Rhode Island will receive $2.67 million as part of a $200 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Thursday. more

Although all industries and individuals have benefitted greatly from the availability of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), perhaps no industry has benefited more than the construction industry. The reasons to use ADR are compelling. more

The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has hired Providence law firm Wistow & Barylick to pursue legal action against “third parties” connected with the 38 Studios LLC loan guarantee, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Tuesday. more

More than 250 members of the Rhode Island business community weathered the cold rain on Wednesday morning to attend the Providence Business News Social Media and Marketing Summit. more

Two decades after Rhode Island was rocked by the 1990s credit union crisis, lingering complications of the Depositors Economic Protection Corp. era are still being unraveled in unpredictable areas, such as condominium development. more

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on tax-planning considerations and strategies for tax year 2012.) more

Rhode Island’s $75 million loan guarantee to 38 Studios LLC was already synonymous with bad judgment. The state’s lawsuit against the deal’s participants now attempts to link it with fraud and incompetence. more

Business law firm Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP has leased 30,000 square feet of office space in the Textron Building at 40 Westminster St., in downtown Providence, the firm announced Tuesday. more

Robert P. Brooks, shareholder at Adler Pollock and Sheehan PC, was recently named one of the top 20 most powerful labor attorneys in the nation by Lawdragon Magazine and Human Resource Executive. Candidates for this list usually have impressive recommendations, a list of noteworthy accomplishments and have practiced for more than 20 years. Brooks has represented employers in employment-discrimination matters and a variety of labor arbitration and administrative proceedings. The current chairman of the firm’s labor and employment practice group and a member of its executive and diversity committees, Brooks holds a B.A. from Rhode Island College and a J.D. from Suffolk University. more

(Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a three-part series on tax-planning considerations and strategies for tax-year 2012.) more