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News Archive 20020101 - 20020601

• 2002-01-07, Connecticut Law Tribune: Professor Timothy Everett is interviewed about recent Connecticut Supreme Court decisions affecting when some immates are eligible to receive parole consideration.
• 2002-01-07, Connecticut Law Tribune: Associate Dean and Professor Jeremy Paul submits a letter to the editor responding to Martha Dean's critique of law school pedagogy.
• 2002-01-11, The Hartford Courant: Professor John Day is interviewed about a case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding an Illinois law that allows patients to seek an independent outside review of proposed treatments.
• 2002-01-12, The Hartford Courant: Professor Martha Stone is interviewed for an article about attempts to resolve remaining issues from a 12-year-old consent decree to improve services to abused and neglected children in Connecticut.
• 2002-01-13, The New York Times: Professor R. Kent Newmyer's biography of John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, is reviewed.
• 2002-01-14, Connecticut Law Tribune: Professor Colin Tait, member of the Connecticut Siting Council, is interviewed for an article zoning issues of wireless service towers.
• 2002-01-15, The Hartford Courant: Professor Loftus Becker's participation in a panel on terrorism and civil liberties is mentioned in Ms. Pagnozzi's column.
• 2002-01-16, New Haven Register: Professor Todd Fernow is quoted in an article about Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim's request for a change of venue in his federal corruption case.
• 2002-01-17, The Hartford Courant: Professor Todd Fernow is quoted in an article about a jury's verdict to acquit a man charged with the death of a police officer.
• 2002-01-24, WTIC 1080AM: Professor Laura Dickinson is interviewed on the air about the military tribunal panel discussion which took place at the Law School on January 24th.
• 2002-01-25, State Tax Today: Professor Richard Pomp is interviewed at great length for an article on Internet tax issues.
• 2002-01-29, WFSB-TV and WVIT-TV: Professor Paul Berman is interviewed on the air about the so-called "whistleblower case," in which a state employee was charged with distributing information from confidential reports.
• 2002-01-29, The Hartford Courant: Professor Leslie Levin is quoted in Mr. Haar's column about a potential conflict of interest by a law firm between Enron and the CRRA.
• 2002-01-30, The Hartford Courant: Professor Martha Stone interviewed about the a new form of family counciling by the Department of Children and Families.
• 2002-02-00, Connecticut Lawyer: Professor Mark A. Dubois summarizes decisions by the Statewide Grievance Committee resulting in disciplinary action taken against an attorney as a result of violations to the Rules of Professional Conduct.
• 2002-02-01, State Income Tax Alert: Professor Richard Pomp is interviewed for an article about how Delaware requires payment on the sale of property in the state.
• 2002-02-05, All Things Considered (NPR): Professor Patricia McCoy is interviewed about alleged securities fraud by stockbroker Frank Gruttadauria.
• 2002-02-10, The Washington Times: Professor R. Kent Newmyer's biography of John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, is reviewed.
• 2002-02-11, The State (Columbia, South Carolina): Professor Leonard Orland is quoted in an article about the legal issues surrounding an anti-lottery group's boycott of grocers who sell lottery tickets and the NAACP's boycott of the state of South Carolina.
• 2002-02-11, The Hartford Courant: Professor Laura Dickinson submits an op-ed piece about the need for the Senate to closely review confirmations to the federal courts.
• 2002-02-12, WTIC 1080AM: Professor Jon Bauer is interviewed on the air the pregnancy discrimination case argued in the Connecticut State Supreme Court on February 11th.
• 2002-02-12, The Tennessean: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about how the economic downturn has affected tax receipts.
• 2002-02-15, Sales & Use Tax Alert: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about the taxation of surcharges.
• 2002-02-15, The New York Times: Associate Dean and Professor Jeremy Paul is quoted in an article about the new non-resident seasonal beach pass fee structure approved by the town's Board of Selectmen.
• 2002-02-24, C-SPAN Booknotes: Professor R. Kent Newmyer is interviewed about his biography of John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.
• 2002-02-26, The Hartford Courant: Professor Martha Stone is interviewed in an article about a federal court ruling affecting how suicidal and traumatized minors are treated. Prof. Stone is the director of the Center for Children's Advocacy and the lead attorney representing the children.
• 2002-02-27, Newsday: Professor Todd Fernow is quoted about the trial of Edward R. Grant, a Waterbury man on trial for the 1973 murder of Concetta "Penney" Serra.
• 2002-02-28, Hartford Advocate: Professor Todd Fernow is quoted in an article about the impact of a recent state Supreme Court decision on a warrant is not necessary to view pharmacy records.
• 2002-03-01, State Income Tax Alert: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about companies avoiding income taxes but soliciting sales through a unitary subsidiary.
• 2002-03-03, The Hartford Courant: Professor Martha Stone questioned Connecticut Superior Court Judge Cynthia K. Swienton in a federal district court about the current crisis in state mental health care for kids and the difficulties experienced by judges in the juvenile court.
• 2002-03-04, The Hartford Courant: William Breetz, professor, president of the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, and member of the law revision commission, is interviewed about efforts to repeal outdated laws.
• 2002-03-08, Cable Access television: Professor Laura Dickinson participated in a discussion with John Finn, professor of Government at Wesleyan University, about the First Amendment during times of crisis.
• 2002-03-10, USA Today: Professor Leonard Orland is quoted in an article about Sun Microsystem's suite against Microsoft claiming anticompetitive tactics to harm Sun's Java language.
• 2002-03-15, Manchester Journal-Inquirer: Professor Kent Newmyer is profiled.
• 2002-03-18, The National Law Journal: Professor Leonard Orland submits an opinion piece about state's attempts to seek remedies in conflict with the Department of Justice in the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft.
• 2002-03-20, The Hartford Courant: Professor Loftus Becker's paraticipation in a forum at the New Britain Public Library is described.
• 2002-03-22, The Hartford Courant: Professor Martha Stone is quoted in an article about a bill in the Connecticut legislature to change the criteria for juvenile detention centers.
• 2002-03-25, UConn Advance: Professor Lewis Kurlantzick is profiled.
• 2002-03-27, The Day (New London, CT): Professor and Dean Nell Jessup Newton is quoted in an article about tribal courts referring judgements to state courts.
• 2002-04-01, UConn Advance: Professor Thomas Morawetz is profiled.
• 2002-04-02, The Hartford Courant: Professor Laura Dickinson is quoted in an article about lawsuits seeking compensation for African Americans for slavery.
• 2002-04-02, The Hartford Courant: Professor Leonard Orland is quoted in commentary column the Connecticut Attorney General pursuit of Microsoft in antitrust lawsuits.
• 2002-04-07, New Jersey Star-Ledger: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about how companies are avoiding local taxes by creating subsidiaries in Delaware to hold corporate intellectual property.
• 2002-04-07, The Hartford Courant: Professors and former Deans Hugh Macgill and Phillip Blumberg and Professor Colin Tait are quoted in an "Extraordinary Life" portrait of former professor Neil Scanlon.
• 2002-04-14, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about Wisconsin's corporate income tax system.
• 2002-05-00, Trial: Professor Martha Stone is quoted in an article about a federal district court ruling on the state's neglect of mentally ill and traumatized children.
• 2002-05-02, The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Professor Richard Pomp submits an opinion piece on revising the property-tax exemption for charities.
• 2002-05-03, The Hartford Courant: Dean and Professor Nell Jessup Newton is quoted in an article about proposed legislation to ban Las Vegas-style games of chance and the impact on Indian tribes seeking federal recognition.
• 2002-05-03, Connecticut Law Tribune: Professor Terry Tondro is named in an article about a bill to reform of Connecticut's planning and zoning appeals process.
• 2002-05-03, Internal Revenue Service news release: Professor Diana Leyden is appointed to the IRS Advisory Council.
• 2002-05-05, The New York Times: Professor Tom Baker is quoted in an article about the practice of insuring slaves and the impact of reparation lawsuits on insurance companies today.
• 2002-05-06, The Hartford Courant: Professor Mark Dubois submits an op-ed piece about proposed federal laws restrict medical malpractice victims' access to the courts.
• 2002-05-06, WTIC 1080AM: Professor Todd Fernow is interviewed on the air about the difficulty of prosecuting and defending old cases.
• 2002-05-06, The Hartford Courant: Professor Todd Fernow is quoted in an article about prosecuting and defending old cases.
• 2002-05-08, The Boston Herald: Professor Tom Baker is quoted in an article about slavery-era reparations lawsuits against insurance companies.
• 2002-05-13, Journal Inquirer: Professor Robert Whitman is quoted in an article about a Connecticut Supreme Court's decision regarding the court's role in child-custody cases when the parents have made a will designating a guardian.
• 2002-05-14, Tax Notes Today: Professor Diana Leyden is quoted in an article about several issues involving appeals of collection due process hearings and innocent spouse relief.
• 2002-05-19, The Hartford Courant: Professor Elizabeth McCormick's participation in a Connecticut DMV hearing in Waterbury is discussed.
• 2002-05-19, The Times Union (Albany, NY): Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about controversies surrounding New York's enterprise zones program.
• 2002-05-20, Connecticut Law Tribune: Professor William Breetz is quoted in a profile of Gurdon H. Buck about how the two team up on various volunteer projects.
• 2002-05-21, State Tax Today: Professor Richard Pomp and Paul Frankel agree on the on the proposition that state and federal tax officials are not pursuing the underground economy, tax protestors, and tax cheats.
• 2002-05-26, The New York Times: Professor Timothy Everett is quoted in an article about his investigation of the Connecticut sex offender registry.
• 2002-05-28, Bloomberg News: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about the tax implications of a plan to sell a water tunnel to private investors who would then lease it back to the city.
• 2002-05-31, Atlanta Business Journal: Professor Richard Pomp is quoted in an article about a company's failure to meet the conditions of the allocation and apportionment program.
• 2002-06-01, The Tax Adviser: Professor Richard Pomp and Oliver S. Oldman's Building a Cost-Effective State and Local Tax Library is a recommended item when building a comprehensive tax library.