News & Events

Recently, UKS Attorney Kaydeen Maitland attended a special signing ceremony to formalize the important partnership that Hartford Healthcare has with the country of Jamaica. Hartford HealthCare welcomed Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton and Counsel General Alsion Roach Wilson.  Hartford HealthCare and Jamaica continue to work together to improve access to care, share consultative services and simulation training and participate in CODE CARE, which encourages n ...

UKS sponsored and participated in a Habitat for Humanity North Central Connecticut Build Day on September 17, 2022 in Windsor, CT.  Attorneys and staff volunteered for this opportunity to give back to the community and everyone involved had a great experience.  The UKS volunteers were (from top row, left) Heather Florio, Brian Hoeing, Rick Dighello, John Alissi, Don Doeg, Deneen Seifel (from second row, left) Kathi Gauthier, Donna McKiernan, Cristina Salamone, Sharon Spinelli, Tom Gugliotti and ...

Hartford, CT, September 28, 2022 – Attorney Evan S. Goldstein volunteered as a Judge for the UConn Law School Annual Fall Intramural Negotiation Competition 2022, Quarterfinal Round.  The UConn Law School students negotiated and mediated a fact pattern that involved a car accident involving a self-driving car.  The law students negotiated a mutually beneficial settlement agreement, NDA and mutual releases. The Judges evaluated and scored each team and provided feedback about the team's negotiati ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), after over a decade, adopted final rules in August regarding executive compensation disclosures to implement the pay-versus-performance rule required under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Under the rules, publicly traded companies will now be required to disclose information reflecting the relationship between executive compensation the company pays to certain executives and the company’s performance, in essence having to justify compensation pa ...

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Matthew P. H. Warden, an associate at UKS, was recently elected Construction Law Chair for the Young Lawyers Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.  In this role, Attorney Warden is responsible for facilitating construction law CLE and facilitating YLS events.  Mr. Warden practices in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance coverage and defense litigation, product liability and toxic torts, professional liability, ...

On Friday, September 23, 2022, UKS Attorney Christopher L. Brigham will be a guest speaker at The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) 2022 Annual Conference of Governance. Attorney Brigham will be discussing the legal aspects of responsible trustee leadership.  Click Governance Conf. 2022 (canva.com) to learn more. UKS is also a Principal Conference Partner of CAIS.  CAIS, founded in 1950, is a voluntary association of 93 non-profit independent schools serving over 30,000 stud ...

UKS Shareholders Patricia D. Anderson and Jennifer L. DiBella attended the Annual Conference of The New Hampshire and Vermont Bankers Association at Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle, NH on September 12th and 13th. This event brought together the CEOs and CFOs, officers and directors of most of the banks in New Hampshire and Vermont. Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. was a sponsor of the Annual Meeting. Patricia D. Anderson is a Shareholder in UKS’ Hartford office, practicing in the areas of ...

UKS is pleased to announce that Richard D. Carella has been selected by the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce as a recipient of its Distinguished Citizen’s Award for 2022. Each year at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner (https://www.middlesexchamber.com/annual-dinner/) a special award is presented to one or more members of the business community who have demonstrated outstanding and unselfish service to the community. Attorney Carella is an active leader of many community organizations.  He has serv ...

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. is proud to be a sponsor of the Connecticut Science Center’s Annual Event, “Back to the Future” on October 1, 2022, at the Connecticut Convention Center, in support of inspiring programs to meet the current and future science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce needs of our region. The event also celebrates the STEM heroes and innovators in our community and the Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Awards. UKS Shareholder, Jenn ...

Financial institutions and investment companies, like in many other industries, are under increasing pressure to demonstrate a commitment to addressing environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues.  ESG strategies have become a focus for regulators, institutional and individual investors and ratings agencies, as well as customers and employees.   More and more stakeholders are scrutinizing investment and lending practices of financial institutions to determine whether they align with thei ...