The Firm’s employment practice involves the litigation of claims involving wrongful discharge, gender discrimination, disability discrimination, age discrimination, racial discrimination, unequal pay, retaliation, and wage and hour claims. The Firm’s practice covers all aspects of administrative proceedings before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Connecticut Department of Labor, and also trials in state and federal court.
The Firm counsels and defends business in employment litigation, advises them on all aspects of employment risk and compliance, including policies and procedures, wage and hour, anti-discrimination, hiring and firing, and regulatory investigations.
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When our company faced its first discrimination complaint, we retained Tony's firm because his credentials were impressive and ideally suited. He went above and beyond for us and to our relief, resolved the matter successfully and within our limited budget. Despite the onerous nature of the matter, it was a great pleasure to work with Tony.
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.
Read MoreI love the fact that we are small and can act quickly, and for now at least, happy to not have any partners who might veto my decisions to make changes..... #innovation #nevercomplacent
Read MoreBrian Tracy wrote that Mark Twain said something like “eat the frog in the morning.” Meaning get the toughest things out of the way bright and early. Man how come these truths are so simple? I ate two pretty large frogs this morning. It works.
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