Berchem Moses PC is the sponsor of the Jonathan Law boys basketball team for their participation in the Cardinal Shehan Center summer basketball league. This sponsorship marries the firm’s commitment to its hometown and the Shehan center where Richard C. Buturla is current a member of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Robert L. Berchem […]
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government workers who choose not to join a union cannot be charged for the cost of collective bargaining and related activities. In a 5-to-4 decision, a majority of the Court noted in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, that “agency fees” violate, “the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on […]
Held at the Italian Center in Stamford on Tuesday, June 19, Westfair Communication’s 14th annual awards ceremony honored the county’s next generation of young business leaders from a wide variety of sectors. The 40 awardees have helped shape Fairfield County into the prosperous region that it is. Since the beginning of his career as a […]
Published in the University of Bridgeport News on June 19, 2018. Robert L. Berchem, Esq., has been elected to serve as co-chair of the University of Bridgeport (UB) Board of Trustees by its Executive Committee. Berchem is principal and president of Berchem Moses P.C., a well-known Fairfield County law firm with offices in Westport and […]
Attorney Al Bruno was recently honored as the recipient of the John J. Gallagher Memorial Athletic Award from the Seymour Board of Education. The award is given each year to an individual who has assisted in the support and development of athletics within the Seymour schools and the community-at-large. Al served for 12 years as […]
Public agencies responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act will face a new notification requirement starting October 1, 2018, when requests are made for records contained in an employee’s personnel, medical or similar files. Importantly, these procedures apply only when requests are made for records contained in such files. Similar information contained in other […]
Members of the public had the opportunity to speak with a lawyer for free on Saturday, May 30, when the Milford Bar Association held an “ASK-A-LAWYER” legal information clinic in the program room of the city’s library. The event was held in celebration of Law Day, which was May 1, in recognition of the ideas […]
The Supreme Court on Monday, in a 5-4 decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. 16–285 (U.S. May 21, 2018) (consolidated cases), ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action over workplace issues. The Court’s decision could affect some 25 million employment contracts. Writing […]
The United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) recently issued several policy guidance letters addressing important issues related to state and districtwide assessments, preschool programming, and disagreements during Planning and Placement Team (PPT) meetings, known under federal law as IEP team meetings. While informal and nonbinding, these concise and digestible […]
CABE Deputy Director and General Counsel, Patrice McCarthy, spoke as part of a panel at the workshop Responding to Hate and Bias Incidents presented by CABE, Connecticut ADL, CAPSS and CAS. Also pictured, left to right, are CAPSS Executive Director Fran Rabinowitz; Attorney Michelle Laubin, Berchem Moses PC; Bridgeport Public Schools graduate Tiana Krause; and […]
