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State’s ‘relevant market area law’ extends past border, R.I. Supreme Court...

Can a “relevant market area” in Rhode Island’s general law extend beyond the state’s borders? A federal appeals panel in Boston posed this very question...

Judge denies arts groups’ injunction request over NEA certification requirement

PROVIDENCE – A federal judge on April 2 denied the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc.’s and arts organizations’ request for a...

Local men first in nation charged with attempt to defraud CARES...

PROVIDENCE – Businessmen David Butziger, of Warwick, and David A. Staveley, of Andover, Mass., have been charged in federal district court with trying to...

Local men first in nation charged with attempt to defraud CARES...

PROVIDENCE – Two businessmen from Rhode Island and Massachusetts have been charged in federal district court with trying to fraudulently file for forgivable Paycheck...

CFPB sues Citizens over credit card errors

PROVIDENCE – The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau on Thursday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island against Citizens Bank N.A.,...
A SCITUATE BUSINESSMAN pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion this week in U.S. District Court in Providence./ COURTESY CAROL M. HIGHSMITH

Scituate businessman pleads guilty to evading paying $428,700 in federal taxes

PROVIDENCE – A Scituate businessman, who prosecutors say claimed he was not a United States citizen on his tax forms and that his earnings...
BROWN UNIVERSITY says it's willing to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by participants of the university's 403(b) retirement plans. The plaintiffs accuse Brown of not meeting its fiduciary duties. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown to pay $3.5M in settlement of lawsuit over retirement...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the university breached its fiduciary duties in...
REYNALDO MARTINEZ, of Central Falls, plead guilty in U.S. District Court of Rhode Island to charges related to stealing identities to open lines of credit and buy tens of thousands of dollars in goods.

Central Falls man pleads guilty to identity theft, bank fraud

PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man last week pleaded guilty to charges related to stealing identities to open lines of credit and buy tens...
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