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www.HartfordBusiness.com • September 10, 2018 • Hartford Business Journal 5 What Can We Do For You? 860.871.1111 www.nemsi.com 166 Tunnel Road, Vernon, CT 06066 Choose an Award-Winning Partner For Over 50 Years, Clients Have Counted On NEMSI For: • HVAC, Plumbing and Process Piping • Design-Build Construction • Energy Management Systems • LEED Certification Programs • Electrical Services • Comprehensive Preventive Maintenance Programs • 24/7/365 Emergency Response Recent Awards Include: » ABC Platinum Safety Award » ABC Accredited Quality Contractor (ABC-AQC) » ABC Excellence in Construction Award » ABC Specialty Contractor of the Year » Contracting Business First Place Design/Build Award License #s: E1-104939 • S1- 302974 P1- 203519 • F1- 10498 • SM1-192 • MC-1134 Offices in: New London | Trumbull | Pawtucket, RI | Palmer, MA | Manchester, NH | Albany, NY The Press opens in downtown Hartford's former Black Bear space A prohibition-era themed cocktail bar has opened in downtown Hartford's former Black Bear Saloon. The Press, also playing off a newspaper motif, opened Aug. 16 at 187 Allyn St. under Jerry Fornarelli, owner of 1st Cut Restaurant Group. Fornarelli's group also owns The Russian Lady, The Tavern Downtown and the Rocking Horse Saloon. Black Bear Saloon closed at the Allyn Street space in Sept. 2017. In the shadows of Union Station, The Press was renovated over three months this summer to accommodate a hyperlocal theme, said General Manager Jeanine Mesnil. The eatery now has 125 dining seats, 40 seats at two full-service bars and walls plastered with reprinted Hartford Courant articles noting a Hartford Whalers comeback win, former Gov. Ella Grasso's swearing- in ceremony and a UConn basketball championship. Two typewriters and newspaper front pages from 1864 also add to the restaurant's decor. Software developer sues CT judicial branch for stealing code A software developer that created an informational database for the Connecticut Judicial Branch is suing the state for allegedly stealing its code, using its trade secrets and violating its licensing agreement. Under the complaint filed Aug. 27 in Hartford Superior Court, Massachusetts- based Pavonix Inc. said it was contracted in 2000 by the judicial branch to build a case-management information system, but ended the partnership in March 2007 when the state failed to pay for its services. Pavonix, formerly Softscape Inc., said it took steps to protect disclosing proprietary information used in the licensed program, including its source code, according to the lawsuit. But months after Pavonix terminated the partnership in 2007, the developer said it learned the judicial branch "had wrongfully utilized its source code" to develop its own case-management information system — called judicial electronic bridge (JEB) — to replace the licensed program, the lawsuit says. The complaint alleges the JEB program uses code developed and owned by Pavonix. The complaint also says the state disclosed or distributed the licensed program to third parties and violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act by using its program and source code. Worker illness in CT declines, but still above national average Connecticut workers are getting sick on the job slightly less often than in recent years, but still more frequently than the national average, according to a new state report. The Occupational Disease in Connecticut 2018 report, which focuses on 2016 data, shows that on-the-job illnesses fell by 2 percent since the previous year. It found Connecticut had an overall illness rate of 17.4 cases per 10,000 workers. But the state had a 6 percent higher rate of occupational illness than the average national level. Connecticut ranked 15th highest out of 41 states; Maine had the highest rate and Texas had the lowest. Connecticut's rate has been consistently higher than the national average but is also narrowing slightly, said Tim Morse, professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Health Center and the report's author. Clarice Silber | CT Mirror Lydall completes $265M acquisition of Pa. firm Manchester manufacturer Lydall Inc. said it has completed its $265 million cash acquisition of a Pennsylvania maker of automotive seals, gaskets and sound- deadening materials. Lydall officials said acquiring Interface Performance Materials Inc., of Lancaster, Pa., will increase its scale and boost the margins of several product lines. A look inside new downtown Hartford restaurant The Press, which is located in Black Bear's former Allyn Street location. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED

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