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rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 09/07/2026 > rhode-island-service-dog-landlord-discrimination

Judge affirms finding of disability bias by landlord over dog

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1156+ words) Property owner demanded extra rent for service dog Eric T. Berkman//September 7, 2026// The Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights properly found that a landlord committed disability discrimination and retaliation by demanding an additional security deposit and increased rent after learning that…...


rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 09/02/2026 > 1st-circuit-gang-resistance-not-cognizable-psg

1st Circuit considers gang resistance as basis for cognizable???PSG???

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (156+ words) 1st Circuit considers gang resistance as basis for cognizable ‘PSG’ R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 2, 2026// A petitioner’s proposed particular social group, or PSG, of “immediate family of police officers who have resisted corruption and gang activity” was not cognizable, the…...


rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 09/01/2026 > exclusion-training-video-upheld-1st-circuit-forced-cell-move

Exclusion of prison training video upheld

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 1, 2026// A correctional officer’s criminal conviction under 18 U.S.C. §242 for deprivation of rights under color of law has been affirmed on appeal despite his claim that the trial judge erred by excluding a training video portraying a prior…...


rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 08/24/2026 > rhode-island-supreme-court-hearsay-interpreter

PI defense verdict reversed on inadmissible hearsay

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1326+ words) Eric T. Berkman//August 24, 2026// A trial judge erred by admitting into evidence a transit supervisor’s account of statements a personal injury plaintiff allegedly made to him through an unidentified interpreter at the scene of an accident, the Rhode Island Supreme Court…...


rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 08/23/2026 > rhode-island-wage-theft-workers-compensation-charges

Three business owners facing charges for labor-related crimes

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (385+ words) Join us for an evening of networking with the Rhode Island legal community in partnership with the Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association. Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly’s annual Excellence in the Law event honors excellence in all areas of the Rhode…...


rilawyersweekly.com > blog > 08/20/2026 > convicted-fugitive-ronald-fischer-access-funds-lawyer-rhode-island

Victim gives convicted fugitive green light to hire lawyer

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (363+ words) Join us for an evening of networking with the Rhode Island legal community in partnership with the Rhode Island Women’s Bar Association. Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly’s annual Excellence in the Law event honors excellence in all areas of the Rhode…...