Tag: R.I. Supreme Court
R.I. Supreme Court upholds Barrington tax assessments on low- and moderate-income...
BARRINGTON – Nearly six years after a town resident challenged the property tax assessment of a low- and moderate-income housing development, the state Supreme...
Was the R.I. Supreme Court right to side with Cranston in...
Nearly three years after R.I. Superior Court ruled in favor of Cranston in its bid to sharply curtailed cost-of-living adjustments for police and firefighter...
R.I. Supreme Court sides with Cranston over public safety retirees in...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cranston in a long-standing legal battle over frozen pension benefits filed by a group...
R.I. Supreme Court rules on longstanding URI campus land dispute
PROVIDENCE – A yearslong legal battle the University of Rhode Island has waged over an unfinished Greek cultural center on the Kingston campus has...
R.I. attorney indicted on charges of fraud, identity and pension theft
PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island attorney was charged Thursday by a federal grand jury in Providence for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft...
R.I. to administer Uniform Bar Examination next year
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will join 31 other jurisdictions in the United States next year in administering the Uniform Bar Examination, the R.I. Judiciary...
R.I. Supreme Court denies appeals on state pension settlement
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court denied the appeals against the state pension class action settlement made in 2015 on Friday, affirming the judgement...
Marijuana and the workplace
Millions of American workers have a right that they did not have until recently; the right to lawfully cultivate, use and possess marijuana. All...
R.I. Supreme Court: Westerly beachfront property will remain private
WESTERLY – The R.I. Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s decision in favor of Westerly landowners, who want to keep about 2.5...
Robert G. Flanders Jr.
Robert G. Flanders Jr. has joined Whelan, Corrente, Kinder and Siket LLP, where he will lead the firm's business litigation practice. Flanders served on...