Fun fact: There was no class on pandemics in law school.
Sure, we briefly joked about the power that Governors and Presidents COULD exert in case of an emergency but it was mostly in the context of nuclear war and talking about how a Secretary of Commerce could become President (yes, this was way before
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a terrific little CLE program at the Hartford County Bar Association about practicing before administrative agencies in the state. And while the discussion regarding the Department of Children and Family Services wasn’t exactly helpful for my own practice, a short presentation by Charles Krich of the Commission
Are you one of those people who thinks two is better than one? I know I am.
So, with that in mind, I’m pleased to announce that my lawfirm, Shipman & Goodwin has launched a new labor & employment law blog called “Employment Law Letter”. The firm’s blog is an extension of the firm’s long-standing
In trying to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, how do we go beyond just training?
That is, in essence, the question that my colleagues (Jarad Lucan and Ashley Marshall) and I have been talking about recently.
And, fortunately for you, a topic of a free CLE webinar we are putting on a few weeks.
In college, I wanted to write for some of the major newspapers and be on their front page.
Little did I know that my big break would now come years later, as a result of being on the cover of the Hartford Business Journal.
Wow.
But enough about me. This blog is about employment law
Did you ever have an employee post a status update from his termination meeting with HR?
I wrote about it a few years ago. It seemed shocking then, and if anything, we’ve only seemed to be shocked more and more as each new tweet or blog post gets distributed with some outrageous behavior from an
In the course of my litigation cases, I’ve had a good-natured argument at times with a few counsel who represent employees about the mindset of employers. The argument I’ve heard from them is that employers are too cavalier in firing employees and just go about hiring someone else (someone younger, they argue).
But what I’ve
With spring nearly upon us (one can only hope, right?), there are a number of upcoming programs that I’ll be attending or speaking at.
Some are free while others are related to the sponsoring entity. I hope you can attend one and please feel free to come up to me to chat while we’re there.
My colleagues at Shipman & Goodwin have, for a lot longer than I have been doing this blog, have been producing the Employment Law Letter recapping some stories you might have missed over each quarter or so.
This week, a new newsletter was released and it touches on several topics of interest.
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to the Corporate Compliance Forum for the Connecticut Community Providers Association. My thanks to Gayle Wintjen, General Counsel of Oak Hill, for the invitation to speak.
The topic was a familiar one to this blog — Data Privacy. In the session, we tackled the new Connecticut law