January 1, 2012 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Welcomes Paul Kessimian to the Partnership Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Managing Partner, David M. Gilden, announced that Paul Kessimian has become a Partner of the Firm. Mr. Kessimian represents a wide variety of businesses in complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels. His practice...
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed Chapter 145 “An Act Relating to Financial Institutions” (the “Act”) into law on June 29, 2011. The Act became effective immediately. The Act makes changes to the state’s financial institutions’ examination statute to allow the sharing of otherwise confidential and privileged information with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...
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Client AlertsNewsNew Massachusetts Law Prohibits Employers from Asking about Criminal Convictions on Job Applications
August 1, 2010
Governor Patrick recently signed new legislation that will change the way Massachusetts employers can use criminal background information in making employment decisions. Most significantly, the new legislation prohibits employers with six (6) or more employees from asking applicants about any criminal information, including criminal convictions, on an “initial written job application.” The only exception to...
Client AlertsNewsThe “New” Americans with Disabilities Act: What the Employee-Friendly Revisions to the ADA Mean for Employers
October 15, 2008
On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”) into law. The ADAAA is not effective until January 1, 2009, but employers need to immediately prepare to comply with this new law. Please see full alert here for more information.
This signature event is the Chamber’s largest event of the year. The Chamber will announce the recipients of the Barbara C. Burlingame Award, which recognizes a Rhode Island elected official who has made outstanding contributions to the business community, and the Ben G. Mondor Award, which is given to an individual who goes above and...
