New CT laws aim to counteract higher costs from federal tax reforms

The Connecticut General Assembly recently passed legislation intended to provide workarounds for taxpayers impacted by the new $10,000 limitation on the deduction of state and local taxes (SALT)...

CT law-school grads finding jobs as legal-industry employment stabilizes

Connecticut law-school graduates are having an easier time landing jobs as legal-industry employment stabilizes.

Menapace leads Hartford County Bar Assoc. as pres.

Michael Menapace, new president of the 1,800-member Hartford County Bar Association (HCBA), started his career as a musician and music teacher before striking a new chord as a lawyer in 2003.

Municipalities sue PURA over broadband decision

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities has filed a lawsuit challenging a recent regulatory decision that has implications for high-speed internet service in the state.

Hartford jury convicts retail ‘fencers’

A Hartford federal jury has convicted two Connecticut men of running a large-scale operation that swapped cash for retail goods swiped by shoplifters to support their opioid addictions, prosecutors...

Fraud nets Windsor woman 1-year prison sentence

A 43-year-old Windsor woman will spend a year and a day in federal prison for embezzling $190,399 from her employer and for filing a fraudulent tax return, prosecutors say.

Fourth to prison in ‘pump-dump’ fraud

A Colorado lawyer caught up in a stock “pump-and-dump scheme” that so far has cost an ex-Hartford city councilman and three others their freedom and millions in losses to investors will...

Efficiency coalition lawsuit: Funding raid is unconstitutional

A group of five Connecticut energy efficiency contractors, ratepayers and not-for-profits is seeking to block the state's planned sweep of $155 million in ratepayer funds, on the grounds that the...