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Skills Gap
As Connecticut's demand for certain trade skills
intensifies, so has interest from pupils and
employers in the 100 or so post-secondary career/
trade schools, including one of the state's biggest
and oldest, Porter & Chester Institute. PG. 3
Bubble Watch
Boston Fed Chief Eric Rosengren recently sounded
a tone of caution about the potential for economic
conditions that cause rising realty values, including
those in Hartford, to reverse course. PG. 5
CT bars, restaurants face lawsuits
over fight-night broadcasts
By Matt Pilon
mpilon@HartfordBusiness.com
A
litigious California compa-
ny is attempting to squeeze
more than $1.3 million
from Connecticut restaurants
and bars for allegedly showing
professional boxing matches
without a proper license.
Since April, J & J Productions,
which owns closed-circuit TV and
pay-per-view distribution rights
to professional boxing broad-
casts, has sued eight Connecticut
eateries and watering holes in
federal court, including several
in Greater Hartford, as part of a
nationwide crackdown against
businesses that display fights
without paying the required com-
mercial sublicensing fee.
Most of the Connecticut suits
demand $170,000 in damages,
plus attorneys' fees.
A commercial sublicense often
costs much more than ordering
a fight at home, and federal law
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Andy Bessette
Travelers Cos.
Cheryl Chase
Chase Enterprises
Margaret Lawson
Independent consultant
Skip Gengras
Gengras Motor Cars
Recognizing business leaders
whose engagement in our
business community has had
significant positive economic
impact locally and will teach
future generations by example.
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