• posted: Oct. 04, 2016
• Louis A. Crisci, Jr
• Business & Contracts

In my prior blog on this topic I addressed sole proprietorships and partnerships. In this part two of the series I will address limited liability companies (LLC) and corporations (Corp). Limited Read More

• posted: Sep. 29, 2016
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate

  Parts 1 (Overview of Offer) and 2 (Provisions in your offer & contract) in this blog series discussed the offer to purchase and important contract provisions. Now that you have Read More

• posted: Sep. 16, 2016
• Louis A. Crisci, Jr
• Business & Contracts,  Finance

  Cosigning a note always involves the inherent risk of being a co-borrower.  A cosigner takes the risk that the other party will not pay the note.  Cosigning also affects your Read More

• posted: Sep. 12, 2016
• Lawrence C. Sgrignari
• Injury & Accidents

  Most people who are injured in a car accident quickly realize that trying to deal with the insurance companies on their own is not pleasant. All too often I have Read More

• posted: Sep. 05, 2016
• Paul H. Begemann
• Real Estate

Effective September 1, 2016, there is a new form a prospective buyer of a residential multi-family property in Connecticut must sign. The form advises the potential buyer of certain fair housing Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Labor & Employment,  Supreme Court Rulings

A state employee was fired for smoking marijuana during work hours in a state vehicle on state property. Sounds reasonable, right? If you answered yes, a recent decision by the Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Labor & Employment

Many people are surprised to learn that Connecticut is an “at-will” employment state and that most employees are at-will. “At-will” means that an employer can terminate an employee for any Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2016
• Louis A. Crisci, Jr
• Business & Contracts

One of the American dreams is to be your own boss; to run your own business. The most common forms of business are sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company (LLC) Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Labor & Employment

Connecticut is the most recent state to “ban the box,” joining a minority of states with similar laws (thirteen and counting). Beginning January 1, 2017, Connecticut employers will be prohibited Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2016
• John M. Gesmonde
• Litigation,  Supreme Court Rulings

  A parent claims that his right to freedom of speech was trampled upon at a board of education meeting when he was denied the ability to read a letter in Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2016
• Louis A. Crisci, Jr
• Real Estate

It is not uncommon for a bank to require a borrower to be added to the title to the property if they are not already on it. However, transferring someone Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Business & Contracts

  A business credit application is a document used to collect credit information on customers and to get customers to agree to credit and other important terms. If your business extends Read More

• posted: Jul. 15, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Criminal & Traffic Defense

 In the past week or so, you may have heard a thing or two about the latest mobile phone app known as Pokémon Go, which is an augmented reality game Read More

• posted: Jul. 13, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Litigation

  Social media is an important networking tool in this day and age of technology and one or more forms of social media are used by many individuals. However, there can Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Business & Contracts

  Every year, billions of business transactions occur. Not surprisingly, some disputes arise between the businesses and the consumers involved in those transactions. What is surprising to many is that sometimes Read More

• posted: Jun. 29, 2016
• Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.
• Business & Contracts,  Insurance Law

  Commercial Arbitration is the submission of a dispute by agreement of business parties to a neutral third person, whom the parties have chosen to rule on their dispute. The disputing Read More