It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of our firm founder and colleague, J. Daniel Sagarin. Dan was a brilliant, charismatic, renaissance trial lawyer, known equally for his command of the courtroom and passionate advocacy for his...
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HSSK Recognized by Best Lawyers
HSSK is pleased to announced that the firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Tier 1 for both commercial litigation and land use & zoning law. Additionally, Best Lawyers has individually recognized David A. Slossberg & John W. Knuff on its 2023 ranking...
Kristen Zaehringer Joins HSSK
We are pleased to announce that Kristen L. Zaehringer has joined our firm as a partner in our litigation department. Kristen has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation before the state and federal courts in Connecticut and New York. She represents...
Chambers USA 2022 Recognizes HSSK Attorney
Chambers USA 2022 announced its annual rankings of attorneys and law firms, recognizing HSSK attorney Amy E. Souchuns in Band 1 in the area of Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use. One of only three attorneys in Connecticut recognized in the practice area, Chambers...
Today’s Business: Be Forewarned – No Poach Agreements Are Illegal
State and federal antitrust laws are in place to foster healthy and free competition among businesses — and to protect consumers and workers. When enforced by the government, or private citizens through civil actions, antitrust laws help eliminate illegal restraints...
HSSK, Along With ACLU, File Suit Challenging the Constitutionality of Connecticut’s Oppressive Prison Debt Law
Partnering with the ACLU Foundation of Connecticut (“ACLU”), Hurwitz, Sagarin, Slossberg, & Knuff LLC (“HSSK”), filed a federal class-action lawsuit today on behalf of more than 30,000 people, seeking to have Governor Ned Lamont and Attorney General William Tong...
HSSK Appointed to Represent Class as Part of Leadership Team in No-poaching Antitrust Case Against Aerospace Companies
The lawsuit, Granata v. Pratt & Whitney et al., claims the aerospace defendants entered into unlawful agreements “to restrain competition in the labor markets in which they compete for employees—principally engineers and other skilled employees in the aerospace...
HSSK Obtains Reversal of Class Action Dismissal
HSSK attorneys David Slossberg and Sara Sharp successfully obtained reversal of the trial court's dismissal of a class action in O'Donnell vs. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. The Appellate Court's ruling allows the case to proceed on the merits of the claim...
Today’s Business: Private arbitration – a tool for businesses during the pandemic
As we near the end of 2021 and consider the possibilities for 2022, all of us had hoped that the COVID-19 pandemic would be in the rearview mirror. While the delta and omicron variants have dampened those hopes, we have come to learn how amazingly resilient and...
Class Action Alleges Leaders at Pratt & Whitney, Others Conspired in Decadelong Nonpoaching Agreement
Details of an alleged nonpoaching agreement became public Dec. 9 when the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a criminal complaint against Mahesh Patel of Glastonbury, a former manager for Pratt & Whitney who was arrested Dec. 7 as part of a federal antitrust...