The Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Advanced Labor & Employment Symposium is right around the corner. Scheduled for March 27, 2025 at the Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange, Connecticut, this year’s program promises to tackle some of the cutting edge issues that practitioners face.
I’ll be a featured speaker at one of the day’s programs
Yesterday, I made a return appearance on This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House to discuss mandatory vaccination policies. (My thanks to Dennis for the invite back.)
If you’ve been following the topic, there isn’t a lot new the last few weeks but here’s what employers should know right now about them:
Many years ago, I wrote about the passing of a lawyer named Palmer McGee. He was from a different generation, one who viewed the practice of law as a profession and someone who had a small but important role in my life. But perhaps the best thing about him was what my mother (who had
Over the next week or so, I’ll be providing updates on various bills to pass (or fail) at the state general assembly. They’re coming in fast and furious so patience is the order of the day.
But as we review various bills, there are employment-related aspects in places that you might not think. The first
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the Connecticut Bar Association’s awards dinner — titled, “Celebrate with the Stars”. It was a lovely event filled with accolades for some of the state’s best and brightest in the legal profession and beyond.
Yeah yeah, I
On Thursday, February 26th, I’ll be speaking on a panel discussion for the Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section discussing the legal considerations of social media.
The topic covers how the evolving world of new social media is constantly churning up interesting legal issues and problems. The panel will present insights on some of the
In the July/August issue of the Connecticut Lawyer magazine, attorney Joseph Blyskal has the first of a two-part article on the state of restrictive covenants in employment agreements in Connecticut. I’ve talked about this several times before (most recently earlier this summer), but the Connecticut Lawyer article is recommended reading as well (it’s behind a
At Monday’s Connecticut Legal Conference, CHRO Chair Gary Collins spoke for a bit about the developments at the oft-maligned agency since he’s come on board. (You can follow all the tweets from the conference on Twitter using #ctlegalconf as
The Connecticut Legal Conference on Monday (produced by the Connecticut Bar Association) had several noteworthy programs, including a few on labor & employment law. In today’s post, I’m going to recap the presentation by David Lopez, the current EEOC General Counsel. He talked about the Top 10 Developments in EEOC Litigation over the last few
My colleague, Peter Murphy, was invited to speak at a recent Connecticut Bar Association panel about the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Peter is well-versed in the intracacies of the agency and I asked Peter to share his insights from the panel discussion below.
As Dan noted in a recent blog post