- Hazardous Duty Benefits: What Are These Benefits All About?
Hazardous Duty Benefits
What Are These Benefits All About?
By Olga E. Zargos-Traub and Jeffrey L. Ment
Workers that are employed by the State of Connecticut and perform certain ...
- The Paradox of Capital Punishment
by Richard F. Banbury, Esq.
(As Published in The Hartford Courant on March 3, 2003)
On the night of December 15, 1956, the bodies of Edward Kurpiewski and Daniel Jano...
- AN UPDATED LOOK AT ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES
By ANTHONY B. LUDOVICO, ESQ.
This report is merely a follow-up to our commentary last month on the status of Connecticut and federal estate and gift tax legislation.
I. The Federal...
- The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act
By John W. Bradley, Jr., Esq.
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") is a powerful tool. Sooner or later, all of us will come in contact with it. For litigators, FOI...
- DEFENDING GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS by Austin J. McGuigan, Esq. and Glenn E. Coe, Esq.
By Austin J. McGuigan, Esq. and Glenn E. Coe, Esq.
This material is from a presentation given at The Network of Trial Law Firms
Litigation Management Supercourse
October 25-28, 2001
Palm Beach, Florida
DEFENDING GOVERNMENT INVESTI...
- NEW FORM AVAILABLE REGARDING CREMATIONS by Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
During some part of our discussions with clients about their Wills, the topic of funerals or cremations arises. Whether the client raises the topic as one of special concern, or a reference to "funer....
- Coordinating Long Term Care with Gift and Estate Planning
By Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
An Example
A. I have $600,000. I transfer $360,000 to you. I apply for Medicaid. Currently (2001), the State determines that $360,000 would have bought ($360,000 / 6779) = 53 months of ...
- PLANNING FOR FAMILY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES IN LIGHT OF 2001 TAX ACT by Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
Recent changes in federal tax law offer new opportunities to meet educational expenses of children and grandchildren while addressing an individual's own estate planning concerns.
Although th...
- Recent Inheritance Tax Developments by Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
By Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
Connecticut, not unlike many other states, has recently had to confront lower than expected revenues and a budget imbalance. Despite reductions in budget allocations made earlier this year by the Gov...
- The Durable Power of Attorney
By Anthony Ludovico, Esq.
The risk of disability exists for all of us, whether from illness, injury or aging. So, too, as society has become more mobile, is there an increased possibility that we may be away and unavailable t...
- Practice Spotlight Archives
Jeff Ment's Connecticut Law Enforcement Niche
For the past decade, Jeff Ment has been providing a wide range of legal services to Connecticut's federal, state and municipal law enforcement officers.
More than one-quarter of Connecticut...
- Protecting Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Information
By Glenn E. Coe and Austin J. McGuigan
The following was a presentation to The Network of Trial Law Firms, Inc. Conference, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, Fall 2000
Protect the ...
- MEDIATION OF A PERSONAL INJURY CASE
By Richard F. Banbury, Esq.
I. Introduction
The mediation of a personal injury claim involves the merger of two simple concepts. The principles of mediation derive from basic human instinct and experience, while reco...
- Spoliation of Evidence
I. INTRODUCTION
A lab technician was injured when her lab coat caught on fire. Her employer misplaced the coat that he had agreed to preserve for a products liability action against the coat's ...
