PSH attorney Elizabeth O. Manchester is recognized in the June 2019 issue of Rhode Island Monthly, celebrating the publisher’s first annual Professional Excellence in Law awards. Liz is recognized as being a top attorney for Nonprofit Law in Rhode Island. The honorees are nominated and chosen by their peers, as leading local attorneys in their respective...
Commercial & Public FinanceMedia MentionsLegislative Gridlock Anticipated to Impact Regulatory Relief for Banking Industry
November 11, 2018
PSH Partner Chris Currier, Chair of the Commercial Lending Practice Group, provided comment to Banker & Tradesman on the anticipated gridlock following the 2018 mid-term elections. Chris provided the legal perspective and Jon Skarin, executive vice president at the Massachusetts Bankers Association, shared their concerns that while regulatory relief for the banking industry would likely be...
Client AlertsEmployment & LaborMedia MentionsWhat You Need to Know About the New Massachusetts Noncompete Law
October 26, 2018
(Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part column. See part 1 here.) By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli As detailed in Part I, certain types of noncompetition agreements are now invalid under the new Massachusetts noncompete law (the Act). This is of course a double-edged sword for employers, who will now benefit from...
Employment & LaborMedia MentionsCourt of Appeals Upholds Termination of Airport Security Employee
September 20, 2018
PS&H employment partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, Alicia Samolis, provided comment to RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Bonilla-Ramirez v. MVM, Inc., et al. The Court’s decision upheld the termination of an employee of a private security company providing services to U.S. Immigration and...
Employment & LaborMedia MentionsU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Teacher’s Firing
September 6, 2018
PS&H employment partner and Chair of the Employment & Labor Group, Alicia Samolis, provided comment to RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Richard v. Regional School Unit 57. In a split decision, the Court upheld the lower court judge’s decision, after a bench trial, that the teacher’s termination was not...
Litigation & DisputesMedia MentionsU.S. District Court Officially Adopts Established R.I. Deposition Standards
August 16, 2018
PS&H Partner Paul Kessimian, Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, shared his thoughts with RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent adoption of deposition conduct standards by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. In the case of Soares v. Prospect CharterCARE SJHSRI, LLC, et al., Judge McConnell found that the rules of conduct, established 25 years...
Employment & LaborMedia MentionsEx-Employee’s Claim For Promised Extra Pay Time-Barred
August 2, 2018
PS&H employment partner, Alicia Samolis was asked by RI Lawyers Weekly to comment on the recent decision in Daquay v. General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation, which hinged on the question of whether or not the plaintiff’s claim was time-barred. U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith found that a former employee of a federal contractor...
Employment & LaborMedia MentionsCourt of Appeals Reinstates Bias Suit Involving Claims of Retaliation
July 23, 2018
PS&H employment partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, Alicia Samolis, provided comment to RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Carlson v. University of New England. The Court’s decision reinstated a case involving claims of a retaliatory transfer of a professor following her complaints of sexual...
PS&H employment partner, Alicia Samolis, was asked by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly to comment on a recent decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Caraballo-Caraballo v. Correctional Administration, et al.. The Court reversed the district court summary judgment and ruled that the plaintiff employee should be given the chance to show that her transfer...
PS&H employment partner, Alicia Samolis, commented on a recent federal court decision McMahon v. Verizon New England, Inc., favoring an employer’s motion to terminate a union member employee who declined an alcohol test. The plaintiff claimed that the drug and alcohol testing provisions included in his union collective bargaining agreement preempts the RI state statute, allowing him to...
