With both Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock the likely winners of the U.S. Senate races in Georgia, a result that seemed unlikely just two months ago, Congress is suddenly back to being a major player in the next year or two. Over the last several years, the amount of legislation coming out of Congress had slowed to a trickle; Majority Leader McConnell used his powers to block bills that might have otherwise passed.…

Where are the clusters of COVID-19 coming from? That was the subject of a state report that was recently reported on by The Hartford Courant. When a team of Connecticut officials traced 84 coronavirus clusters to their origin points, they found that the vast majority of those clusters stemmed from four places: restaurants, workplaces, homes and child care facilities. As the Courant was quick to note, the state report has its limitations; it does not…

Over the last week, while many of us were trying to catch up on our stay-cations,  Congress passed and the President signed The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Applications Act. It’s a 5,593-page appropriations bill so I’m going to guess that you haven’t read it. Spoiler Alert: Neither have I. But thankfully, my colleagues Jarad Lucan and Sarah Westby have looked into the impact of this new legislation on the paid leave provisions of the…

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.  It’s the time when I delve into the annual report of case statistics released by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.  It’s a time to look for trends. And yes, I get excited about this report every year. The most obvious trend? Case filings are down. Indeed, the report for 2019-2020 contains some surprises, but without further context, it’s difficult to know the exact causes. The…

I had the opportunity to record another webcast recently with New Haven attorney Nina Pirrotti, who mainly represents employees in her work at Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C. Our ongoing series, which we’ve titled “The Dialogue”, looks this month at whether employers can mandate coronavirus vaccines, how employers and employees are dealing with pandemic-related issues, and predictions for 2021. My thanks as always to Nina for her participation in these important…