Practice Areas - Business Litigation
- Business Torts Litigation
- Appellate Practice
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- Employment Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 203-877-8000
Fax: 203-878-9800
http://www.hssklaw.com
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| University | Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1965 |
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| Law School | Yale University, LL.B., 1970 |
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| Admitted | 1970, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island |
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| Memberships | New Haven County, Connecticut (Member, 1976—, and Chairperson, 1980-1982, Executive Committee, Antitrust Section; Member, Federal Practice Section, 1985—) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust Law) Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. |
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| Military | Capt., Military Intelligence, USAR, 1965-1974 |
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| Born | Wheeling, West Virginia, January 13, 1944 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Law; Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a Band 1 Leading Lawyer in General Commercial Litigation; Benchmark: Litigation as a Local Litigation Star. Co-Author: Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices, Business Torts and Antitrust (West 2010); Unfair Trade Practices (West, 2003); The Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, (1994, Supp. 1996); "Promising Use of an 'Extraordinary Tool:' Some State Statutes Seem to Pave Path for Temporary Injunctions," Conn. L. Trib., Vol. 35, No. 13 (2009). Contributing Author: Consumer Protection Law Developments, ABA Section of Antitrust Law (2009); section on Business Torts in Connecticut Civil Complaints for Business Litigation, Vol. II (Conn. L. Trib. 2010). Author: "Should the FTC's Current Criteria for Determining 'Unfair Acts or Practices' Be Applied to State 'Little FTC Acts'?" The Antitrust Source (Feb. 2010), available at http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-source/10/02/Feb10-Belt2-25f.pdf; "Unresolved Issues Under the Unfair Trade Practices Act," Vol. 82, No. 4, Connecticut Bar Journal, December 2008; section on Unfair Trade Practices in Connecticut Lawyers' Deskbook (Conn. Bar Assn., 3d ed. 2008); "The Standard for Determining 'Unfair Acts of Practices' Under State Unfair Trade Practices Acts," Vol. 80, No. 3, Connecticut Bar Journal, September 2006; "The Connecticut Anti-Trust Act: A Guide to Interpretation," Vol. 54, No. 5, Connecticut Bar Journal, October 1980; "Private Actions Under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act," Vol. 64, Special Issue, Connecticut Bar Journal, May 1990; "Unfair Trade Practices," in Connecticut Lawyers' Deskbook (CBA, 1998, 2d ed. 2000). Lecturer: "Recognizing and Analyzing the Antitrust Problem in Distribution," November 1985; "Creative Uses of CUTPA by Business Plaintiffs" and "Defending CUTPA Actions," CBA, December 1988; "Federal Appellate Overview," CBA, March 1989; "Private Actions Under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act," CBA, May 1990; "The Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act: Developments - 1993," CBA, June 1993; "Procedural Attacks on a CUTPA Complaint," "Discovery in a CUTPA Action," "Limiting Remedies in a CUTPA Action," and "Jury Trial of CUTPA Claims," CBA, June 1994; "Private Actions and Remedies Under CUTPA," CBA, May 1995; "Common Law Fraud and Misrepresentation in Connecticut," CBA, June 1997; "How to Try the CUTPA Case," CBA, May 2000; "Elements of a CUTPA Violation and Private Remedies Under CUTPA," CBA, October 2002; "Current Issues Under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act ('CUTPA')," CBA Annual Meeting, June 2010; "Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Litigation: The Perils and Opportunities," Conn.L.Trib. In-House Counsel CLE Lecture, November 2010. Adjunct Faculty, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2002. Adjunct Professor, Antitrust, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2004— Member, Connecticut Judicial Department Civil Commission (2011-); Counsel, Federal Grievance Committee for the District of Connecticut, 2003-2005. Member, Superior Court Civil Division Task Force, 2004—. Life Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation.
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| Reported Cases | SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., 463 F.Supp. 983 (D. Conn. 1978), remanded, 599 F.2d 32 (2d Cir., 1979), on remand, 474 F.Supp. 589 (D. Conn., 1979), aff'd, 645 F.2d 1195 (2d Cir., 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1016 (1982) (antitrust); Pfeiffer v. Silver, 712 F.2d 699 (2d Cir. 1983) (personal injury); Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc. v. Cello, Ltd., 799 F.2d 814 (2d Cir. 1986) (trademark); Heller v. Champion International Corporation, 891 F.2d 432 (2d Cir. 1989) (employment); Automated Salvage Transport, Inc. v. Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc., 155 F.3d 59 (2d Cir. 1998) (antitrust, environmental); Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Konover, 2009 WL 585429 (D.Conn. Mar. 4, 2009), 2009 WL 585430 (D. Conn. Mar. 4, 2009), 2009 WL 585433 (D. Conn. 2009), 2009 WL 585434 (D. Conn. 2009), 2009 WL 982635 (D.Conn. 2009)(discovery; decisions as Special Master); A&R Body Specialty v. Progressive Casualty Ins. Co., 2008 WL 2229888 (D. Conn. May, 28, 2008) (unfair trade practices); SLC Turberry, Ltd., v. The American Golfer, Inc., 240 F.R.D. 50 (D.Conn. 2007) (vacating judgement); Packer v. SN Servicing Corp., 243 F.R.D. 39 (D.Conn. 2007)(discovery; decision as Special Master); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Seigel, 312 F.Supp.2d 260 (D.Conn.2004) (Civil RICO; unfair trade practices); North American Energy Systems, LLC v. New England Energy Management, Inc., 269 F. Supp. 2d 12 (D.Conn. 2002) (antitrust; unfair trade practices; tortious interference); Wilson v. Midway Games Inc., 198 F.Supp. 2d 167, 106 A.L.R. 5th 759 (D. Conn. 2002) (product liability, unfair trade practices, first amendment); Connecticut Pipe Trades Health Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc, 153 F.Supp.2d 101 (D. Conn. 2001) (unfair trade practices); Venterina v. Cummings & Lockwood, 117 F.Supp.2d 114 (D.Conn. 1999) (employment); Federal Paper Board Company, v. Amata 693 F. Supp. 1376 (D. Conn., 1988) (antitrust, civil RICO); Plastic & Metal Fabricators, Inc. v. Roy, 163 Conn. 257, 303 A.2d 725, 58 A.L.R.3d 1305 (1972)(trade secrets); Beckenstein Enterprises-Prestige Park, LLC in Lichtenstein, 2004 WL 1966863 (Conn. Super. Ct. Aug. 11, 2004) (attorney disqualification); Feen v. Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc., 1999 WL 33972 (Conn. Super Ct. Jan. 13, 1999), 2000 WL 1398898 (Conn. Super. Ct. Sept. 7, 2000 (contract, unfair trade practices); Alexander & Alexander of Connecticut, Inc. v. Cronin, 1996 WL 409227 (Conn. Super. Ct. June 27, 1996) (noncompete). |
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| ISLN | 909124722 |
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