Category: Estate Planning
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Lamont Signs Social Media Age Verification and AI Regulation Bill Into Law
Connecticut just put a stake in the ground on two of the thorniest problems of the digital era — kids and social media, and the spread of AI into everyday life — and the throughline in how state officials are talking about it is impatience. Governor Ned Lamont has signed Public Act 26-15 into law,…
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Blumenthal & Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Shield Youth from Targeted Gambling Advertising
There’s a new front opening up in the fight over sports gambling, and this one is about who the ads are reaching. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) have introduced the Gaming Advertisement to Minors Enforcement Act of 2026 — the GAME Act — a bipartisan bill that would make it illegal for…
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Trampoline Park Lawsuits Surge in Connecticut — Here’s What Parents Should Know
Connecticut is seeing a surge of trampoline park accidents. The lawsuits have been stacking up in Superior Courts across the state for years, and the pace hasn’t slowed — early 2026 has already brought new filings, including a zipline-fall case involving a child. The complaints, both pending and recently filed, allege serious injuries and lay…
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Lamont bans “convertible pistols” in Connecticut
Connecticut’s New “Convertible Pistol” Ban: What Public Act 26-41 Means On May 26, 2026, Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 26-41 into law, creating new criminal restrictions on handguns that can be quickly turned into fully automatic weapons. The law takes effect October 1, 2026, and it reaches beyond just convertible pistols—it also touches unfinished…
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A Bridgeport Conviction Tests the Line Between Angry Speech and a Criminal Threat
A Bridgeport jury has convicted a man for what he posted online after a police shooting — a verdict that lands squarely on one of the hardest questions in criminal law: when does furious, ugly speech cross over into a crime? On May 29, 2026, a Superior Court jury in Bridgeport found Joseph Thompson, known…
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Connecticut Opens a Charity Probe Into Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart
On June 2, 2026, Connecticut’s top consumer-protection and legal officials turned their attention to a small charitable fund in New Britain with an outsized question hanging over it: where did the money go, and who controlled it? Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli announced a joint investigation into former…
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South Carolina Man Arrested After Allegedly Cutting Down Light Poles Along I-91 in Rocky Hill
ROCKY HILL, Conn. — Connecticut State Police arrested a South Carolina man after he was allegedly caught cutting down light poles along Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill earlier this month. According to a criminal information summary released by the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, state troopers responded to the area of Interstate…
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Lawyer Steals $500K from a CT Trust: Why Your Trustee Matters and What We Can Learn
When most people think about estate planning, they focus on the big decisions: who inherits the house, how to divide accounts, whether to set up a trust. But one decision quietly carries more day-to-day power than almost any other, and it’s the one people tend to rush: who you name as your trustee. A recent…
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Police Chase Ends With Woman Smoking Crack in Barricaded Car After Multiple Crashes
In a scene straight out of a chaotic crime drama, Connecticut State Police wrapped up a high-speed pursuit on May 26, 2026, that involved reckless driving through city streets, a school playground, and multiple crashes — culminating in one of the passengers calmly lighting up what appeared to be crack cocaine while locked inside the…
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MA Accuses UnitedHealthcare of $100M MassHealth Fraud
On May 29, 2026, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court accusing UnitedHealthcare of defrauding MassHealth — the state’s Medicaid program — out of more than $100 million by systematically making elderly, low-income patients look sicker than they were. The complaint, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, runs…
