Connecticut Employment Lawyer & Attorney : Daniel Schwartz : Stamford, Hartford New Haven, CT

The blog and press coverage of the Connecticut Supreme Court's case of Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc. continues this week with two additional shout-outs to this blog.  In addition, another resource cited to the decision that is worth mentioning.

First up, the well-run and informative Point of Law blog, edited by Walter Olsen, discusses the case today with a references to this blog.  There are lots of other employment law issues discussed at the site so I would recommend it for a different perspective on the legal system.    

In addition, the Connecticut Law Tribune (subscription required) has a detailed article in this morning's paper on the Curry decision.  The reporter contacted me last week and I provided him with some additional insights in the case. The reporter was also kind enough to quote this blog as well.

"This is a very significant decision," said Daniel A. Schwartz, an employment lawyer at the Hartford office of Pullman & Comley, who writes ctemploymentlawblog.com. He is not personally involved in this case, but said the ruling is "mandatory reading" for all employment law practitioners.

"There have been attempts in recent years to create this reasonable accommodation language with legislative changes, but those bills did not pass," Schwartz said.

The decision — officially released April 15 — puts employers on notice to be responsive to needs of disabled employees and to actively engage in communication once a problem is identified. "They can't just take a hear-no-evil, see-no-evil, speak-no-evil attitude," Schwartz said in an interview.

Lastly, as part of the press coverage, I also stumbled on to a very good site today that I'm sure others have known about for years: the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries Newslog.  The site keeps readers updated on  "Connecticut legislative developments, new court decisions, online legal research tools, new law library resources, and other topics of interest to the Connecticut legal community."  I would definitely check the site out.

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Since the blog is brand new, indulge me for a moment regarding some recent publicity for the blog.

While blogs are definitely "new" media, it sure is nice for the "old" media to pick up on what blogs are saying.  This week, The Connecticut Law Tribune stayed on top of the tech trend here. This week, they did an extensive profile of the blog and myself.  We've got the legal reprint here for your reading enjoyment.   

Traffic to the blog only continues to increase and reflects what I suspected -- a desire to find out more information about Connecticut's employment laws.  Keep sending those suggestions, comments and yes, criticisms to me so we can continue to expand this blog. 

And since we've got your attention, the Blog has also been mentioned on several other noteworthy blogs of late including the Blawg Review, Race in the Workplace Blog, Jottings By an Employer's Lawyer blog, the Workplace Prof blog, and one of my new favorite blogs, the Evil HR Lady.  Please check out these interesting employment law-related blogs as well and my thanks to them for their references.

SEPTEMBER 29th UPDATE: The Tribune story has been picked up by the national legal news site: Law.com with the headline: "Employment Law Blog is Gem of the Web."

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