July 11, 2013 – Congratulations to Melissa Darigan, (med@psh.com) chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice, who has been recognized for the second year in a row as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation, published by Legal Media Group. The Top 250 Women in Litigation identifies 250 leading female trial attorneys across all 50 US states...
By Eugene G. Bernardo II and Alexandra W. Pezzello Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) broke new ground when it charged Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (the “City”) with securities fraud in connection with material misstatements and omissions regarding the City’s financial condition. This represents the first time that statements outside of securities disclosures were the...
June 26, 2013 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is pleased to announce that we have been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Rhode Island. “This is a meaningful honor for the Firm. We value the support we receive from our team and the outstanding service they provide to all of our...
May 21, 2013 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP announced that John E. Ottaviani has joined the firm as Counsel. John has extensive experience on matters involving the protection of trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, the acquisition and sale of technology companies, the protection of digital assets and limiting liability on the Internet, electronic commerce, the...
By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) provides guidelines which must be followed in order for employers to gather certain information about employees or applicants. Generally, there are two types of reports: a consumer report or an investigative consumer report. A consumer report, which provides information regarding, among other things, a person’s...
Qualified employees with a disability are entitled to a reasonable accommodation from their employer to enable them to perform the essential functions of their job. One of the most difficult issues employers face is assessing when and how to provide an unpaid leave of absence as a possible accommodation. How do you know the person...
February 3, 2014 – We are pleased to welcome four new attorneys to the firm: Cale Keable, formerly a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.; Douglas Otto, previously a partner at Morrison Mahoney LLP in Boston; Deborah Higashi Dodge; previously an attorney at Edwards Wildman in Boston and Devon MacWilliam. “We welcome these outstanding attorneys and the...
January 28, 2013 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP (PS&H) is pleased to announce that Drew W. Colby and Jay R. Peabody have become partners of the Firm. “We are delighted to have such talented individuals join the partnership as we begin the celebration of the Firm’s 25th anniversary,” said David M. Gilden, Managing Partner. Mr. Colby...
It has come to our attention that numerous Rhode Island corporate clients have received by mail, solicitation letters from a company indicating that it could assist in the corporation’s compliance with Rhode Island General Law 7-1.2-1502 by preparing an “Annual Meeting Disclosure Statement” for a fee of $125. We should additionally note that clients have...
Deadline Approaching for Filing Important Notice with Rhode Island Cities and Towns: Taxpayers Who Miss Deadline Prohibited From Appealing Property Tax Assessments In Superior Court. January 31st marks an important deadline for all non-tax-exempt property owners in Rhode Island. Under Rhode Island law, all property owners – whether a person, trust, estate or a business – must...
