The Superior Court, Complex Litigation Docket, granted summary judgment on all claims against the defendant, an insurance brokerage company which had provided a limited inspection service for the purpose of determining whether the insured, a large latex foam mattress manufacturer, could lower its property insurance premiums by upgrading the building's existing sprinkler system. After the […]
Halloran & Sage Attorney Ann Catino was recently interviewed by WTIC-AM’s radio talk show host Colin McEnroe during his “Afternoon Drive” program. Highlights of the interview included Ann outlining the benefits of Brownfields’ legislation. Ann, a co-chair of the Brownfield Legislative Taskforce, discussed the effects of Brownfields legislation in CT, “If you could turn these properties around and turn […]
Halloran & Sage is pleased to announce its summer/fall 2007 interview schedule. Representatives from the Firm will be conducting on-campus interviews at the following law schools: Quinnipiac University School of Law – Thursday, August 30, 2007 Western New England College School of Law – Friday, August 31, 2007 Suffolk Law School – Monday, September 4, 2007 University […]
Halloran & Sage represented a municipality in a case where a protestor was arrested for criminal trespass when he refused to leave a meeting of board of selectmen as it went into private session. The protestor brought federal civil rights and state law claims against the Town and various officials. The District Court held that […]
Represented quasi-governmental agency in an arbitration commenced in the midst of contract renewal negotiations concerning a long term solid waste disposal agreement at a waste to energy plant, to enforce the terms of the original contract’s renewal provision. * Decision by May 2007
Ann Catino recently obtained a favorable ruling from the Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) for an on-site wastewater treatment system. The decision recommended approval of an application for an engineered sub-surface system with a design capacity of 34,000 gallons per day to support a proposed 102,000 square foot new YMCA facility serving the Towns of […]
Ann Catino, Chair of the Halloran & Sage Environmental and Land Use Practice Group recently facilitated a discussion pertaining to the Brownfields Task Force Report for members of the Connecticut Bar Association, Environmental Law Section. Ann is co-chair of the Brownfields Task force. Her presentation reviewed the findings of the task force and summarized the […]
William Wilson, II and Al DiVincentis, members of the Halloran & Sage Construction Law Practice Group will team up to teach “Ethics: A new Minefield for the Public Works Contractor” for the Construction Institute on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. After extensive activity aimed at reforming the state contracting process in both the legislative and executive […]
In Alter c. Celotto, 95 Conn. App. 902,895 A.2d 872 (2006) (per curium) the Appellate Court affirmed the holding of the trial court, without written opinion, dismissing the plaintiff's claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff lacked standing to pursue his action because the claim existed at the time he filed for bankruptcy. […]
Halloran & Sage successfully defended this class action against an automobile dealership alleging an unfair trade practice of charging excessive conveyance fees. The plaintiffs claimed that a statute regulating the disclosure and certain other aspects of dealer conveyance fees also limited the amount dealers could charge by virtue of the statute’s definition of such fees […]