The Challenge: In January 2010, gourmet food and cured meat company Daniele, Inc. purchased contaminated pepper from two different spice companies and, as a result, was forced to recall over a million pounds of its salami and other cured meat products. This…
The Challenge: Drawing upon skill sets from a variety of practice areas, AP&S attorneys guided and counseled Wells Fargo Bank through the process of making an $85 million loan secured by a portfolio of 17 hotel properties located throughout the United States….
In State v. Lead Industries Association, 951 A.2d 428 (R.I. 2008), AP&S attorneys successfully defended Atlantic Richfield Company in the longest civil jury trial in Rhode Island history and on appeal in the Attorney General’s landmark lead pigment public nuisance case. The…
In Dauray v. Mee, 109 A.3d 832 (R.I. 2015), a case that has significant implications for Rhode Island non-profits and charitable donors, AP&S attorneys Joseph Avanzato and Nicole J. Benjamin successfully represented a number of charitable entities against claims of undue influence…
The Challenge: When a steel fabricator shut down its operations for more than 18 months due to its inability to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with the union representing its steel fabricators, AP&S was engaged to assist the company with negotiating an…
