Recognizing the impact that Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigations have on the education system as a whole, today the Connecticut DCF

Recent developments at the federal and state levels highlight the increased focus on addressing the needs of students with specific learning disabilities, including dyslexia.

The year is 2015. An employee, employer, and local union enter into a last chance agreement that forbids the employee's use of controlled substances. If the employee violates the agreement,...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022 ("CAA"), signed into law by President Biden earlier this month, allows high deductible health plans (HDHPs) to provide first-dollar coverage for telehealth...

Employers in the healthcare field and in other fields may face additional employment issues following the issuance of the Dobbs opinion. For example, during the COVID pandemic...

On January 3, 2023, the FDA amended its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies program for mifepristone to allow pharmacies to carry the prescription abortion...

On June 5, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7XX, which suspends the involuntary discharge of residents from nursing homes and residential care homes,...

In another ruling premised on state constitutional protections, Indiana state judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction today, September 22, 2022...

On January 13, 2023, Illinois enacted Public Act 102-1117 (H.B. 4664), increasing protections for individuals, both health care providers and patients, who receive abortion care or gender-affirming care in that State.

On May 31, 2023, in a suit brought by a number of abortion providers and advocates, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that two laws restricting the right to abortion...

On July 2, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced an important rule change impacting foreign-domiciled companies and individuals.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released guidelines to help trademark applicants and owners during the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

On January 1, 2020, the nation's strictest data privacy law came into effect. Known as the CCPA for short, the California Consumer Privacy Act imposes sweeping data privacy requirements on...

On May 27, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued an emergency order creating a temporary nurse aide position to permit trained, but unlicensed, providers to perform limited...

In its 2022 regular session, the General Assembly made a number of changes to the statutes that affect public education in Connecticut.

On June 14, 2022, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former Harvard University student, Damilare Sonoiki, will be allowed to proceed with his claim that Harvard University...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a category of several thousand human-made chemicals, have been used for decades in consumer and industrial applications.

Manufacturers have long counted themselves lucky in terms of data privacy laws, generally not being subject to sector-specific privacy laws such as HIPAA in health care, FERPA in education, or GLBA in finance.

On January 3, 2023, the Dobbs Resource Center featured a news update that the FDA issued guidance that allows retail pharmacies to carry and mail the prescription...

Given the widespread media coverage of the COVID-19 public health emergency, on May 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights ("OCR")