The Connecticut appeal in Adler v. Rosenthal involved two lawyers who talked about starting a firm together. They got close enough to sign a "Preliminary Partnership Agreement" which set out draws and profit shares for the two members. They also…
A Connecticut appeal confirms that contractors do not have to strictly comply with the Home Improvement Act. The advance release opinion becomes official on March 1, 2016. The homeowners in Ippolito v. Olympic Construction, LLC hired a contractor to repair…
A buyer loses his deposit when he declines a mortgage contingency clause and then doesn't obtain financing that he likes, according to a Connecticut Appellate Court opinion to be officially released on February 16, 2016. In Tsiropoulos v. Radigan, plaintiff…
Standing is slippery subject matter, as made clear in the Connecticut Appellate Court's decision in R.S. Silver Enterprises, Inc. v. Pascarella, to be officially released on February 9, 2016. The essence of this dispute was that plaintiff, a real estate…
Lack of party mutuality does not bar collateral estoppel. That's what the Connecticut Appellate Court concluded in Pollansky v. Pollansky, which will be officially released on January 26, 2016. The Appellate Court cited two Connecticut Supreme Court decisions from the 1990s for…
Arbitrators have wide latitude in interpreting collective bargaining agreements according to a new Appellate Court opinion to be officially released on January 26, 2016. In Burr Road Operating Company II, LLC v. New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199,…
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