After being convicted in 2002 of a murder committed in 1975 in upscale Greenwich, Conn., when he was a teenager, Michael Skakel has already served six years in state prison.
When his co-workers tired of hearing his views about issues related to his job and the law in general, an anonymous public defender in Connecticut found an alternative.
A Connecticut substitute teacher’s years-long saga, in which she faced 40 years of prison time for a felony pornography conviction that was overturned, ended rather quietly last week.
The co-chair of the Connecticut legislature’s judiciary committee is seeking a full review of claims that a judge arrested on drunken driving charges hurled racial epithets and used her judicial…
Facing potential discipline for allegedly violating attorney ethics rules, a Connecticut lawyer has apologized to a hearing panel for posing as a parking lot attendant to make an anonymous complaint…
Solo practitioners who pump up their practices by using the word “associates” in their firm names may be running afoul of ethics rules, at least in Connecticut.
An 8-year-old boy aiming a 9 mm Micro Uzi at a pumpkin on a Connecticut firing range Sunday accidentally shot himself instead as the submachine gun recoiled and he apparently…
A Connecticut attorney accused of accepting a secret $12,000 contribution to a “charity” from a client and then using the money himself has been found guilty of witness tampering and…
Citigroup has given up its bid for Wachovia, but it hasn’t abandoned a state court lawsuit over what it contends is a violation of an exclusivity agreement it had with…
Probate courts in Connecticut, funded by a percentage of the estates they distribute, are spending more than they take in, eating up dwindling reserves.
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