Tag: U.S. District Court
Not nice: Baron Cohen sues Massachusetts cannabis dispensary
BOSTON (AP) – Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has sued a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary he says used an image of his character Borat on a...
Two in custody following seizure of 3.4 kilograms of fentanyl pills
PROVIDENCE – Two men are in federal custody following a Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force investigation that resulted in the seizure of more...
Federal judge approves settlement allowing panhandling in Cranston
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement related to a Cranston ordinance that prohibited panhandling in the city, declaring that the...
Federal judge dismisses Brown students’ lawsuits seeking refunded tuition
PROVIDENCE – A U.S. District Court judge on March 4 dismissed multiple lawsuits by Brown University students who alleged that they were owed a...
Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...
RIACLU: Emails show Brown officials had desire to ‘kill’ 1998 Title...
PROVIDENCE – More than 100 pages of Brown University internal emails were publicly released Thursday as part of ongoing litigation related to a settlement...
5 charged in drug-trafficking scheme, ending cocaine ‘pipeline’ to R.I.
PROVIDENCE – An alleged drug-trafficking pipeline was shut down when five individuals were charged in U.S. District Court on July 14, U.S. Attorney for...
Brown student files lawsuit against school over tuition, room and board...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is a defendant in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in which a student has alleged the Ivy League university...
Former Providence attorney pleads guilty to fraud, pension theft charges
PROVIDENCE – A former Providence attorney pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Monday for fraudulently collecting $234,586 in pension funds in the name of...
Brown, former student dining services workers agree to $620K settlement over...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $620,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by current and former student dining-services workers who accused...