5 Year Battle Against Church Results in Trial and Appellate Court Victory
Minchella Law represented a small Fairfield County electrical contractor under an alternative fee arrangement in an effort to obtain payment for material and labor rendered through a general contractor that…
A local manufacturer retained us to defend it against serious allegations of racial discrimination and hostile work environment. The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights attorney who represented the State of Connecticut and the former employee, called the case one of the top 10 best cases she…
Our client had entered into a marketing agreement to market the health care products and services of a start up company. Our client’s efforts led to the company closing on a multi-million dollar deal, but the company refused to pay the commissions our client believed were due. We sued in federal…
An attorney referred to us a good family friend who had been in a typical rear-end car accident. She had been represented by another attorney who told her she had no case. We pursued her claims, established that the other driver had been recklessly tailgating her for miles, and settled her case…
A former insurance agent hired us after she was terminated while taking FMLA leave. She had participated in a federal investigation into the company’s insurance business, and worked closely with the FBI as it pursued criminal charges. We argued she was a protected whistle blower and after…
Attorney Minchella briefed and argued before the Connecticut Appellate Court the seminal case in which the Court held for the first time that a single deceptive act by a business could violate Connecticut’s unfair trade practice statute, commonly known as CUTPA.
Prior to this case,…
We recovered a confidential settlement on behalf of our client, a former senior level manager with a Fortune 50 company, after 11 days of trial in federal court. The claims were for sex discrimination and retaliation. The Fortune 50 company was defended by two partners who head the employment…
One of the largest labor and employment firms in the country retained us as local counsel to prosecute a “raid” claim against a start-up dental implant manufacturer. The start-up had created a strategic plan to lure away some of our client’s key employees. We performed much of the Connecticut-…
Attorney Minchella convinced a federal judge to deny an out-of-state company’s motion to compel arbitration in its home state of a dispute with a Connecticut company, by establishing that the seller’s purchase order terms requiring such arbitration did not become part of the parties’ agreement…
We had the pleasure of representing a woman who had worked for the Connecticut affiliate of a New York company for two decades. Upon retirement, the company promised to pay her medicare supplemental insurance premium for the rest of her life. When it learned she had taken a part-time position…
Homeowner’s Father-in-Law Fells Tree, Striking Our Client
Attorney John Doran, with assistance from Anthony Minchella, represented an individual from New York who was struck by a falling tree while innocently installing a fence for his employer’s customer. Our client had been working at…
A Connecticut-based manufacturer with international locations retained us when one of their chemists left to join a competitor in the wet-chemistry industry. Though the chemist had signed a non-competition agreement upon joining our client, he still took a position that violated its terms and…
A Pennsylvania attorney referred us a woman who had fallen in her room’s bathtub at a Connecticut hotel near the casinos. This case normally might not be one where the hotel would seem at fault initially, but our investigation showed that the hotel had been undergoing renovations and…
We received a referral from a large international law firm, to represent a foreign investment company against post judgment execution on its assets, arising out of one of the largest anti-terrorism judgments ever, $169,000,000. The plaintiffs were seeking to seize our client’s funds which were…
Recovering Investment in Albanian Airline
We represented, on an alternative fee basis, a married couple who had invested $250,000 in a chartered airline flying non-stop from Kennedy airport to Albania and Kosovo. It was an attractive investment, or so they thought, because at that time…
We helped an attorney successfully defend claims by his former law partner and spouse that she was entitled to additional distributions from their former law partnership. We prevailed on a summary judgment motion, thereby avoiding a costly trial, and then successfully defended that ruling on…
Anthony Minchella drafted the briefs and argued this appeal which resulted in a precedent setting decision under Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practice Act, CUTPA, which held that even a single unfair, deceptive or unscrupulous act can violate CUTPA. Read the Appellate Court’s decision here.
Wow Twitter blocked as sensitive content my tweet about a bill the CT legislature is debating on employment law and wages. I think its a bad bill, but not that bad twitter...
Read MoreCT Gen. Assembly discussing a bill that requires ERs to disclose wage range for a position (could be what you have budgeted) when you offer a job and once a year. I am pretty moderate, and this strikes me as overlegislating. And I am understating. https://t.co/Sxrz4zJcFl
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Bloggers beware. In this case, be thankful. Yesterday the DC district court of appeals reversed denial of SLAPP special motion to dismiss where blogger published alleged defamatory statements uttered by someone else.
Read MoreSCOTUS ruled yesterday Muslims can sue FBI for placing them on no-fly list as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with counterterrorism investigations. Interesting balance on religion and governmental immunity.
Read MoreKind of the way a lawyer should prepare his/her client.
Read MoreThe rush from the cities (NYC mostly) to rural Connecticut and upstate New York is bringing back that lovely old equitable remedy SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE!! Oh I love contracts. And specific performance even more.
Read MoreWith jobless claims so high, more small businesses are fighting unemployment. "Refusing suitable employment," is the biggest issue per DOL. Employers should be prepared with proof of PPE compliance if they want to defeat a claim because they offered the employee their job back. https://t.co/L5kM4L6qCF
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With jobless claims so high, more small businesses are fighting unemployment. "Refusing suitable employment," is the biggest issue per DOL. Employers should be prepared with proof of PPE compliance if they want to defeat a claim because they offered the employee their job back. https://t.co/xoBslJOgLc
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DE Sup. Court, epicenter for biz litigation, answered yesterday a certified question from 9th Circuit.LP must prove reliance and causation when suing GP for failure to disclose material info in one-time request for capital contribution. LP does not get benefit of per se rule.
Read MoreWow. Maybe this isn't that much of a big deal. What was the underlying evidence? With the "but for" standard under federal law this surprises me a bit.
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