Law360: Connecticut /connecticut?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Connecticut Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ. en-US Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:26:30 +0000 Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer /connecticut/articles/2339955?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2339955 Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:26:16 +0000 2nd Circ. Axes Conviction Over False Text-To-Vote Memes /connecticut/articles/2362753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362753 The Second Circuit on Wednesday overturned the conspiracy conviction of a onetime Twitter influencer who worked to convince Democrats in November 2016 they could cast votes for president by text message, saying there was scant proof he coordinated with others. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:38:07 +0000 2nd Circ. Backs Convictions For $150M 'Psychic' Fraud /connecticut/articles/2362744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362744 The Second Circuit upheld Wednesday a Canadian man's 10-year prison sentence and fraud convictions stemming from a decades-long $150 million direct mailing psychic scheme that defrauded elderly victims, ruling there was sufficient evidence he intended to harm his customers who received something different from what was advertised.  Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:19:28 +0000 Former Josh Wine Exec Sues Over Soured Buyout Deal /connecticut/articles/2362870?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362870 The former president of the wine and spirits company that owns multibillion-dollar brand Josh Cellars has filed suit in New York state court, claiming the family-run enterprise has withheld millions in royalty payments that he was due after his employment contract expired, exposing "the dark underbelly of the adage that blood is thicker than water." Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:49:38 +0000 Ballpark Builder Wants Engineer Forced To Ink Settlement /connecticut/articles/2362838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362838 The original builder of a hotly litigated Hartford minor league baseball stadium has asked a Connecticut state court judge to force an engineering consultant's compliance with a confidential settlement agreement it has allegedly failed to sign despite sitting at the table with a number of other entities and lodging no objection to the terms. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:40:29 +0000 2nd Circ. Pressed For Second Look At Novel Trading Dispute /connecticut/articles/2362831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362831 An Estée Lauder shareholder is calling for the full bench of the Second Circuit to rehear a case he argues created a "judicially sanctioned loophole" that allows corporate insiders to retain profits they made on short-swing profits. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:23:35 +0000 OFAC Fines Tech Co. $1.4M Over Iran Sanctions Violations /connecticut/articles/2362833?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362833 Harman International Industries Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to settle allegations from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's trade sanctions enforcement arm that various compliance deficiencies at the audio electronics company contributed to Iran sanctions violations. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:00:25 +0000 Water Co. Can't Charge Customers $42M, Conn. Justices Say /connecticut/articles/2362729?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362729 State regulators lawfully rejected Eversource subsidiary Aquarion Water Co. of Connecticut's 2022 request to increase rates by $42 million to pay for plant additions, but they wrongly scuttled the utility's $1.5 million bid to recover conservation expenses, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:13:42 +0000 Sandoz, Buyers Defend $275M Deal Amid State Objections /connecticut/articles/2362662?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362662 Counsel for consumers, insurers and others urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to approve Sandoz and its subsidiaries' $275 million deal settling claims it conspired with other companies to fix some generic drug prices, with Sandoz separately calling states' objections "a paternalistic desire to control private class action settlements." Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:02:10 +0000 3M PFAS Suit Belongs In State Court, Conn. Tells 2nd Circ. /connecticut/articles/2362697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362697 Connecticut is urging the Second Circuit to reject 3M Co.'s effort to move a state court lawsuit accusing the company of polluting the environment with forever chemicals contained in its consumer products to federal court. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:28:43 +0000 FDA Gets Early Win In Blue States' Abortion Pill Suit /connecticut/articles/2362644?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362644 A Washington federal judge has granted an early win to the federal government in a lawsuit from 17 Democratic attorneys general challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's restrictions on access to the abortion drug mifepristone, finding the agency has properly reviewed the drug when issuing regulations. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:59:35 +0000 2nd Circ. Upholds Bookkeeper's Conviction In $7M IRS Fraud /connecticut/articles/2362675?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362675 The Second Circuit has affirmed the conviction of a moving company's top bookkeeper for his role in a scheme that paid movers off the books and bilked the IRS of $7.7 million in taxes, defending a lower court's decisions to allow testimony from a cooperating witness and other evidence. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:01:31 +0000 Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care /connecticut/articles/2351994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2351994 Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:03:30 +0000 Conn. AG Hits Ticket Marketplace With 1st Data Privacy Fine /connecticut/articles/2362145?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362145 An online ticket marketplace has become the first to be handed a monetary penalty under Connecticut's comprehensive data privacy law, with the state's attorney general announcing a settlement Tuesday that will require the company to pay $85,000 and maintain consumer rights request metrics to resolve claims that it failed to fix several alleged privacy notice deficiencies. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:07:10 +0000 Puerto Rico Bond Suit Doesn't Belong In Conn., Insurers Say /connecticut/articles/2362313?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362313 The insurers of billions in bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. say a Connecticut federal judge can't hear a proposed class action accusing them of failing to pay bondholders the full value of their investments after a 2016 bankruptcy default. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:25:13 +0000 States Back Enviro Orgs. Bid To Block EPA's Halt Of $3B Grant /connecticut/articles/2362023?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362023 A group of Democratic attorneys general on Monday told a D.C. federal district court that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to terminate environmental justice grants deprives vulnerable communities of funding "necessary to achieve a healthy environment." Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:00:37 +0000 Metal Trader Eyes Jurisdiction Fight In $3.7M Int'l Trade Feud /connecticut/articles/2362296?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362296 A Taiwanese company that says a Connecticut metals trading firm owing it $3.7 million for magnesium shipments has signaled its intent to press a claim under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in Connecticut federal court, despite a subject matter jurisdiction challenge. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:14:33 +0000 Birthright Opinions Reveal Views On Rule 23(b)(2) Relief /connecticut/articles/2361625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2361625 The justices' multiple opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, shed light on whether Rule 23(b)(2) could fill the void created by the court's decision to restrict nationwide injunctions, says Benjamin Johns at Shub Johns. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:51:31 +0000 Conn. Atty Convicted In Shooting Denied Bond, For Now /connecticut/articles/2362179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2362179 The Connecticut Appellate Court will not immediately allow former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. to be released on bond while he challenges his March manslaughter conviction for shooting an attacker in his law firm's parking lot, but it will review a lower court's decision to keep him jailed. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:54:20 +0000 ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato' /connecticut/articles/2360192?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /connecticut/articles/2360192 The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.