Why you need an employee handbook
If you’re a small law firm, you may think you’re not big enough to need an employee handbook. Think again, experts say. “I advise employers regardless of size that they should have handbooks,” says...
View ArticleEx-council member charged with fraud
A former North Providence councilman already accused of corruption has been indicted along with three others, including an on-air radio personality, of trying to defraud an insurance company by...
View ArticleRequest by mayor to stay ruling denied
The state Supreme Court has denied a request by the mayor of Central Falls to stay a lower court ruling that allows a state-appointed receiver to run the city in his place. The Supreme Court made its...
View ArticleRepeat offender pleads in fatality
A habitual traffic offender accused of running a red light and fatally striking a motorcyclist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty. Laura Reale pleaded guilty in Washington Superior...
View ArticleBenefits awarded to fired truck driver
A District Court judge has ruled that a tractor-trailer driver who was fired by his employer as the result of a driving accident could recover unemployment benefits. The ruling by Judge Walter Gorman...
View ArticleActing chief lauds truancy program
The woman tapped by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to take over the Family Court is praising a truancy program that is the subject of a civil rights lawsuit. Haiganush R. Bedrosian, the Family Court’s acting...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in police drug probe
A Rhode Island man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug-dealing charges in an investigation that led to the arrests of four Providence police officers. Albert Hamlin pleaded...
View ArticleEx-lawmaker to be freed from custody
Former House Majority Leader Gerard Martineau is going free after three years in federal custody. Martineau pleaded guilty to corruption charges in November 2007 and was sentenced to three years in...
View ArticleTwo face charges in Woonsocket shooting
Two men accused of killing a businessman outside a Rhode Island bank face charges in U.S. District Court including one that could carry a death sentence. Prosecutors filed a criminal complaint charging...
View ArticleClerks named who can OK, sign bail affidavits
The following individuals in the clerk’s office are authorized to approve and sign affidavits required for the posting of surety bail posted in Superior Court: • General chief clerk — Stephen...
View ArticleWhy you need an employee handbook
If you’re a small law firm, you may think you’re not big enough to need an employee handbook. Think again, experts say. “I advise employers regardless of size that they should have handbooks,” says...
View ArticleEx-council member charged with fraud
A former North Providence councilman already accused of corruption has been indicted along with three others, including an on-air radio personality, of trying to defraud an insurance company by...
View ArticleRequest by mayor to stay ruling denied
The state Supreme Court has denied a request by the mayor of Central Falls to stay a lower court ruling that allows a state-appointed receiver to run the city in his place. The Supreme Court made its...
View ArticleRepeat offender pleads in fatality
A habitual traffic offender accused of running a red light and fatally striking a motorcyclist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty. Laura Reale pleaded guilty in Washington Superior...
View ArticleBenefits awarded to fired truck driver
A District Court judge has ruled that a tractor-trailer driver who was fired by his employer as the result of a driving accident could recover unemployment benefits. The ruling by Judge Walter Gorman...
View ArticleActing chief lauds truancy program
The woman tapped by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to take over the Family Court is praising a truancy program that is the subject of a civil rights lawsuit. Haiganush R. Bedrosian, the Family Court’s acting...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in police drug probe
A Rhode Island man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug-dealing charges in an investigation that led to the arrests of four Providence police officers. Albert Hamlin pleaded...
View ArticleEx-lawmaker to be freed from custody
Former House Majority Leader Gerard Martineau is going free after three years in federal custody. Martineau pleaded guilty to corruption charges in November 2007 and was sentenced to three years in...
View ArticleTwo face charges in Woonsocket shooting
Two men accused of killing a businessman outside a Rhode Island bank face charges in U.S. District Court including one that could carry a death sentence. Prosecutors filed a criminal complaint charging...
View ArticleClerks named who can OK, sign bail affidavits
The following individuals in the clerk’s office are authorized to approve and sign affidavits required for the posting of surety bail posted in Superior Court: • General chief clerk — Stephen...
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