Commercial real estate and corporation transactional attorneys James Maher and Matthew Teich represented an American bank holding company in a term loan transaction secured by multiple office buildings located on the campus of a private university in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. One unique feature of this transaction was a complex, multi-tier ground lease […]
Attorney James Perito will moderate three virtual legislative forums next month, on January 14th, 21st, and 28th from 8 – 9:30 a.m. each day. The event, hosted by the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce (GNHCC) and supported by the Chamber’s Governmental Affairs Committee, draws business leaders from across the region to meet their legislators […]
By Richard Roberts Governor Lamont’s Executive Order 9R issued on December 16, 2020 renews certain property tax relief provisions that were originally promulgated under his Executive Order 7S issued on April 1, 2020. The deferment program and the low interest rate program contained in Executive Order 7S that were applied to property tax and similar payments due […]
Partner Richard Roberts was honored as one of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM)’s “Municipal Champions” for 2020 at the statewide convention last week. Rich was recognized for his extensive work on a wide range of Executive Orders from the Governor that impacted local governments since the COVID-19 pandemic began. “CCM’s 2020 Municipal Champions showed […]
Kenneth Slater, a Partner in the Municipal & State Government Group, recently secured a ruling on federal civil rights claim related to municipal blight citations in the matter of Enrico Mangiafico vs. Town of Farmington, et al. The matter has a long and complex substantive and procedural history involving the plaintiff’s home in Farmington and […]
After 109 days of evidence (21 of which were virtual) over 31 months in a bench trial in Hartford Superior Court, Halloran Sage partners Joseph Fortner and Jennifer Pedevillano secured judgment in favor of their client in a contentious, complex trade secret trial. Plaintiff is a manufacturer of floor coating products for sale to contractors, […]
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), in partnership with the Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST) and Connecticut Association of Councils of Governments (CTCOG), assembled Guidance Document #9 pertaining to the Governor’s Executive Orders dealing with the Extension of COVID-19 Executive Orders Pertaining to Municipal Meetings. Municipal attorney Richard Roberts contributed support throughout the process […]
By Executive Order 9L, Governor Ned Lamont today extended the existing 79 Executive Orders to February 9, 2021. Note that if an existing executive order contains a specific unexpired deadline, the existing deadline remains in effect and is not changed by today’s executive order. For example, the January 1, 2021 expiration of the eviction order, EO 9E Section […]
Attorney Richard Roberts presented at the Connecticut Council of Small Towns’ (COST) webinar titled, Technology Solutions for Towns, on Thursday, November 5th. Rich spoke on the subject of ‘Holding Remote & Hybrid Remote/In-person Municipal Meetings: Hardware, Software and Best Practices’ along with John Elsesser, Town Manager of Coventry and Scott Roberts, Assistant Town Manager of […]