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Client Alerts Employment & Labor News NonprofitThe Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based College Admissions in Landmark Harvard/UNC Decision

July 7, 2023

By Madeline M. Ursini, Elizabeth O. Manchester, and Alicia J. Samolis On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States determined the constitutionality of the race-based admissions policies employed by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina in the landmark cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard...

Client Alerts Employment & Labor NewsSupreme Court Clears the Way for an Influx of Religious Accommodation Requests

July 5, 2023

By Michael A. Gamboli and Alicia J. Samolis As is tradition, the United States Supreme Court likes to save its blockbuster opinions until the end of the term. Such is the case with the June 28 ruling in Groff v. Dejoy, where the Court, while indicating that it was merely “clarifying” the existing legal standard, may have...

Client Alerts Land Use NewsNew RI Legislation to Significantly Change Land Use Law and Development Process

June 26, 2023

By Michael L. Mineau and Jeffrey H. Gladstone The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed a series of bills through both houses which were transmitted to the Governor for signature on June 19, 2023, commonly known as House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi’s housing package. The scope and significance of these bills, assuming they become law (which...

Client Alerts Employment & Labor NewsEmployers Will Face More Pregnancy Accommodation Requests Under New Federal Law

June 23, 2023

By Michael A. Gamboli and Alicia J. Samolis The new Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), effective June 27, 2023, purports to expand current federal protections by requiring certain employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an...

Client Alerts Commercial Finance NewsRhode Island’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Creates New State Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

June 21, 2023

By Amy Oakley and David DiSegna On June 16, 2023, Governor McKee signed the Rhode Island fiscal year 2024 budget that was passed by the General Assembly. The budget includes a new statewide Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) program to foster the availability of affordable housing in Rhode Island that will be administered by the...

Client Alerts News NonprofitDonations Made to Nonprofit Name Image Likeness Collectives are Not Tax Exempt

June 20, 2023

By Elizabeth Manchester In 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) adopted a policy that permitted student athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”). Since then, organizations have been established by boosters or fans to develop and fund these NIL deals for the student athletes, generally known as...

Client Alerts Intellectual Property NewsU.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Jack Daniel’s in Trademark Parody Case

June 13, 2023

By David DiSegna On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its opinion in a highly anticipated case involving VIP Products LLC’s (“VIP”) dog toy parody of Jack Daniel’s famous whiskey bottle. VIP manufactures chewable dog toys designed to look like well-known drinks, including Jack Daniel’s. Instead of the words “Jack Daniel’s”, the toys...

Client Alerts Corporate & Business NewsSupreme Court Rules for Twitter and Declines to Address Section 230 in Much-Anticipated ISIS Case

June 9, 2023

By Madeline Ursini and David DiSegna On May 18, 2023, in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh et al., the United States Supreme Court ruled against an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”) attack victim’s family who sought to hold Twitter, and other social media platforms, accountable for aiding and abetting ISIS. The family alleged that...

Client Alerts News NonprofitAuditing Restricted Use Scholarship and Program Funds: Preparing for the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings

June 5, 2023

By Elizabeth Manchester Introduction: As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on two landmark affirmative action cases (Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina), auditing restricted use scholarship funds or program funds becomes increasingly important. Educational institutions and affiliated entities must...

Client Alerts Employment & Labor NewsMassachusetts Employer Forced to Pay $24 Million for Failing to Accommodate an Executive’s Anxiety

May 31, 2023

By Michael A. Gamboli and Alicia J. Samolis Mental health issues in the workplace are at an all-time high. And with those issues come a slew of accommodation requests ranging from continued work from home to removal of stressful job duties to not appearing on camera during video calls. While the ADA accommodation process is exploited by...

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