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Welcome to Manufacturing Updates, Pullman & Comley’s new quarterly publication that summarizes important legal developments for manufacturers. Manufacturing Updates brings together...

Friday (May 28, 2021), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its long-awaited Guidance on mandatory vaccinations in the workplace.  In the new Guidance, the EEOC...

When a top executive resigns without explanation, rumors begin to fly at most companies. But in the weeks following Marcus Lanznar’s resignation from Hartford-based healthcare technology firm CareCentrix, the water-cooler rumors took on a particularly urgent tone. Lanznar, formerly associate vice president at CareCentrix for new strategies and products, had gone to work for what the company considered a direct competitor, Signify Health, which has its principal executive office in Norwalk. La...

Among its most valuable assets are a company’s trade secrets, staff and customers. But protecting these can be much more difficult than protecting equipment or inventory. With the right...

Welcome to Pullman & Comleys Real Estate Newsletter, Groundbreaking News. Written by our team of attorneys, youll find articles that highlight hot topics and developments spanning the fields of real estate, land use and property valuation. In this Spring 2021 Issue: One Year On, How Has Commercial Office Space Changed? Repurposing Connecticuts Commercial Real Estate Market in the Wake of COVID-19 The Use of Electronic Signatures in Real Estate Documents   One Year On, How Has Commercial Offic...

Downtown Hartford’s major office buildings remain relatively deserted compared to pre-pandemic times, which creates potential problems for building owners. “It makes it harder to lease additional space because it looks like a ghost town,” said Gary B. O’Connor, a commercial real estate attorney at Pullman & Comley. “[Owners] want the tenants to come back.” Image Gary B. O’Connor Hartford’s largest office landlord, Shelbourne Global Solutions, certainly wants its tenants to start...

At State House Square, one of downtown Hartford’s major Class A office properties, David Jakubowski keeps a close eye on parking garage traffic reports, eager to see concrete signs of greater employee activity as COVID-19 vaccination rates rise. However, Jakubowski, who manages the three-building property on behalf of its owners, has observed only a slight increase over the past few months. Inside, there’s still just a sliver of normal employee activity levels. “We were hoping at this poi...

Chamber On the Move: Virtual cruise night, Pride festivities ahead for June Larry McHugh FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHughHearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Orthopedic Associates of Middletown celebrated a grand opening April 19. From left are Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce President Larry McHugh, President of Kempenaar Real Estate Inc. Rocky Kempenaar II, Central Business Bureau Chairwoman Pamela Steele, Alfred K...

In addition to bills described in our last post, the General Assembly’s Education Committee approved and advanced out of committee the following funding-related and “omnibus” bills, including bills reaffirming the Committee’s affinity for “task forces” and “studies.”  Here is a summary of these bills (which now await action by the full General Assembly):   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS H.B. No. 6617 (“ An Act Concerning Authorization Of State Grant Commitments For School Building ...

A multitude of businesses cropped up following the legalization of medical marijuana in Connecticut, a pattern likely to repeat if the state follows the same path with recreational pot. The trend has been fertile soil for the legal industry, with some law firms forming practice groups dedicated to cannabis law. Gov. Ned Lamont proposed legislation aimed at legalizing recreational marijuana early this year. As of late April, the Judiciary Committee had approved it, and lawmakers are slated to co...