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PLDO ATTORNEYS TAPPED AS THOUGHT LEADERS IN LOCAL AND
NATIONAL FORUMS
PLDO attorneys are frequent commentators, speakers and authors regarding legal issues in the news. During the last few months, several of our lawyers shared their knowledge on everything from employment law issues to social and digital media law matters to public-private partnership opportunities for water utility energy projects to an in-depth national examination of tortious interference with an expected inheritance and our firm’s recent victory in Rhode Island Superior Court that broke new ground in Rhode Island jurisprudence. Click on the links below for their contributions as prominent thought leaders in the legal profession.
Partner Brian J. Lamoureux was asked to be a featured panelist on WJAR NBC10's Your Voice, Your Future – Social Safety, a special program aimed at helping parents keep their children safe online. To access the program, click Your Voice, Your Future – Social Safety. He was also invited to be a guest author by Providence Business News on the topic of the Internet of Things. Click the link to read "Weighing the risks and benefits of the Internet of Things."
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Partner William F. Miller explains a company's rights and obligations when shareholders demand confidential information in an article published by the Rhode Island Small Business Journal, What are the rights & obligations of a company when shareholders demand confidential information?
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Partner Matthew C. Reeber was interviewed by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly about our firm’s major victory in the First Circuit Court of Appeals for a client that ended over a decade of litigation. Click the link to read Condos denied equitable relief in final chapter of Goat Island saga.
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Attorneys Rebecca M. Murphy and Samantha M. Vasques co-authored a comprehensive article entitled, A New Hope: Tortious Interference with an Expected Inheritance in Rhode Island, which was published in the Roger Williams University Law Review. The article details the genesis and development of tortious or wrongful interference with an expected inheritance and highlights differences in the approach states take regarding torts requirements as well as damages available to victims. It also discusses our firm’s major victory in a RI Superior Court ground breaking decision that recognized for the first time in the state's history the independent tort of tortious interference with an expected inheritance.
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Employment law attorney and litigator, PLDO Partner Matthew C. Reeber, provided comments and legal insight to Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly in an article on the RI Supreme Court's split decision in the case, Beagan v. Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Board of Review, et al. that awarded unemployment benefits to an employee who was fired for posting disparaging comments about his boss on Facebook.
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Managing Principal Gary R. Pannone and Partner Benjamin L. Rackliffe co-authored an article that was published in the Rhode Island Small Business Journal to help business owners survive and thrive in a competitive environment. A Primer on Corporate Governance for Business Ownership provides information about corporate governance structures and best practices when setting up policies and procedures.
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| Of Counsel Bruce H. Tobey was the principal investigator of a national study entitled, "Public-Private Partnership Opportunities for Water and Water Resource Recovery Utility Energy Projects.” Attorney Tobey addressed the report’s findings during a webcast attended by over 100 public and private sector executives. To read the final report with recommendations, click here. To listen to the free on-demand webcast, log onto P3 Opportunities for Water and Water Resource Recovery Utility Energy Projects. |
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