Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

A law firm’s inclusion of business partner organization advertisements in a publication advertising the firm’s services does not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel has decided. https://lnkd.in/d_begWfJ

Opinion of the Day ?? Where a claimant was denied unemployment benefits because he voluntarily quit his job without good cause, there was no error, as the claimant should have sought ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/etEwe8qW

An employee who quit her job because of “child care issues” has been denied unemployment benefits on the ground that she did not have good cause to quit. https://lnkd.in/eBzxyJ-4

Opinion of the Day ?? Where a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a dispute over access to Seaweed Beach in Narragansett, the judgment should be affirmed, as the plaintiffs ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/eWSQxw9c

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An employee fired by Brown University plausibly alleged that the university interfered with her statutory rights, and did so willfully, by not providing her with uninterrupted and protected leave and that it discouraged her from fully exercising her rights, a U.S. District Court judge has found. https://lnkd.in/ehc5yh44

Opinion of the Day ?? Where a defendant employer has moved to dismiss counts of the plaintiff’s complaint that involve the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Rhode Island Parental and Family Medical Leave Act, that motion should be ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/gAautY5w

The government must show a drugmaker’s allegedly unlawful inducements were the “but for” cause of a doctor writing a prescription and seeking reimbursement for a certain drug in order to establish False Claims Act liability predicated on a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided. https://lnkd.in/eGGz6Ut6

Opinion of the Day ?? Where (1) a plaintiff filed a petition in Superior Court to confirm an appraisal award, (2) the defendant insurance company’s cross-petition to vacate the award was allowed based on ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/eEZUPXnx

An attorney recently replaced as assistant solicitor for Narragansett need not wait one year before representing clients before the Narragansett Probate Court, the Ethics Commission has ruled. https://lnkd.in/ecENuttn