State judicial officials have started reducing the number of foreclosure ads required to be published in The Courant after CtWatchdog disclosed that the nation’s oldest newspaper was charging victims of foreclosure higher advertising rates than…
The public and the staff of the nation’s oldest newspaper of continuous circulation might be interested to know that The Courant’s legal position is that it was has the right to fire a columnist if…
CNBC just reported that Toyota Motor Corp. is being fined a record $16 million fine for failing to issue timely recalls of defective vehicles. The fine from the national safety board may make it easier…
The Hartford Courant is the only daily newspaper in Connecticut that charges a higher rate for victims of foreclosure than for anyone else purchasing similar ads in its Sunday real estate section. That information was…
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that his investigation into Sleepy’s has not produced any evidence that the nation’s largest retailer of mattresses has been systematically selling returned mattresses as new. Nor has Blumenthal…
According to the Connecticut Law Tribune, The Hartford Courant has agreed to an out-of-court settlement of $7.6 million to settle a delivery accident that left a former New Haven police officer in a vegetative state…
Avon Republican Attorney Martha Dean is campaigning for state attorney general on an anti-Blumenthal platform. Dean, who had run unsuccessfully against state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in 2002, is still fighting him even though Blumenthal…
Three months after CtWatchdog began publishing accusations of wrongdoing against the full-time president and chairman of the board of the Connecticut Humane Society, Richard Johnston has resigned under tremendous pressure. Facing investigation by the state…
Not sure under what category to file this blog about a Torrington, Ct., attorney who is in hot water because he allegedly offered to waive his fee in exchange for a massage from a female…
Normally standing between Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and a television camera is as dangerous as walking among a herd of elephants during mating season. But when the candidate for U.S. Senate was offered an…
Connecticut judicial officials are preparing to pressure The Courant into providing lower rates for foreclosure advertisements or face the loss of more than $1 million a year in advertising revenue. Hartford County Superior Court Judge…
Victims of foreclosure in Central Connecticut are required to pay The Hartford Courant at least twice as much for foreclosure ads as what real estate agents are charged for similarly sized ads. Real estate attorneys…
Despite that fact that Connecticut newspapers in general are avoiding writing about what their publishers consider to be a huge issue for democracy, the truth is starting to come out. CtMirror.org, a new online political…
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Amey Marrella announced today a $1.8 million settlement with an industrial laundry facility for emitting toxic substances that threatened public health. Blumenthal sued G&K…
The Hartford Courant is continuing its campaign to defeat proposed legislation that would permit towns to save millions of dollars in advertising costs by posting legal notices on government sites instead of in daily newspapers….
I am nominating my old employer – The Hartford Courant – for the Chutzpah Award in advertising for 2010 for its full-page ad today asking readers to contact their state legislators. Why? Well it seems…
Connecticut Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. has issued a summary suspension of the controlled substance registration of Scott W. Houghton, M.D. of Old Saybrook, and has ordered a hearing regarding Houghton to determine if…
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that consumers who have unresolved complaints against Vonage — an Internet-based phone service — may be entitled to restitution under a $3 million settlement reached with his office and other attorneys general.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that a plastic surgeon whose surgical facility was urgently suspended from practice last week after inspectors discovered severe violations has voluntarily surrendered both her individual physician’s license and her…
New Britain personal injury lawyer Ronald Murphy has handled plenty of “dram shop†cases, which hold bars liable for serving alcohol to patrons who are later involved in accidents.
The lawsuit against the bar involved in Patrick O’Dell’s alcohol-fueled death seemed a prime candidate for a settlement. Instead, it went to trial, ending in a largely symbolic $4 million verdict.