As first noted by my colleague Steve Lapatin in his recent summary of the 2024 Rhode Island Legislative session, Rhode Island’s Arbitration Act set forth in title 10, chapter 3 of the Rhode Island General Laws (the...more
Both Condominium board members and unit owners should be mindful of limitations placed on them via the Rhode Island Condominium Act through requirements that unanimous unit owner approval be obtained before a condominium’s...more
Non-competition provisions signed by Rhode Island physicians on or after July 12, 2016 are now unenforceable pursuant to recent legislation. As summarized in a prior post, the Rhode Island Superior Court in the case Medicine...more
The Rhode Island Superior Court recently refused to enforce a non-compete agreement against a local physician because it was against the public interest. Medicine and Long Term Care Associates, LLC v. Khurshid, PC 2015-0458,...more
Businesses often attempt to protect their valuable, non-public information – for example, confidential business and marketing plans developed through investment and research – from being used by their competitors by requiring...more
By erroneously taxing its Rhode Island customers for computer-related maintenance services, Dell, Inc. has triggered a decade of litigation and breathed life into what otherwise has been Rhode Island’s mostly underdeveloped...more