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Devoted to legal issues in Connecticut including housing, family, collections, real estate, probate, and personal injury.
By Ryan C. McKeen, Esq.

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Last Entry: June 02, 2009 at 12:11:28

Connecticut Supreme Court Briefs Now Online

Posted on March 30, 2009
Wow! And the site is powered by Wordpress! Obtaining briefs on issues is often a valuable and productive exercise in the practice of law. A court decision informs readers of the result but briefs help litigants understand the process of how the result was achieved...

Thoughts on the Douglas-David Divorce: Pedroia > Countess

Posted on March 26, 2009
On a normal day, the halls of Hartford Family Court are a strange place to be. If you’ve never been, the building is mostly one giant hallway. Even on slow days, the building feels like a crowded subway car. Too many people, too few seats. Sometimes it’s hot...

Read This!!! The Case of a Disappearing Marriage

Posted on March 20, 2009
Some couples going through a divorce wish they could make their marriage disappear. For at least two women, their marriage did disappear. Two Ladies in Waiting takes a fascinating and fresh look at same-sex marriage, constitutional rights, federalism, civil unions through the lens of their honeymoon...

Plaintiff In Stamford Chimp Attack Seeks To Attach 50 Million Dollars In Assets

Posted on March 19, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote my blog entry and then headed to court. I flipped on CNN in the car and heard an anchor say the the Plaintiff in the Stamford chimp attack case is suing for 50 million dollars! Evidently the good folks at CNN don’t read A Connecticut Law Blog...

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Prejudgment Remedy Sought In Stamford Chimp Attack Case

Posted on March 18, 2009
by Ryan C. McKeen The Hartford Courant is reporting that a lawsuit is being filed in the Stamford chimp attack case. That’s not true. The Plaintiff hasn’t filed suit. The Plaintiff in the Stamford Chimp attack case has filed an application for a prejudgment remedy...

Lawyers and Fantasy Baseball Insanity

Posted on March 12, 2009
Everything started innocently enough. Once upon a time, after the first semester of law school, 9 classmates decided to form a fantasy baseball league. It made sense because we liked baseball, were friends, and moreover we were still kind of normal. It’s hard to pinpoint the moment it happens but at some point in law school a [...

An Idea for Attorneys Looking for a Job in Connecticut

Posted on March 09, 2009
I’ve been as down on this economy as anyone. For anyone that’s paying attention - it’s hard not to be. Then this morning happened. As I was tying my tie - I was listening to Warren Buffett on CNBC. If there’s a podcast of this interview it’s well worth downloading...

Legislature to Hold Public Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage Law in the Wake of Kerrigan

Posted on March 06, 2009
When statutes and a supreme court ruling conflict the legislature should look at revising its statutes. Uncertainty can make life uncomfortable for citizens, lawyers, and judges - it’s generally a bad thing. Today, the legislature is holding a hearing on exactly what to do in the wake of Kerrigan...

Fighting Back In Foreclosure

Posted on March 05, 2009

How Stupid Are We?

Posted on March 03, 2009

While The CT Legislature Is Looking At Blue Laws??

Posted on February 27, 2009

CT Legislature Passes Deficit Reduction Bill

Posted on February 26, 2009
Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at taming the state’s budget deficit, now estimated at more than $1 billion. ConnPolitics.Tv You can find the bill here. Read OLR’s analysis here. I guess the big news is that the legislature will expand the bottle law to include non-carbonated beverages...

More Layoffs At The Hartford Courant

Posted on February 25, 2009
This is a law blog, so it’s reasonable to ask why I’m writing about layoffs of the Hartford Courant. The Hartford Courant Alumni blog covers the carnage. The reason is that our state needs professional journalists. We need them to investigate, to expose, to inform, and to challenge us...

Watch Your Credit Cards

Posted on February 24, 2009
Credit-card companies continue to raise customer interest rates and fees despite a record-low target rate from the Federal Reserve and billions of dollars in bailout money that has been pumped in to the financial companies. Fox Business News. Rates are rising all over the place even for customers with good credit...

Explaining The Crisis of Credit

Posted on February 22, 2009
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The Day After Day Pitney: More on Hartford Legal Layoffs

Posted on February 20, 2009
The firm names may be different but on Above The Law the story is the same. First a firm announces a salary freeze, or reduces bonuses, or lays off staff. It’s like a bad a la carte appetizer. The firm issues a statement about tough economic times, how the firm is strong, and nothing more is planned...

Liability in Stamford Chimp Attack

Posted on February 19, 2009
by Ryan McKeen Much is being made of the horrible chimpanzee attack in Stamford this week. This morning the Hartford Courant has an article about the chimp and prior safety concerns. Link. The article states that Travis the chimpanzee was “never had anything but love,” “was treated like a member of the family” and was fed “steak, shrimp and ice cream...

Breaking CT Legal News: Above The Law Reports That Day Pitney Lays Off 66 Staff; Layoffs Also At Updike Kelly

Posted on February 19, 2009
Link. Article says layoffs across all firm offices. No associate layoffs. According to its website, Day Pitney has Connecticut offices in Hartford, West Hartford, Greenwich, New Haven and Stamford. Memo from co-chair of exective committee states that affected staff will be provided severance packages...

Connecticut Foreclosure Statistics That I?d Like To Know

Posted on February 18, 2009
by Ryan C. McKeen Foreclosures in Connecticut are on the rise and have been for sometime. I haven’t seen updated numbers from the Judicial Branch (which would be useful) but I don’t live under a rock either. I’m not that interested in the overall numbers because I know they’re bad...

Free Advice On Going To Court

Posted on February 17, 2009
by Ryan McKeen Today is a classic mid to late February day. It’s what it should be for this time of year. It’s cold outside, sunny, and a little windy. Unlike a “classic” January day, the sun is radiant. If you park your car outside, you’ll get in it, and it will feel a little warm...

Blawg Stew: Judge Cofield, Attorney Layoffs, the Hartford Courant, and the Best Words of Winter

Posted on February 13, 2009
by Ryan McKeen Blogging is a lot like making Italian food. I’m convinced many Italian dishes were born as a result of leftovers being thrown in a pot when no one ingredient would suffice for a meal. It’s Friday, and here are my leftover blog ideas: *In case you missed it, the Hartford Courtant’s Stan Simpson wrote a column on [...

On CT Probate Court Reform and Taxing Legal Services

Posted on February 12, 2009
By Ryan McKeen I love those new light bulbs, you know, the spiral kind. Their packaging tells me that I can save $120 a year or something if I replace my old fashioned light bulbs. Having changed out my bulbs - they’re not kidding, I do save money on my monthly electric bill...

CT Surrogacy Law Blog

Posted on February 10, 2009
Octo-mom has the country (or at least Ann Curry) talking about the moral and legal issues surrounding reproductive science. Surrogacy creates fascinating legal issues. I was happy to discover that Fairfield attorney, Christopher M. Gallagher has launched the CT Surrogacy Blog...

CT legislature considering a dog and cat lemon law

Posted on February 08, 2009
By Ryan McKeen I’ve written about lemons before and Attorney Sergei Lemberg writes about them all the time. If you’re a long time reader then you know my dog Brady (pictured on the right). I adopted Brady from the Hartford Pound as a puppy...

Sunday Afternoon Nonsense: The Guitar Hero Curse

Posted on February 08, 2009
Worth a thousand words and with apologies to Tony Hawk - a few legal problems. It’s not often that two stars at the center of one week’s ”America pretends to get its collective underwear in a bunch” scandals endorse the same product in the same ad...

Some of the Laws Governor Rell Seeks To Repeal

Posted on February 06, 2009
If Governor Rell has her way- I’ll have less to write about. Here are some of the statutes that Governor Rell seeks to repeal: * A law that makes it clear that a person cannot defend any action on the grounds that it was made on a Sunday. Conn...

Gov. Rell?s Plan For Probate Court Consolidation

Posted on February 05, 2009
It’s also time for reform of our probate court system. Our system is antiquated and broken. I am proposing an overhaul that will reduce the number of courts, improve services and increase the hours of operation. It will also save money. Gov. Rell, 2/4/09 Here is the link to Governor’s Bill No...

Lincoln on Litigation

Posted on February 04, 2009
by Ryan McKeen I’ve written before that this blog is a product of things that I bump into. I constantly read law journals, the CT Law Tribune, various ABA magazines, and of course law blogs. Legal education doesn’t end with law school - it just gets less expensive...

Is Richard Blumenthal Losing the War On Virtual Beer Pong?

Posted on February 01, 2009
Yes. Last July, I wrote about Attorney General Blumenthal taking on the makers of a beer pong video game for the Nintendo Wii. In the name of protecting the children of Connecticut, Mr. Blumenthal forced the makers of the game to rename the game Pong Toss...

Explaining (in Part) The Decrease In Business Start Ups In Connecticut for 2008

Posted on January 29, 2009
by Ryan McKeen 1/29/2009 Yet even that number, economists said, may be just a cloud. The total number of businesses to start in Connecticut last year ? 27,483 ? is still 11 percent lower than the number of those that started up in 2007. The data were released Wednesday by Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz...

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