On December 15, 2016, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (the “MA Act”) became effective in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, decriminalizing marijuana ownership and use for private citizens and mandating the creation of a regulatory system able to sustain state-legal recreational marijuana businesses by January 1, 2018. The impact of such sweeping changes (along...
Legalization of recreational marijuana in Rhode Island will not happen in 2017, as the Rhode Island House Committee on Judiciary has approved a bill recommending a study commission for marijuana legalization. The bill, H 5551 Substitute A2, would create a 17 member Special Legislative Commission to study the effects of legalizing recreational marijuana use on residents...
On May 23rd, the Rhode Island Superior Court ruled that a local company is guilty of discriminating against a prospective employee for refusing to hire the employee because the employee actively used medical marijuana pursuant to a state-issued medical marijuana card. The ruling in the case of Callaghan v. Darlington Fabrics and the Moore Company, is...
Two-year policy limitation on bringing suit upheld: Chase v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Case No. 2015-368-A (Rhode Island Supreme Court, May 23, 2017). Plaintiff Eric Chase submitted a claim to his insurer Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company for extensive interior and exterior damage caused to his property in Newport. Nationwide accepted the claim, authorized...
This dynamic group of newly elevated attorneys represents a cross-section of the firm’s practice areas, including Trusts and Estates, Business Law, Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental, Employment & Labor, and Commercial Lending. The firm’s new counsel are: Kristin N. Matsko, resident in the Providence, R.I. office, counsels clients and their families on various aspects...
Partridge Snow & Hahn is proud to sponsor Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Lumen Gentium Awards. Many individuals and groups throughout the Diocese of Providence work tirelessly in support of the work of the Church in their parishes. Often, they do so without compensation or acclaim, yet because of their devotion to the Church, they...
NASCAR reportedly stripped the logo of Veedverks, a Colorado based medical marijuana company, off of the hood of driver Carl Long’s car last week. NASCAR claims that the logo did not receive prior approval as is required under NASCAR rules. The situation illustrates the difficulty that marijuana companies are having promoting their brands in ways...
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Uber hasn’t done it. Amazon hasn’t done it. Barnes & Noble hasn’t done it. These big companies haven’t been able to figure out how to get a court to enforce their online terms of service. But there is no reason that your company cannot get it right. It’s not rocket science. You just have to...
The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is once again bringing Rhode Island’s congressional delegation in front of its members. The format, an interactive discussion with Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen David Cicilline and James Langevin, will focus on the critical issues facing the business community.
