Emily Cousins

New Haven

Litigation Reporter at Connecticut Law Tribune

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Articles

Test Case: Minimum Wage Act Class Action Hinges on 'Hours Worked' Exception

1 week ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

Only six motions have been filed as of May 1, 2025, before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the lowest number in the past decade, according to the panel's own statistics.
Meet Peter Dreyer, Whose Star Is on the Rise in Connecticut Law

1 week ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

"Some lawyers feel compelled to show off their knowledge; their own insecurity drives them to want to impress," Jeffrey Hessekiel, the general counsel for Exelixis, said. "Lisa has a quiet confidence, and she impresses without having to be self-important or needlessly formal. As you work with her, you see that she deserves the position that she's achieved and the respect that she has gained. ... She is just a steady, smart, reasonable litigator, and that makes her very dependable."
'Momentous and Insufficient:' NJ to Net $124.5M from $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Settlement

1 week ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

The opinion, written by Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, resolves an appeal a three-judge panel heard argument on in November and allows the majority of the scouting organization's Chapter 11 plan, which includes the second-largest sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history, to move forward.
'Momentous and Insufficient:' AGs Support $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Settlement

1 week ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

“It's just very sad for them because I have conversations with them quite frequently saying, ‘Please, please hang in there. I think eventually we're going to get there, but you got to just be patient.’ And it's really difficult to keep saying you have to be patient after 10 years," Kelly Reardon of The Reardon Law Firm, counsel for three claimants in the talc cases against Johnson & Johnson, said.
Veterans Affairs Sued for Revoking Gender-Affirming Care

2 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

A transgender army veteran sued the Department of Veterans Affairs after her gender-affirming health care was abruptly canceled, allegedly in violation of federal discrimination statutes and the U.S. Constitution. On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued the executive order "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," and instructed agencies to only recognize two sexes, male and female.
Five Pending US Supreme Court Cases Have Connecticut's Input

2 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Latest Jab at Harvard

3 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

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Judge Transparency: New Judicial Nominee Law Requires Reporting Professional Background

3 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

At the tail end of the legislative session, a judicial nomination bill was passed that advocates say would make Connecticut’s judicial nomination process the most transparent in the nation. The Judicial Selection Committee has long released an annual report to the Judiciary Committee with demographic information of candidates who were interviewed, recommended and denied recommendation. Now, House Bill 7041 stipulates the committee would also have to include "areas of professional experience."
Waterbury Jury Awards $10 Million Verdict

3 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

Attorneys at Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge secured a $10 million verdict on Friday in Waterbury for their client who lost most of the fingers on his right hand after it was damaged in a machine. Mark Garbitini worked at Rand-Whitney Container LLC, a corrugated box factory in Waterbury. While Garbitini was loading sheets of cardboard into a machine, a jam occurred, court records show.
'We're in Uncharted Waters Here': Litigation Heats Between Harvard and Trump Administration

3 weeks ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

Harvard University's litigation against the Trump administration for the alleged wrongful revocation of federal research funding and grants ramped up as the institution asked the court to issue a permanent injunction. The legal battle began after Harvard refused to comply with the Trump administration's demands, which the university claims would have allowed the federal government to commandeer the institution.