Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP is again being recognized by one of the legal industry’s most prestigious resource guides – Chambers USA. The firm has been thoroughly reviewed in the areas of Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. As a result of the Chambers’ research...
ArticlesClient AlertsCorporate & BusinessNonprofitGifts of Privately Held Company Interests to a Charity
August 11, 2023
By Elizabeth O. Manchester and Lawrence J. Sheh Overview Donors with ownership interests in privately held companies (i.e., limited liability companies, corporations, partnerships) have the ability to utilize the interest to make a charitable gift. This strategy becomes particularly useful and relevant when Donor is selling his or her business to a third party. Donors...
PSH is again being recognized by one of the legal industry’s most prestigious resource guides – Chambers USA. The firm has been thoroughly reviewed in the areas of Corporate/Commercial, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Real Estate. As a result of the Chambers’ research and interview process, PSH...
ArticlesNewsRecent Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act Could Affect New England Businesses
February 16, 2023
Effective as of January 1, 2023, amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) went into effect that impose additional obligations on businesses to safeguard the privacy of consumers’ personal information. The CCPA already provided consumers with a variety of rights, including the right to know the personal information collected about them, how...
ArticlesLitigation & DisputesNewsRule 26(e) Supplementation of Expert Reports: Not As Easy As It May Look
January 2, 2023
PSH attorneys Paul Kessimian and Dan Marran published an article for the American Bar Association’s Commercial & Business Litigation Committee: “Rule 26(e) Supplementation of Expert Reports: Not As Easy As It May Look.” The article breaks down what to think about when you think about supplementation: Does the supplemental opinion evaluate new evidence that was unavailable at the time...
ArticlesCorporate & BusinessNew City of Cambridge Zoning Ordinances Could Have Potential Impact on Developers Throughout New England
December 14, 2022
On October 24, 2022, the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts amended its zoning code to abolish all minimum parking requirements. Previously, the Cambridge regulation required all new multi-family residential developments to have at least one off-street parking space per unit. The Cambridge City Council’s amendment eliminated this requirement for all multi-family developments comprised of more than...
ArticlesEmployment & LaborAlicia J. Samolis was recently interviewed by RI Lawyers Weekly regarding a new First Circuit case
August 16, 2022
PSH Partner, and Employment & Labor Chair, Alicia J. Samolis was recently interviewed by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly regarding a new First Circuit Case regarding associational discrimination under Title VII. First Circuit case Frith, et al. v. Whole Market, Inc., et al. arose when both black and non-black Whole Foods employees wore “black lives matter” masks to...
ArticlesCommercial & Public FinanceHow to Prevent Frivolous Appeals from Derailing Receivership Sales of Rhode Island Real Estate
June 15, 2022
By Daniel E. Burgoyne and Christian R. Jenner A pair of recent decisions from the Rhode Island Superior Court’s Business Calendar, authored by Associate Justices Richard J. Licht and Brian P. Stern, demonstrate how a secured lender in a receivership can combat frivolous appeals that might otherwise threaten a sale of its real estate collateral....
Attorney Dan Marran published a new Practice Point for the American Bar Association’s Commercial & Business Litigation Committee. Click here to view.
ArticlesEmployment & LaborNew Court Decision will Increase Employee Claims Brought in the First Circuit
February 15, 2022
PS&H partner Alicia Samolis recently was consulted by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly to analyze the 1st Circuit case Waters v. Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc., 20-1997. Background In the case, Defendant Day & Zimmerman (“D&Z”) is a Delaware company with a principal place of business in Pennsylvania. D&Z was sued in the federal Massachusetts District Court by Waters, an...
