Connecticut

Exodus of Dewey attorneys in full effect

By Alex Vorro | May 9, 2012

It’s getting to the point where even the rats will want off the ship with the crew before it sinks. Another chapter was written yesterday in New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf’s well-chronicled collapse as a raft of rainmakers ran for the exits.
ABA will not allow nonlawyers to own law firms

By Julie Beck | April 17, 2012

The American Bar Association (ABA) on Monday announced that it has decided to let go of a proposal that would allow nonlawyers to have an equity interest in law firms.
Alan Kreczko embraces challenges as GC of The Hartford

By Ashley Post | March 27, 2012

Kreczko went in-house after 25 years of government work
Labor: DOL initiatives to crackdown on employee misclassifications

By Kathleen Furey McDonough | March 5, 2012

In one of the most noteworthy collaborations of 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that they would join forces to combat worker misclassification.
GE’s senior counsel voted Pro Bono Partnership chairman

By Alex Vorro | February 29, 2012

Changes are afoot at the Pro Bono Partnership. The organization, which is dedicated to providing business and transactional legal services to non-profits serving disadvantaged people in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, announced yesterday that it elected Mark Nordstrom chairman of its board of directors.
"Cupcake Wars" judge victorious in trademark infringement suit

By Cathleen Flahardy | February 10, 2012

“Cupcake Wars” became quite the literal term for one of Food Network’s popular shows' judges.
Wells Fargo investigated for possible data breach

By Alex Vorro | January 5, 2012

Nothing says “Happy New Year!” like an investigation from the attorney general. Such is the reality for Wells Fargo & Co., which now must explain to Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen why it may have disclosed customers’ Social Security numbers when it mailed them copies of subpoenas issued by the...
Extended interview: Sandra Leung, GC of Bristol-Myers Squibb

By Ashley Post | December 1, 2011

Leung talks in-depth about her position at the biopharmaceutical company.
Woman sues birth control pill maker for unintended pregnancy

By Ashley Post | December 1, 2011

Qualitest Products is slapped with a lawsuit after a manufacturing error and recall.
GC Sandra Leung forms connections within the Bristol-Myers Squibb legal department

By Ashley Post | December 1, 2011

Leung is proudest of working with management to guide the company through past crises.