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Client Alerts NonprofitFearless Fund Settles Yearlong Suit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights

October 29, 2024

Challenges to Race-based Initiatives Continue: Fearless Fund Settles Yearlong Suit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights, Ending the Strivers Grant Contest for Women of Color Business Owners By Elizabeth O. Manchester and Kelley J. O’Donnell Fearless Fund is a venture capital fund supporting minority business owners, particularly women of color.[1] [Fearless Foundation is a...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessRecent Supreme Court Decision Upends Business Succession Planning Strategies

October 25, 2024

By Lawrence J. Sheh, Elizabeth O. Manchester, Brian J. Reilly, and Madeline M. Ursini In Connelly vs. United States (602 U.S. 257, June 6, 2024), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that in a redemption of a deceased shareholder’s shares of stock, the corporation’s fair market value should include the proceeds received by the corporation from...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborNew Case Increases Importance of Employer Investigations

October 9, 2024

Alicia J. Samolis, Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice, shared insightful legal perspectives in a recent Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly feature regarding the controversial First Circuit Opinion Caruso v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., No. 22-1775. In the case, the First Circuit granted a summary judgment motion in favor of an employer on a...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborAs Predicted, Judge Strikes Down FTC’s Noncompete Rule

August 21, 2024

By Alicia J. Samolis, Michael A. Gamboli, Sean M. Fontes, & Morgan E. Hedly As we predicted in our May 1, 2024 Client Alert, the Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete Rule (the “Rule”) has been struck down on a nationwide basis. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas set aside the FTC...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborMassachusetts Job Postings to Include Pay Ranges Starting Summer 2025

August 19, 2024

By Alicia J. Samolis, Michael A. Gamboli, Sean M. Fontes, & Morgan E. Hedly Massachusetts will be joining the growing number of states requiring pay ranges be included in advertisements and provided in certain other circumstances. Specifically, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law H.4890, the “Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act” (the “Act”) containing both pay...

Client Alerts Land UseR.I. Court Holds 2023 Shore Access Law Is An Unconstitutional Taking

July 19, 2024

By Robert K. Taylor In June 2023, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted legislation granting the public expanded “privileges of the shore,” including but not limited to the right to fish from the shore, to swim in the sea and to pass along the shore. Until 2023, the area where those public privileges could be...

Client Alerts Litigation & DisputesTwo Supreme Court Decisions Shift the Ground for Legal Challenges to Federal Agency Actions

July 18, 2024

By Christopher M. Wildenhain and James P. McGlone The Supreme Court has now concluded its most recent term, and in its final two days handed down two decisions with major implications in the area of administrative law (each by a 6-3 margin). And while their precise consequences remain to be seen, both decisions—previewed by PSH...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborRhode Island Legislative Update

July 1, 2024

By Morgan E. Hedly and Michael A. Gamboli It is that time of year again, when the Rhode Island legislature ends its session and passes a number of laws that affect businesses with Rhode Island-based employees. While 2024 was no different, this year was also notable for the legislation that failed in the 2024 session...

Client Alerts Employment & LaborFTC Issues Clumsy, Overbroad Noncompete Rule. Luckily, It Probably Will Fail.

May 1, 2024

By Alicia Samolis, Sean Fontes, Morgan Hedly, and Michael Gamboli On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) which bans businesses from using most noncompete agreements against workers. Surprisingly, the Rule does not contain many exceptions, such as exceptions for noncompetes that are not conditional on continued employment but rather...

Client Alerts Energy NonprofitInflation Reduction Act Introduces Direct Pay Option for Nonprofit Solar

April 30, 2024

By Christian Capizzo, Elizabeth Manchester, and Madeline Ursini Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), nonprofit entities, including nonprofit independent schools, are now eligible to receive payment in lieu of tax credits for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This extension of the IRA is aimed to make solar ownership more affordable for tax-exempt entities and provides an...

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