Its based on an article that was published recently in the Connecticut Bar Journal.
We saw each other in court tonight.
It may be directed at me as a warning.
This sounds like a variation of a ‘SLAPP’. (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation)
Definition - "Retaliatory lawsuits intended to silence, intimidate, or punish those who have used public forums to speak, petition, or otherwise move for government action on an issue.
The term strategic lawsuits against public participation, known by the acronym SLAPPs, applies to a variety of different types of lawsuits, including those claiming libel, defamation, business interference, or conspiracy. The term was coined by Professors George W. Pring and Penelope Canan of the University of Denver, who began to study this form of litigation in 1984. Pring and Canan define SLAPPs using four criteria: “[SLAPPs] (1) involve communications made to influence a government action or outcome, (2) which result in civil lawsuits (complaints, counterclaims, or cross-claims), (3) filed against non-governmental individuals or groups (4) on a substantive issue of some public interest or social significance.”
Agreed, but unless they’ve already inquired with that particular firm in New Haven about the possibility of litigation, it would seem to me it’s an empty one made without the advice of council.