In the past few years, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has greatly increased its efforts to punish employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors. In fact, the DOL has recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the IRS and 11 states to share information in order to further assist in these efforts. ...
October 25, 2012 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is proud to announce that 13 of its attorneys have been named to the 2012 Rhode Island Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Steven Snow was ranked one of the top 100 lawyers in New England. The selection process includes peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel...
September 21, 2012 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP congratulates our partner, James H. Hahn, named the 2013 Providence Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers®. Best Lawyers® has designated “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Jim is the only Corporate Law lawyer being honored as the “Lawyer of the...
September 4, 2012 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is proud to announce that 13 of its attorneys have been named to the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Congratulations to the following attorneys and their respective practice areas: Normand G. Benoit, Public Finance Law...
By Eugene G. Bernardo II and Alexandra W. Pezzello On July 31, 2012, the Security and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its much-awaited Report on the Municipal Securities Market (the “Report”). The 165-page Report is the product of a two-year examination of the $3.7 trillion municipal bond market by the SEC. The Report contains recommendations to enhance...
July 30, 2012 – Congratulations to Melissa Darigan, chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice, who has been recognized in the inaugural edition of Top 250 Women in Litigation, published by Legal Media Group. The women featured, from throughout the U.S., were selected from their respective states’ roster of local litigation stars in the 2012 edition of...
The law firm of Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP, in its capacity as Special Investigative Counsel for the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University, recently issued its report (the “Freeh Report”) on Penn State’s handling of allegations of child sexual abuse by former football coach, Gerald Sandusky. The report documents how even the...
Govenor Patrick recently signed into law “An Act Relative to Gender Identity”. The Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in a variety of areas, including education, housing, credit and employment. With the enactment of this new law, Massachusetts joins 15 other states in officially recognizing “gender identity” as a protected class, though...
February 29, 2012 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is pleased to announce that Richard Nadeau joins us as Partner of the Firm. Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP announced that Richard Nadeau has become a Partner of the Firm. Mr. Nadeau has extensive experience representing buyers, sellers, developers and institutional clients with regard to legal issues...
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