17+ hour, 49+ min ago   (147+ words) R.I. Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 13, 2026// “Normally, conflicts arising under Rules 1.7(a)(1) and (a)(2) may be overcome by satisfying the four (4) prongs of Rule 1.7(b). In this case, the proposed representation is not prohibited by law, satisfying…...

17+ hour, 43+ min ago   (194+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 13, 2026// Where the Board of Review of the Department of Labor and Training declined to hear a claimant’s late appeal, the board’s decision should be affirmed because of the claimant’s failure to demonstrate good cause for the…...

17+ hour, 54+ min ago   (146+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 13, 2026// Where a U.S. District Court judge entered a preliminary injunction preventing parts of a new rule regulating voting by mail from taking effect, motions to stay the preliminary injunction should be denied because the appellants have not…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (356+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 10, 2026// Where 13 plaintiff health insurers associated with Blue Cross and Blue Shield have accused the defendant of causing them to overpay for prescription drugs, pretrial discovery is warranted on the issue of whether an insurance company’s self-funded…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (111+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 10, 2026// “To determine whether trade was unreasonably restrained, the restraint is subject to the ‘rule of reason’ which is ‘a fact-specific assessment of market power and market structure’ aimed at assessing the challenged restraints ‘actual effect on…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (165+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 10, 2026// The denial of a Salvadoran petitioner’s request for cancellation of removal has been upheld on appeal despite his claim of hardship based on his son’s asthma. The petitioner argued that, if removed to El Salvador, he…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (178+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 10, 2026// The annual Spring Judicial Conference will be held Friday, March 26, 2027, Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell announced in a recent order. According to Suttell’s order, the Spring Judicial Conference agenda includes topics relative to…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (162+ words) Reuters via Reuters Connect//September 8, 2026// Amazon.com was sued on Sept. 8 in a proposed class action accusing the retailer of systematically discriminating against pregnant workers. According to a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Amazon routinely violates…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (198+ words) R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff//September 8, 2026// An expert witness in a suit over prescription drugs should not be allowed to offer legal opinions as to what Medicare and Medicaid regulations require for pharmaceutical pricing, a U.S. District Court judge has decided. Blue Cross…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (839+ words) Referral and intake platforms may prove to be as useful an AI-aided tool to law firms as their more complex large language model cousins that help attorneys draft legal documents, review contracts or unearth obscure court precedents. By manning the…...