The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Federal agents seized about 660,500 counterfeit Adderall pills weighing about 660 pounds from a pill mill in Rhode Island with suspected ties to a Mexican cartel, reports USA Today. Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary A.

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JULY 15, 2021

Operation Denial leads to the indictment of a Rhode Island man on fentanyl charges.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

“Rhode Island police search-and-seizure case makes it to Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

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Parasec

JANUARY 3, 2023

Rhode Island has enacted the revised Uniform Limited Partnership and the revised Uniform Partnership Act, both of which took effect on January 1, 2023. The post Rhode Island: New Laws Passed for Business Partnerships appeared first on Parasec. The act establishes basic standards of conduct for partners.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Thomas More Society filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island against the state's 2019 Reproductive Privacy Act.

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Above The Law

MAY 11, 2021

Amid a heated battle over an ownership change, Prospect Medical Holdings has threatened to close two of its hospitals in Rhode Island in response to conditions the state's attorney general proposed. The hospital chain's private equity owner is looking to sell its majority stake but requires state approval to move forward.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 21, 2023

Rhode Island state senator was ordered to pay restitution after he keyed a SUV with an anti-Biden sticker and then lied to police. Nevertheless, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, a top Rhode Island Democrat, defended Miller to Fox News and said it was just one unfortunate moment.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 29, 2022

State legislatures in Georgia and Rhode Island recently amended their lending and licensing laws. The following are the noteworthy updates.

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ABA Journal

MAY 6, 2022

The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the state law guaranteeing a right to abortion before viability. The court…

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that there is no constitutional right to an adequate civics education, denying an appeal by students in Providence, Rhode Island. The post US appeals court finds no constitutional right to civics education appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Mondaq

JULY 30, 2021

Rhode Island has joined the growing ranks of states that have enacted a sweeping pay equity statute. The Rhode Island law, which takes effect on January 1, 2023

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 24, 2021

We have previously discussed the radical declarations of University of Rhode Island and Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis who has defended the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. (A A view defended by other academics ). Great job URI.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

” The plaintiff, Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, alleged that the executives and board members had breached their fiduciary duty by failing to address allegations of workplace harassment and discrimination.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use, with Rhode Island being the most recent. .” The House of Representatives passed a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana in April.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 21, 2022

2021 was a productive year for the members of the Rhode Island General Assembly. Against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Assembly passed several significant pieces of labor and employment legislation.

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Parasec

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Rhode Island Secretary of State posted a reminder that LLC annual reports were due November 1. Failure to file before December 2 will result in a $25 late-filing penalty fee. Additional information can be found at [link] If you need assistance with your annual filing, please feel free to reach out to us at RAinfo@myparacorp.com.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 12, 2022

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island recently granted a title insurance company's motion for reconsideration, holding that the insured did not suffer a loss when it lost title to two properties.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2023

The Rhode Island government brought identical complaints in Shell Oil Products Company LLC v. Rhode Island. Justice Samuel Alito did not participate in the decision to deny certiorari.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2021

This week Women’s Studies Professor Donna Hughes was publicly condemned by the University of Rhode Island for writing an op-ed that criticized what she called the LGBTQ ideology.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You can recover economic damages to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, if your injuries caused you to miss work.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In truck accidents, there are often many liable parties, including drivers, truck companies, manufacturers, the list goes on and on.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Yesterday, the State of Rhode Island filed this waiver of response on behalf of all respondents. “Anti-Abortion Activists Formally Ask Supreme Court to Consider Fetal Personhood”: Caitlin Cruz has this post at Jezebel about a petition for writ of certiorari filed last week in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

One of the exceptions refers to the existence of an implied contract.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

Providence, Rhode Island police officer Jeann Lugo’s criminal record has been sealed nearly two months after he was acquitted on an assault charge for attacking his Democratic opponent at an abortion-rights rally earlier this year, Amy Russo reports for the Providence Journal.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2022

David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, introduced the bill in the House in March 2021. The US House of Representatives has passed by a 217-213 vote H.R. 1808 , a bill that, if enacted, would ban assault-style rifles. Sponsor Rep. The bill will amend 18 U.S.C. § ” The bill will also amend 18 U.S.C. §

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2022

In other reports, a Rhode Island police officer who attended an abortion rights protest with counter protestors was caught on camera punching an organizer—and his Democratic opponent for a state Senate seat—in the fracas. Last night, after speaking at our Roe rally, my Republican opponent – a police officer – violently attacked me.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

The eight states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont. Along with the DOJ, eight states’ Attorney Generals joined as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Google. In 2020, the DOJ filed a similar civil antitrust complaint against Google.

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LegalReader

JULY 6, 2022

Once you complain about domestic violence to the police and if that person gets arrested, then you need a domestic violence lawyer.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Prisons in states like California, Rhode Island, North Dakota, and Kansas have outperformed vaccination rates among the general Public and experts say their success may offer clues about how to persuade skeptical people outside correctional facilities to get vaccinated, reports the New York Times.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Daniel Jackson of Courthouse News Service reports that “ Students have no constitutional right to civics education, First Circuit rules; The appellate court decided a group of public school students in Rhode Island who said their civics education could leave them unprepared to participate in democracy were not deprived of a fundamental right.”

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ABA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

A Rhode Island lawyer who mistakenly thought he was successful in electronically filing a slip-and-fall lawsuit was granted a reprieve last week when the state’s…

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HowAppealing

MARCH 22, 2022

” And Sarah Doiron of Providence, Rhode Island’s WPRI had a report headlined “ ‘A terrific addition’: Biden’s Supreme Court nominee worked alongside RI judge.”

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Parasec

APRIL 4, 2023

Rhode Island: Annual Reports Due May 1 Just a reminder that the Rhode Island annual report filing period is currently open. All limited liability companies (LLCs), corporations, and nonprofits registered with the Rhode Island Department of State prior to January 1, 2023 must file a 2023 annual report.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2022

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rhode Island students can’t proceed with their lawsuit contending that the state failed to provide an adequate civics…

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Many victims are scared to speak out because they feel embarrassed or because they think they will not be taken seriously. The truth is that everyone has significant rights that must be protected.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2021

In January, Melissa Long became Rhode Island’s first Black supreme court justice. Mississippi has the worst gender parity among all states; women hold only 11 percent of its supreme court seats. The percentages of justices of color and female justices have increased since the center’s 2019 report.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2022

In recent months, the government has reach agreements with, or filed suit against, institutions in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Colorado regarding ADA violations. It also targets facilities that retaliate against or punish those in recovery, particularly in the criminal justice system.

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