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R.I. to get $45M in $5.5B settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler...

Government 03/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – Opioid maker Purdue Pharma LP and the Sackler family members who own the company settled with nine state attorneys general for their...

J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement

Government 02/25/2022

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday,...

RHODE ISLAND'S TWO MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, announced on Wednesday, Feb. 23, that they are withdrawing their application for a merger, after it was rejected in rulings issued recently by Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the Federal Trade Commission. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP., CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND BROWN UNIVERSITY

Lifespan, CNE withdraw merger application, won’t contest challenges

Health Services 02/23/2022

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's two major hospital systems, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, announced on Wednesday that they are withdrawing their...

ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER F. NERONHA filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two out-of-state companies and a Florida businessman who Neronha says tried to deceive newly formed companies in Rhode Island into paying a high fee for certificates of good standing. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. attorney general’s lawsuit accuses businessman, 2 companies of scamming small...

Government 02/23/2022

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is suing two businesses and a Florida businessman to stop them from conducting what Neronha says is...

AG demands records on RIPTA data breach

Government 02/03/2022

PROVIDENCE – The state’s top legal officer is ordering the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare to turn over documents showing what they...

AT A SECOND public comment meeting on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many participants voiced concerns that the integrated health system, which would include Brown University, would monopolize the state's health care.

Monopoly concerns dominate second Lifespan-CNE public comment meeting

Health Services 01/26/2022

PROVIDENCE – Throughout a two-hour meeting held on Wednesday on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many attendees raised...

ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER F. NERONHA announced on Jan. 25 that Rhode Island settled lawsuits related to the opioid crisis with multinational corporation Johnson & Johnson and pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corp. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. for a total of $114 million. / SCREENSHOT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON WPRI-TV CBS 12

R.I. to get $114 million from opioid lawsuit settlements

Government 01/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced on Tuesday that his office reached a $9.8 million settlement with American multinational corporation Johnson &...

R.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter F. Neronha announced Thursday that 226 borrowers from in Rhode Island will receive about $4.6 million from student loan servicer Navient as part of a $1.85 billion national settlement over alleged widespread unfair and deceptive practices in originating student loans. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

R.I. receives $4.6M in national student-loan settlement

Education 01/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of Rhode Islanders with student loans will receive significant debt relief as part of a nationwide billion-dollar settlement with a loan...

Unemployment scams adding up in R.I.

Coronavirus 01/07/2022

Scam unemployment claims continue to cost Rhode Island, with more than $70.5 million in fraudulent payouts racked up since the start of the COVID-19...