A Connecticut federal court recently held, in Bechtel v. Competitive Techs., Inc., that a Connecticut technology company must reinstate two whistleblowers while it appealed a decision of the Secretary of Labor under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The Connecticut Brownfields Redevelopment Authority has several programs to help developers and municipalities overcome barriers to Brownfields development. This article features two of these programs, those for Brownfields Assessment Grants and Grants for Brownfields Redevelopment.

Effective July 1, 2004, new requirements relating to citations issued by the Department of Public Health against nursing homes took effect. These new requirements, which are set forth in P.A. 04-258, §39, could affect the ability of a nursing home owner or licensee to acquire additional nursing facilities.

The Connecticut Brownfields Redevelopment Authority has several programs to help developers and municipalities overcome barriers to Brownfields development. This article features two of these programs, those for Brownfields Assessment Grants and Grants for Brownfields Redevelopment.

On February 10, 2026, the Connecticut Supreme Court decided Del Rio v. Amazon.com Services, Inc...

As AI changes drug discovery and patent filing, governance frameworks are being constructed around technology that is not waiting for them...

The long-anticipated Medicare therapy "caps" are now in place for calendar year 2006. Exceptions to the caps will be available for services that HHS determines to be medically necessary, which may largely diminish the impact of the caps for 2006.

Poster presentations at scientific meetings are now viewed as "printed publications" that may be used as prior art references to prevent patenting the information contained in the presentation. On August 18, 2004, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) upheld the USPTO's rejection of a patent application because the claimed invention was made publicly accessible in the poster presentation more than one year prior to the filing date.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has indicted six individuals and two companies in a $76 million fraud case involving Silver Birch, marking a significant shift in white-collar crime enforcement as federal authorities appear to be stepping back from such prosecutions. This case raises critical questions about whether state prosecutors will fill the enforcement gap left by the Department of Justice's changing priorities under the current administration.

Connecticut has enacted sweeping changes to workplace electronic monitoring requirements, mandating that employers provide detailed location-specific notices about surveillance activities and inform new hires about prohibited conduct that may be monitored. The new law, effective October 2026, significantly expands existing notice obligations while introducing carve-outs for security purposes and investigations of suspected misconduct.

On March 31, 2026, the Connecticut Appellate Court handed down its decision in Farias v. Rodriguez, a case with practical significance for Connecticut employers in the hospitality industry.

A Connecticut federal court recently held, in Bechtel v. Competitive Techs., Inc., that a Connecticut technology company must reinstate two whistleblowers while it appealed a decision of the Secretary of Labor under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

New York's Electronic Wills Act, signed into law in December 2025 and effective December 2027, will permit digital signatures and remote witnessing for wills.

The "fair use doctrine," articulated in 17 U.S.C. § 107, embodies the idea that persons should be free to use portions of copyrighted works for the purposes of comment, criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research and other "transformative" uses. In other words, although a person engages in conduct that involves verbatim copying of a copyrighted work, the person is exempt or immune from a charge of copyright infringement because of the socially important nature of the use.

In Pitts v. Mississippi (No 24-1149), the Nine summarily reversed a Mississippi Supreme Court decision that effectively ignored the Court's decisions in Coy v. Iowa (1988) and Maryland v. Craig (1990)...

The Connecticut Appellate Court's decision in Hanke v. Electric Boat Corp. clarifies a critical distinction in disability discrimination law: applying for disability benefits does not constitute requesting a leave of absence as a reasonable accommodation. This case examines whether an employer violated CFEPA when it terminated an employee who received long-term disability benefits but never formally requested a medical leave or provided a return-to-work date.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a new electronic database as part of its effort to make the patent examination process fully transparent to the public. The new database, known as the Public PAIR (Patent Application and Information Retrieval) system, allows anyone with Internet access to track the status of a public patent application as it moves from publication to final disposition.

Many of our clients want to facilitate their child's purchase of a home. In doing so, there are several options to consider

As visual displays move beyond the flat screen into projected interfaces, holograms, and virtual and augmented reality environments, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has moved with it

On December 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition to review, and therefore, let stand the April 2025 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)...