Eric T. Berkman

A Rhode Island judge remanded denial of an adaptive reuse housing project, finding North Providence lacked sufficient findings of fact.

A Superior Court judge ruled private arbitration may constitute protected petitioning activity under the state anti-SLAPP statute.

A Superior Court judge has ruled an employer waived arbitration rights by filing counterclaims and engaging in discovery in a retaliation lawsuit.

A federal judge ruled the LMRA did not preempt Rhode Island retaliation and whistleblower claims filed by a union ironworker.

Rhode Island’s high court vacated a judge’s denial of a new trial in a murder case after factual misstatements tainted review.

The Appeals Court ruled that an unsigned legal malpractice settlement was enforceable after parties agreed on material terms.

Housing Appeals Commission rules Martha's Vineyard Commission is a “local board” under Chapter 40B, granting affordable housing permit relief.

State Police did not violate the wiretap statute, G.L.c. 272, §99, by taking body camera footage of an OUI suspect without telling him he was being recorded, the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. Defendant Scott Grimaldi was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Springfield. Police ushered him to a secondary area where they recorded his unsuccessful attempts at performing field sobriety tests. In the recording area there was apparently a sign saying, “Checkpoint, video and audio recording.” The officers’ body cameras had red lights to indicate they were recording and one of the officers removed his body cam from his […]

Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled a legal malpractice lawsuit over tax dispute representation was barred by the three-year statute of limitations.

Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated summary judgment for American Express, finding a late-filed affidavit violated civil procedure rules.