He Lived Long And Prospered
Posted: February 27, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: star trek Leave a commentLeonard Nimoy, 1931-2015
Father Of The Champ!
Posted: February 22, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
It is time once again for me to divert from my usual subject matter to give a shout out to my son, Ari, a senior at Hall High in West Hartford and winner of the 1600m race in yesterday’s state indoor track championships! He opened the throttle in the last 50m to win the race in 4:19.84, nudging out Darien’s incredibly impressive Alex Ostberg by a tenth of a second. It was an amazing race! (Fast forward to 1:25 on the video to watch the great finish.)
Yale Law School To Hold Freedom Of Information Boot Camp
Posted: February 19, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentDear Readers,
As some of you may know, I have the great fortune to serve as a supervising attorney for the Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic. The clinic will hold an FOI boot camp next Monday, February 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the law school. Speakers will include David Sobel, senior counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Lisa Siegel, staff attorney for the Freedom of Information Commission. The program is free! For anyone interested in learning more about federal and state freedom of information laws, this will be a great program.
Let The Sun Shine: Pass Raised Bill 6750
Posted: February 17, 2015 Filed under: General Law | Tags: foia, foic, law enforcement exemption, public safety Leave a commentThe General Assembly held a public hearing last week on Raised Bill 6750, An Act Expanding The Requirement For Disclosure Of Arrest Records During A Pending Prosecution Under The Freedom Of Information Act. The bill seeks to overturn a Connecticut Supreme Court decision last year, Comm’r of Public Safety v. FOIC, which set aside the Freedom of Information Commission’s longstanding (20 years!) interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act concerning the release of arrest records. The Supreme Court decision was bad for government transparency, the proposed bill is good and the arguments against the bill are weak. The legislature should pass the bill and the governor should sign it.
Legal Definitions Of The Day
Posted: February 16, 2015 Filed under: General Law 2 CommentsLitigation Associate: A young lawyer who transforms blank paper into a credible draft of a legal argument, only to be excoriated for failing to read the partner’s mind perfectly.
Litigation Partner: A senior lawyer who has forgotten that turning a blank page of paper into a first draft of anything is the hardest part of the job and who genuinely believes that every edit he makes dramatically improves, rather than simply changes, the associate’s draft.
Appealingly Brief! 