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December 28, 2020 ¦ Vol. 46, No. 52 ¦ $10.00 2020 saw a
massive increase
in the use of online
communications in
the legal industry,
and that means
bigger issues with
cybersecurity.

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Did CT Court Admins Push
Altered COVID Reporting?

By ROBERT STORACE

Unions representing about 4,000
Connecticut Judicial Branch
employees claim courthouse
officials are encouraging inaccurate
reporting related to the contact trac-
ing of individuals who might have
COVID-19.
The union leadership sent a
three-page letter to Chief Court Ad-
ministrator Patrick Carroll III and
Supreme Court Chief Justice Rich-
ard Robinson. In it, they asked for a
meeting with Carroll and Robinson to
discuss safety concerns in the state’s 13
courthouses, amid a spike in corona- Connecticut Judicial Branch building in Hartford. Photo: Google
virus cases. intimidate employees from providing accurate in-
“We are convinced that some of the Branch’s formation,” the letter states.
contact-tracing practices encourages supervisors Several union leaders spoke out about the
to interfere with good-faith reports of contacts, allegations.
modify results, discourage accurate reporting, and
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