Tag: Law
Bill requiring safe storage of firearms set to become law in...
BOSTON (AP) – A bill that would require the safe storage of firearms in Rhode Island has been approved by lawmakers and is awaiting...
Johnston beef slaughterhouse fined $20K for violating Federal Meat Inspection Act
PROVIDENCE – Almost a year after admitting in federal court that it defrauded customers and violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act five years ago,...
Report: Recovery center ex-CEO to plead guilty to federal health fraud...
PROVIDENCE – The former CEO of a now defunct addiction treatment organization who was arrested along with a former supervisory counselor on federal health...
Cunha appointed to Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha has been appointed to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys by...
Fintech industry group opposed R.I. bank legislation
PROVIDENCE – The American Fintech Council, an industry association representing fintech companies and innovative banks, recently testified that it opposes Rhode Island legislation that...
RWU School of Law to launch Institute for Race and Law
BRISTOL – Close to three years after introducing a new required course for law students on racial issues and the U.S. law, Roger Williams...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear key case involving R.I. fishing company
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a pair of cases that have been combined, one of which involves a Narragansett fishing company,...
R.I. to receive $56.3M in opioid lawsuit settlements with CVS, Walgreens,...
PROVIDENCE – Another significant lump sum of money will come through Rhode Island as part of the latest set of opioid settlements with national...
Jonathan Houston, Justice Assistance founder and CEO
PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023
Jonathan Houston
Justice Assistance
Founder and CEO
THE LATE FORMER U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno once recognized Jonathan Houston as “the foremost...
UMass Law names Panarella new dean
DARTMOUTH – A tenured law professor at the University of Montana will head eastward to lead the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law.
UMass...
