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Employee’s Use of State E-mail Raises Question of Ethics…And a Lot More

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Human Resources (HR) Compliance

Over the weekend, Jon Lender of the Hartford Courant reported on the "complicated" ethics case of former UConn Health Center medical technologist Priscilla Dickman.  At issue: Whether state ethics laws were violated by "using state equipment, resources and time in furtherance of her private jewelry and travel consulting businesses." A public hearing over the "ethics" side… Continue Reading

Quick Takes: Reprimanded Lawyer, Ethics Case, EFCA, ADEA & the Second Circuit, ERISA Standard of Review

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

The slow season of employment law news continues, which makes this a perfect time to roll-out the occasional Quick Takes post to discuss interesting nuggets and updates to recent posts. The Statewide Grievance Committee, on the day before Christmas, issued a formal reprimand to Maureen Duggan for "fraud and conduct prejudicial to the administration of… Continue Reading

What Ever Happened To…That Ethics Case with the Anonymous Letter?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

It has been several months since my last update on the matters involving former state Ethics Chief Alan Plofsky and the strange case of the lawyer who penned an anonymous letter complaining of Mr. Plofsky. (For background on the matters, you can find my prior posts here.) The developments have been slow to occur, but… Continue Reading

Whatever Happened to….That Lawyer Who Penned an Anonymous Letter?

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

As I’ve mentioned before, sometimes cases hit the headlines for a day only to disappear into oblivion. But thanks to some followup reporting, there’s one story that we can give an update on. Readers may recall a post from May of this year about a state attorney, Maureen Duggan, who wrote an anonymous letter about the state’s Ethics Chief,… Continue Reading

Quick Updates: Ethics Case, Minimum Wage, NASCAR lawsuit, OWBPA and “Decisional Units”

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Litigation

Just time enough for some short updates on various posts from the last few weeks. You may recall a few weeks ago that the Governor vetoed a bill which would have increased the minimum wage in Connecticut to $8/hour in January 2009.  While there has been talk of a possible override session, it’s difficult to get the… Continue Reading

In Relying on Anonymous Complaints for Investigations, Reader Beware

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

In the corporate world as well as government, anonymous complaints about personnel — whether to a hotline, or via the mail — are seen as the price of doing business.  These anonymous whistleblowers sometimes can’t speak out because of their circumstances and some have legitimate points to make.  And some companies readily encourage such complaints… Continue Reading