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R.I. AG files second challenge against federal behavioral health insurance ruling

Law 03/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is renewing a multistate effort to challenge limits on insurance coverage for behavioral health and substance...

East Greenwich woman sentenced to 70 months in stolen valor case

Law 03/14/2023

PROVIDENCE – An East Greenwich woman who admitted to fraudulently claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with lung cancer who falsely accepted...

Local law firm Barlow, Josephs & Holmes Ltd. merges with Hinckley...

Law 03/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – One of the oldest law firms in the country has officially merged with one of the largest. Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, which...

A PAIR OF Brown University basketball players have filed a federal lawsuit against the Ivy League for allegedly engaging in a price-fixing agreement by not offering athletic scholarships to student athletes. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy

Law 03/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...

Fraudulent contractor ordered to pay $15K in restitution

Law 03/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island man has been ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution after portraying himself as a contractor despite not having the...

INSPIRED TO HELP: Saikon Gbehan Isijola, owner of the Law Office of Saikon Gbehan LLC in Providence, launched the business in 2010 to represent and advocate for people from “communities that are disadvantaged, disenfranchised or under-resourced.” PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

She’s motivated to balance the scales of justice for people of...

Law 03/03/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

Recovery Connections Centers CEO, employee arrested on federal health care fraud...

Law 03/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two top officials of a local addiction treatment organization have been taken into custody Thursday on charges of carrying out what federal...

3 sent to prison for scamming older R.I. residents

Law 02/27/2023

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Three men have been sent to prison for their roles in a so-called grandparent scam that cheated more than a dozen...

ACLU of Rhode Island challenges state’s interpretation of ‘Mario’s Law’

Law 02/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. on Friday filed a petition in R.I. Superior Court challenging the state's position...