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Federal Court Suggests Connecticut Constitution Protects Private Employee Speech

By Daniel Schwartz on August 31, 2012
Posted in Litigation

Earlier this summer, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued two decisions that held that the free speech protections in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-51q were limited by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos.  To grossly oversimplify, an employee (public or private) whose speech related to their official job duties, was not entitled…

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