Hartford Business Journal

www.HartfordBusiness.com June 15, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 6/22 Focus: Entertainment/Gaming ■ The List: Largest entertainment venues ■ Nonprofit Profile: Charter Oak Health Center CALENDAR FRIDAY, JUNE 26 CT Tax Conference The Connecticut Business & Industry Association is hosting a tax conference June 26 that will discuss state fiscal and tax issues. This half-day conference, which runs from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.at the Hartford Marriott Farmington,15 Farm Springs Road, is geared toward finance/accounting professionals, sole practitioners, managing partners, business owners, and others serving the tax needs of their companies and clients. The program features information on 2015 Connecticut tax law developments as well as a session on sales and use tax audits and in-depth breakout sessions on sales and use taxes governing the manufacturing and service industries. Department of Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan will be the keynote speaker. Cost to attend is $154.20 for CBIA members; $196.74 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbia- 2015-connecticut-tax-conference-registration-16084446011. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Medical marijuana patient rolls grow 13 percent The number of Connecticut residents registered to buy medical marijuana grew 13 percent in the most recent quarter, the state Department of Consumer Protection said. As of June 5, there were 4,097 registered patients who must have at least one of 17 health conditions to be eligible. That was up from 3,635 on April 15, and 2,326 on Oct. 15, which was short- ly after dispensaries began selling product. New Haven County has 1,113 registered patients, while Fair- field County has 981 and Hartford County has 868. Former House minority leader to represent alcohol wholesalers Former longtime Republican state legislator Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. has landed a job as head of an industry associa- tion that represents wine and spirits wholesalers. The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Connecticut an- nounced that Cafero — who did not seek reelection last year after 11 terms — would become its executive director and general counsel effective July 1. Cafero was most recently a partner at Hartford law firm Brown Rudnick. REAL ESTATE Calcagni extends into realty development Cheshire property broker Calcagni Real Estate has partnered with a local equity-realty manager to develop and market newly built houses. Steven Calcagni, president of Calcagni Real Es- tate, announced his company's partnership with Cheshire native and former Westport equity-realty manager John C. Coleman to form CW Landmark Group LLC. Coleman is CW Landmark's president. Financial or other terms of the partnership weren't disclosed. CW Landmark's primary role is to locate land and development opportunities, which Coleman will oversee throughout the engi- neering and complex entitlement processes, officials said. Calcagni said his brokerage team will handle sales and mar- keting of finished developments. CT foreclosure inventory fell in April Connecticut's inventory of mortgaged homes in foreclosure contin- ues to fall, down a full percentage point in April, according to Corelogic. The state's foreclosure ratio stood at 1.9 percent during the month, down from 2.9 percent in April 2014 and from 2 percent a month prior, Corelogic said. The state with the highest foreclosure inventories in April included New Jersey (5.1 percent), New York (3.8 percent), Florida (3.1 per- cent), and Hawaii (2.6 percent). Kevin Sullivan N E W H AV E N | S TA M F O R D | WAT E R B U RY | S O U T H B U RY www.carmodylaw.com Hard cases require hardened litigators. Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey is proud of its track record in high-stakes, make-or-break litigation. Our recent accomplishments include securing the largest punitive award in Connecticut history, at more than $27.5 million, and obtaining a defense verdict in a multi-million dollar medical malpractice case. We have years of experience handling sophisticated cases with our talented teams of commercial and personal injury litigators and are proud to have been selected by the Connecticut Law Tribune as one of Connecticut's "Litigation Departments of the Year." For more information about our firm, please call Managing Partner Brian T. Henebry at 203-575-2601. HIGH-STAKES LITIGATION REQUIRES HIGHLY- PROVEN TALENT. H B J P H O T O | M A T T V O L P I N I Marijuana plants grown at Theraplant's Waterford manufacturing facility.

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