PS&H Of Counsel Russell Stein shared his thoughts with WFXT’s Boston25 News on Friday evening’s broadcast about a popular fundraising program at Massachusetts schools whereby students and student groups raise funds by helping to sell mattresses. As it turned out, there’s a commercial company making a profit from these types of fundraisers – in this...
By Naveed Cheraghchi & Brian J. Reilly With the start of the New Year comes the enforcement of one of the country’s most anticipated pieces of legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In many ways, the CCPA is similar to its European counterpart, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This edition of Three Things provides a...
By Christian R. Jenner & Paul M. Kessimian Given the ubiquity of technology in the workplace, and the staggering amount of data that we produce and process every day, every company should develop and abide by an “information governance” policy that is tailored to meet its business and legal requirements. To help in this matter,...
PS&H partner, Paul Kessimian, was recently elected Secretary of the Federal Bar Association Rhode Island Chapter. The Rhode Island Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is an organization committed to the interests, education, and professional development of all federal court practitioners. Click here to view the full list of Officers, and learn more about the organization.
Partridge Snow & Hahn is proud to be recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s 2020 Rankings and Stars. Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. Benchmark focuses exclusively on litigation in the US. Recommendations for the Rankings and Stars are based on interviews with the nation’s leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. These interviews...
In August, the President signed into law the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) of 2019 (it will become fully effective February 2020), which includes several meaningful changes for both business and consumer bankruptcies. Highlighted below are three of those changes. 1. SMALL BUSINESSES. The SBRA creates a new subchapter to Chapter 11, to help small...
Colin Coleman, a partner at Partridge Snow & Hahn, is a panelist at PBN’s Cybersecurity Summit on Friday, October 11th. The Summit takes place from 8:30 – 11:30 am, at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI. Topics include: Steps to safeguard your business from the latest cyber risks and threats New data privacy regulations and how...
Partridge Snow & Hahn is pleased to announce that 12 of the firm’s lawyers have been named 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research,...
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“Department”) announced its much anticipated Final Rule raising the salary threshold necessary to exempt certain executive, administrative, and professional employees from receiving overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The Final Rule is set to take effect on January 1, 2020. The...
On Thursday, September 26, 2019, Partridge Snow & Hahn Partner Alicia Samolis will participate on a panel as part of the prestigious Professor Anthony J. Santoro Business Law Lecture Series, presented by Roger Williams University School of Law (RWU Law). Samolis, an RWU Law alumna, will be joined by legal and business colleagues from Bank...
