Whether you run a nonprofit or serve on the Board, you have a responsibility to make sure the organization is in compliance. There never seems to be enough time to step back, take stock, and launch that preventative compliance review. At a minimum, there are things that any nonprofit can do – and every nonprofit should do:...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborBlitz for 6: Rhode Island TCI Benefits to Increase to a Maximum of Six Weeks Beginning January 1, 2023
November 22, 2022
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli With the new year just a handful of weeks away, employers should take note of one notable change to the Rhode Island Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program (“TCI”) taking effect in 2023. Beginning January 1, 2023, the maximum amount of time eligible employees may collect paid caregiver benefits...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborThe NLRB is Back at it Again: New Proposal Broadens Definition of “Joint Employer”
September 13, 2022
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli On September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) rescinding and replacing its current rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”). If adopted in its current form, the Proposed Rule would significantly expand the conditions under...
Partridge Snow & Hahn is honored to share that nearly half of our Rhode Island attorneys have been included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America. This recognition includes a wide range of the firm’s practice areas including Business, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Employment, Intellectual Property, Land Use, Public Finance and Real Estate. Best Lawyers...
Employment & LaborNewsAlicia J. Samolis was recently interviewed by RI Lawyers Weekly regarding a new First Circuit case
August 16, 2022
PSH Partner, and Employment & Labor Chair, Alicia J. Samolis was recently interviewed by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly regarding a new First Circuit Case regarding associational discrimination under Title VII. First Circuit case Frith, et al. v. Whole Market, Inc., et al. arose when both black and non-black Whole Foods employees wore “black lives matter” masks to...
Litigation & DisputesPress ReleasesHoward Merten Elected as President of Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
August 1, 2022
PS&H Partner Howard Merten was elected to be President of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) for 2022-2023 at the organization’s recent Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1936, the FDCC is an international organization composed of the nation’s leaders in the legal community. Federation members have been judged by their peers to have...
Press ReleasesThree Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Selected as Fellows of Rhode Island Bar Foundation
July 27, 2022
PS&H’s Paul Kessimian, Christian Jenner, and Daniel Burgoyne were selected as Fellows of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation. They were recognized at the Foundation’s annual luncheon on June 23, 2022. Each year, Fellows are selected by the Foundation’s Board of Directors from those members of the Rhode Island Bar Association whose professional, public, and private careers have demonstrated their outstanding dedication to...
Client AlertsNonprofitPSH Assists The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company with Establishing The Beacon Foundation
July 21, 2022
For over thirty years, Beacon Mutual has been the leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Rhode Island. Beacon Mutual makes it a part of its mission to care about Rhode Islanders. Now, they will fulfill that mission in part through funding The Beacon Foundation. The Beacon Foundation, through the issuance of donations and grants, will...
Press ReleasesPSH Director of Finance & Administration Among Providence Business News’ Leaders & Achievers Honorees
July 8, 2022
PS&H is proud to announce that Thomas C. Eagan was selected as one of Providence Business News’ Leaders & Achievers Honorees. The honorees and their accomplishments will be celebrated at an event on August 18, 2022 at the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick and featured in an upcoming issue of the publication. The honorees, listed below, were selected...
Client AlertsCommercial FinanceRhode Island Modernizes its Receivership Law By Enacting the Commercial Receivership Act
July 1, 2022
By Daniel E. Burgoyne On June 20, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee signed into law the Rhode Island Commercial Receivership Act (“CRA”), which updates and modernizes Rhode Island receivership practice. Pub. L. 2002, ch. 107 and 108. The CRA is based upon the Uniform Law Commission’s 2015 Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act. The uniform act is...
