and didn’t … Read more
by Ryan McKeen According to Judge Abrams, the answer is that all owners of jointly owned property must join together to commence an eviction action. Greene v. Cabarrus, DN: NHSP-08-098865 (Abrams, J.) Judge Abrams’ ruling is consistent with Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 47a-23 which requires “the owner” to serve a notice to quit. In applying … Read more
Google scholar enters the legal search engine market. Google looks to take on Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and Lexis. Watch out world.
by Ryan McKeen Blogging has been slow around here for the past month. In large part because I have been very busy. Clients and cases come before posts. The other reason is that I’ve been busy playing VP of technology for my firm. Up until a few weeks ago, we had many different email accounts … Read more
by Ryan C. McKeen Somehow I became my firm’s tech guy. My firm existed long before the internet. For years, our webpage looked like it was designed before the internet. In fact, one of the reasons I started this blog was because the firm’s site was so bad. Thankfully it no longer exists. The present … Read more