By Elizabeth Manchester Charities increasingly receive inquiries from donors regarding the entity’s willingness to accept cryptocurrency (“crypto”) donations. In the wake of the pandemic, charities should consider ways to diversify fundraising efforts in a compliant manner. Charities can best prepare themselves with the following steps to evaluate and accept cryptocurrency donations. Review and revise gift...
By Alicia Samolis and Michael Gamboli Pursuant to the new law legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island, private employers are now prohibited from firing or taking other disciplinary action against an employee for recreational marijuana use outside the workplace. The narrow exceptions to the prohibition are as follows: Employees cannot be “under the influence” at work....
By Daniel E. Burgoyne and Christian R. Jenner A pair of recent decisions from the Rhode Island Superior Court’s Business Calendar, authored by Associate Justices Richard J. Licht and Brian P. Stern, demonstrate how a secured lender in a receivership can combat frivolous appeals that might otherwise threaten a sale of its real estate collateral....
PS&H is proud to announce that Christopher M. Wildenhain, was selected as one of the Providence Business News 40 Under Forty Honorees. The winners and their accomplishments will be celebrated at an event on July 21st, at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, and featured in an upcoming issue of the publication. Learn more about Chris and where...
Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH) is again being recognized by one of the legal industry’s most prestigious resource guides – Chambers USA. The firm has been thoroughly reviewed in the areas of Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. As a result of the Chambers’ research...
The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training’s (“RIDLT”) much anticipated Proposed Regulations (“Regulations”) to the Rhode Island Pay Equity Law (the “Act”) have arrived. As we previously discussed, on July 6, 2021, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed the Act into law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023. The crux of the Act prohibits an...
With a stroke of his pen on Wednesday, Governor McKee signed the bill that dramatically changes the landscape for marijuana cultivation, possession, sale and use in Rhode Island. Many of the changes are effective immediately. There have been many failed attempts at such legislation over the past decade, but momentum has grown over the past...
With the threat of cyber-attacks making the news, it is a good time for all nonprofit organizations to review their policies and procedures with respect to data privacy. Many nonprofit organizations are particularly vulnerable to legal, financial, and reputational risks resulting from cyber-attacks and other data breaches because they do not have the staff, time,...
After several years of fits and starts, Rhode Island is finally poised to pass a substantive cannabis legalization bill as soon as next week. An amended version of the previously-proposed cannabis bill is now on the fast track toward passage at the State House. Major developments in the amended bill include automatic expungement for past...
Attorney Dan Marran published a new Practice Point for the American Bar Association’s Commercial & Business Litigation Committee. Click here to view.
