Special Issues

Litigation Department Of The Year Awards

Bill Davis is being honored in conjunction with the Connecticut Law Tribune?s inaugural Litigation Department of the Year Awards. Click here to read the article on Davis and those on the dozen other winners.

Intellectual Property, Patent and Trademark

Medical diagnostics; monitoring illegal downloads; 3-D technology; ways to express opposition to trademark

Land Use & Environmental Law

Flood insurance rate maps; environmental "sandbagging";FTC primer on VOC claims; new urbanism; zoning diligence; zoning interpretation; addressing indoor air contamination

Employment and Immigration Law

Out-of-state employees can be sanctioned for misuse of Connecticut computers; U.S. Supreme Court to issue key decision in university case; NLRB redefines its role as organized labor force declines; Employer inflexibility frowned upon in enforcement of ADA; Employer inflexibility frowned upon in enforcement of ADA, and more.

Elder Law and Estate Planning

A look at the legal practice regarding the issues that are affecting the growing aging population.

Forecast 2013

Welcome to the Law Tribune's annual Forecast issue. Here, we ask more than a dozen experts to look ahead, and offer insight into legal issues, cases and trends that are likely to find their way into our reporting over the next 12 months.

Dozen Who Made A Difference

Introducing some attorneys who have been involved with some of the big stories or big issues of 2012 - the Connecticut Law Tribune's 2012 Dozen Who Made A Difference.

Product Liability and Toxic Tort

Defendants must designate knowledgeable officers to answer questions; state statute, common law weigh heavy in two key Conn. cases; justices to decide if lawsuits targeting overseas actions can be filed in federal court

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation

Sandy, Irene and the standard flood insurance policy; faulty workmanship: courts becoming less likely to draw distinction between 'product' and 'process'; insuring businesses against catastrophic losses; breach of contract

Medical Malpractice

Unsanitary conditions, and the truth behind labeling generic drugs; courts should exercise discretion in judging quality, relevance of policies, understanding how electronic medical records differ from the 'chart'