Tag: Settlement
ALCU settles lawsuit challenging Pawtucket’s political sign ordinance
PAWTUCKET - The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. announced Tuesday a settlement of a lawsuit challenging a city ordinance that bans...
Walmart offers to pay $3.1B to settle opioid lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies,...
Brown pays $1.2M in Title IX settlement
PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million in legal fees as part of a June 2020 settlement between the...
State settles dispute with DOJ over community-based services for disabled children
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services will change policies to ensure children with intellectual and developmental disabilities such as...
Cranston settles unlawful search-and-seizure lawsuit for $250K
CRANSTON – The city has agreed to pay a resident and his lawyers $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that last year reached the U.S....
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday,...
R.I. power station company reaches EPA settlement over chemical reporting
PROVIDENCE – The company that operates the Manchester Street Power Station in Providence was among three New England companies that have settled with the...
Nonprofits need formal harassment policies
Nonprofit leaders are often so focused on the mission that they can overlook essential policies that underpin their business.
Many nonprofit organizations lack the formal...
Municipal opioids lawsuits moving quickly
While a lawsuit filed by Rhode Island is moving slowly, a proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers by cities and counties nationwide – including...
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