Property Tax Appeals in Connecticut
There are a number of municipalities undergoing revaluation this year. If you are a property owner in these towns, you will soon receive a letter advising you of your new assessment.… Read More
Author Archives: Scott Schwefel
The Best Lawyers in America© 2016
West Hartford, CT, United States — Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel, LLC is pleased to announce that two lawyers have been named to the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. … Read More
Ethics in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
By: Mark S. Shipman
The role of the lawyer in a Commercial Real Estate Transaction is generally clear. It is the representation of the client to the best of the lawyer’s ability without committing or permitting an ethical breach.… Read More
Boundary Disputes: Finding the Solution to Unresolved Boundaries and Handling Right of Way Problems
By Mark S. Shipman
I. FINDING THE SOLUTION TO UNRESOLVED BOUNDARIES
Robert Frost once said that “good fences do good neighbors make”. It is most often true. However, when the fence purports to describe a boundary and it’s in the wrong place, things are often not so neighborly.… Read More
New Connecticut Law Prohibits Employer Ban on Disclosing Wages
By C. Scott Schwefel
On July 2, 2015, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 15196, entitled “An Act Concerning Pay Equity and Fairness.” The law, which is effective immediately, now prohibits employers from preventing employees from voluntarily sharing information about their wages and, further, prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to sign a waiver that denies the employee his or her right to share such information.… Read More
Connecticut Enacts Law Prohibiting Employers from Accessing Employee Online Accounts
By C. Scott Schwefel
On May 19, 2015, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law an act prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring employees or job applicants to: (1) provide their user name and password, or any other means of access, to an employee’s personal online account; (2) access an online account in the employer’s presence; or (3) invite, or accept an invitation from, the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the employee or applicant.… Read More