As social media continues to dominate 
the world — or at least conversations about employment law — there are a few notable posts that are worth delving into this week that explore the topic further.
Each year, the Connecticut General Assembly passes a number of laws. Rather than have them enacted immediately upon the governor’s signature, many of the bills become effective on October 1st of that respective year.
I followed several workplace bills earlier this year but most never made it very far. One bill did and it gives
As I approach the three-year anniversary of this blog (stay tuned for more details), it’s certainly touching to receive accolades for this blog. 
Each year, LexisNexis “honors a select group of blogs that set the online standard for a given industry.” Amazingly, the Connecticut Employment Law Blog is a nominated candidates for the LexisNexis Top
By all accounts, Friday’s Law & Technology Symposium by the Connecticut Bar Foundation was a smashing success. Over 125 people attended with dozens more watching online. But beyond the numbers was the feedback from the attendees who appreciated the symposium for the content it delivered. It’ll soon be posted on the internet for download and we’ll
As I’ve mentioned before, my daily employment law posts will resume shortly but in the meantime, I’ve been chairing a major Law & Technology Symposium for the Connecticut Bar Foundation that is scheduled for this Friday at UConn Law School in Hartford, Connecticut.
Full program details are available here.
We still have room for people to attend. Its absolutely free AND you get breakfast, snack, and lunch free as well. You won’t find a better deal around. To RSVP, just send an e-mail to ctbf@cbf-1.org. Please indicate which breakout session you’d like to attend.
I’m grateful to the numerous sponsors of the event. They include the Connecticut Law Tribune, Brandon Smith Reporting, Pullman & Comley LLC. Other sponsors include David Alan Catering, One Communications, Tabs3/PracticeMaster, Technology Partners, and Worldox.
if you absolutely cannot attend in person, then it will be streamed live over the internet here. (It’s not up yet, but should work on Friday).
Not yet convinced? See some more details after the jump. Continue Reading Two Days to Law & Technology Symposium
This post continues my public service outreach on a program developed by the Connecticut Bar Foundation.
As I mentioned earlier this month, I am chairing what I expect will be a terrific educational program on April 9th at UConn Law School on how technology is changing the practice of law. Full details to this
For the next few weeks, I will be posting a few items about a technology and the law symposium that I am chairing on April 9, 2010 for the Connecticut Bar Foundation. It is a free program that should be of interest to attorneys and non-attorneys alike. While it is not strictly "employment-law" related
Last year I attended and spoke a
t the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section. Over the last few years, the meeting has developed into one of the premier conferences to keep up to date on labor and employment law.
This year’s meeting is now going on in
Over the weekend, the Hartford Business Journal published a revealing look at Connecticut’s efforts to crackdown on companies that avoid paying employee taxes and workers’ compensation insurance. Indeed, according to the published report, the s
tate’s efforts resulted in 220 stop-work orders at construction sites across Connecticut.
But the report goes on to contend that
The filing of a discrimination complaint at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities has certainly garnered a wide variety of responses from the local and national media. Indeed, yesterday, I was one of several invited guests to appear on WNPR’s "Where We Live". (You can download the podcast here.)
But what’s