Where a defendant priest who resided in the rectory of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Providence moved to suppress evidence seized from the rectory pursuant to a search warrant, a judge’s decisi...
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/02/search-and-seizure-good-faith-rectory/
Where a habeas corpus petition was denied, the denial should be upheld despite the petitioner’s argument that his Confrontation Clause rights were violated during his trial when the prosecution...
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/02/habeas-corpus-confrontation-forensic-toxicologist/
A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns,
In a significant push to enforce the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently taken legal action against multiple employers for alleged...
Where two defendants were convicted of federal program bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §666, those convictions must be reversed because the evidence does not show that the purpose of the bribe...
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/02/criminal-bribery-hobbs-act/
Where a Massachusetts plaintiff brought suit to enforce a noncompete agreement signed by the defendant, a former employee who went to work for a competitor in California, a U.S. District Court ju...
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/02/employment-choice-of-law-noncompete-agreement/
A correctional officer who sprayed an inmate in the face with pepper spray should not have been awarded summary judgment on the inmate’s claims of cruel and unusual punishment, the
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/02/pepper-spray-lawsuit-reinstated-by-1st-circuit/
For law firms looking to supercharge their demand-generation efforts, email marketing remains a powerful tool in the digital arsenal. Whether built around an informative newsletter or legal guide...
A woman who lost her husband and son in Maine’s deadliest shooting is seeking the gunman’s health and military records through the probate process. A judge on Sept. 30 granted
A medical malpractice complaint filed in 2018 by a plaintiff who underwent surgery in 2013 should not be dismissed as untimely under the three-year statute of limitations, as a reasonable
https://rilawyersweekly.com/blog/2024/10/01/med-mal-claim-deemed-timely-under-discovery-rule/