Senior Counsel Robert M. Langer has authored the Connecticut state chapter of the first edition of State Consumer Protection Law, a treatise published by the ABA’s Antitrust Law Section. Partners Steven B. Malech and Joseph Merschman both contributed to the Connecticut chapter of the predecessor treatise Consumer Protection Law Developments.

Bob is also the co-author of the definitive treatise on Connecticut’s principal consumer protection statute, the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (“CUTPA”), entitled Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices, Business Torts and Antitrust, first published in 1994, with a new edition currently produced each year. He has also taught this subject as an adjunct professor for the past forty-three years in UConn’s MBA Program, the UConn Law School, and the Quinnipiac University School of Law. During his years with the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, Bob drafted many of the key amendments to CUTPA. Bob has also litigated quite a number of the seminal CUTPA cases in both the Connecticut Supreme Court and the Connecticut Appellate Court during his career in government service and in private practice.

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Photo of Robert Langer Robert Langer

Bob is recognized as one of the country’s foremost authorities on antitrust, consumer protection, and trade regulation law. He possesses unparalleled experience in counseling, litigation, and regulatory investigations in the field.

Photo of Joseph C. Merschman Joseph C. Merschman

Joe is a Partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Litigation Department and has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Joe represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including health care, insurance, biotech, manufacturing, technology, and real estate, and clients include multi-national…

Joe is a Partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Litigation Department and has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Joe represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including health care, insurance, biotech, manufacturing, technology, and real estate, and clients include multi-national corporations, closely held companies, family businesses, and individuals. Joe has significant experience in matters involving business torts, breach of contract, intellectual property, and securities. Joe also regularly represents the owners of private companies in “business divorces” and other disputes with their partners and investors.