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• Update: January 2023

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for enhancing your library with the 2023 edition of A Practical Guide to Construction Law in Rhode Island . This new edition brings updated resources within your immediate reach for fast, accurate, and practical answers to your questions.

  Highlights from among the many issues addressed in this edition include

  • revisions to Rhode Island's implementation of the Lamb Act with respect to state procurement procedures;

  • recodification of state regulations applicable to construction;

  • the standards applicable to appellate review of the public bid process;

  • extensive revisions of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) contract forms;

  • a detailed discussion of a 2018 law establishing procedures for retainage on certain private and public commercial construction projects;

  • industry forms addressing recovery of damages for construction delays;

  • an extensively revised discussion of the procedures associated with mechanics' liens, addressing, among other topics, preparation of the notice of intention; notarizing and serving the notice; correctly identifying the property that will be subject to the lien; seeking payment for work within the 200-day window established by the statute; timely filing of a complaint and recording of a notice of lis pendens; and recovery of attorney fees;

  • procedures for bonding or cashing off a mechanics' lien;

  • case law on contracting parties' duty to arbitrate disputes and on the standard for appellate review of arbitrability determinations; and

  • a decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court to vacate an award by an arbitrator who had reached beyond the terms of the parties' contract.

  We trust will find this latest version of A Practical Guide to Construction Law in Rhode Island an invaluable resource for your busy practice.

  Very truly yours,

  John M. Lawlor, Esq., Publications Attorney

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

How to Assist Tenants Denied Housing Related to CORI

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, Community Legal Aid / Hampshire County

Exhibit 1A

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Drugs) Buy Form

Exhibit 1B

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Violence) Buy Form

Exhibit 1C

- Sample CORI Advocacy Memorandum (Reasonable Accommodation Request) Buy Form

Chapter 2 expand

Motor Vehicle Issues Related to Drug, OUI, and Other Criminal Cases

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Neil A. Scannell, Esq., Registry of Motor Vehicles Division, MassDOT, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Exhibit 2A

- Request for Driving History Buy Form

Exhibit 2B

- Request for Personal Information in RMV Records Buy Form

Exhibit 2C

- 24D Hardship Criteria Buy Form

Exhibit 2D

- List of OUI Programs Buy Form

Chapter 3 expand

Employment

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Patricia A. Washienko, Esq., Washienko Law Group LLC
Allison L. Williard, Esq., Washienko Law Group LLC

Chapter 4 expand

Sex Offender Registry and Notification

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Mimi N. Wong, Esq., Commenwealth of Massachusetts, Sex Offender Registry Board

Exhibit 4A

- Chart of Thirty Sex Offenses Buy Form

Exhibit 4B

- SORB Classification Worksheet Buy Form

Exhibit 4C

- Request for Sex Offender Registry Information Form Buy Form

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DNA Registry

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Susanne Reardon, Esq., MA Attorney General's Office
Matthew J. Tuttle, Esq.,

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Sexually Dangerous Persons/Civil Commitment

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Ellyn H. Lazar, Esq., Worcester District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Firearm Licensing

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Julie M. Tolek, Esq., Dilworth IP

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Consequences of Criminal Convictions for the Noncitizen

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Jennifer Klein, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services

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License to Practice Law

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Richard C. Abati, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

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Judges and Clerk-Magistrates

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Lynn S. Muster, Esq., New England Law

Chapter 11 expand

Licensing of Physicians

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Sean E. Capplis, Esq., Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC
Sandra P. Wysocki Capplis, Esq., Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC

Exhibit 11A

- Federal Health Care Exclusion Notice Buy Form

Exhibit 11B

- OIG Program Exclusion Authorities Buy Form

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Other Occupational Licenses

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Christopher N. Carroll, Esq.,
George K. Weber, Esq., Northeast Legal Aid/Lawrence

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- Licensing Boards: Guide to Authorities Buy Form

Exhibit 12B

- Disciplinary Terms and Outcomes Used at the Division Buy Form

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Insurance Coverage

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Owen P. McGowan, Esq., McGowan & Associates

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Federal Sentencing Enhancements

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Aliza H. Bloom,

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Massachusetts State Sentencing Enhancements

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Tracy A. Miner, Esq., Miner Siddall, LLP

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Pardons and Commutations

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Afton M. Templin, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Youth Advocacy Division
Mara Voukydis, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Youth Advocacy Division

Exhibit 16A

- Relevant Executive Clemency Statutes Buy Form

Exhibit 16B

- Executive Clemency Regulations Buy Form

Exhibit 16C

- Governor’s Executive Clemency Guidelines Buy Form

Exhibit 16D

- Petition for Pardon Relief Buy Form

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- Petition for Commutation Buy Form

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Postconviction Relief: Motion to Revise and Revoke, Motion for New Trial/Vacate Plea, and Motion for Required Finding of Not Guilty

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Exhibit 17A

- Sample Motion to Vacate Convictions Buy Form

Exhibit 17B

- Sample Motion to Revise and Revoke Buy Form

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Public Employee Retirement Benefits

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Hon. Melinda E. Troy, Division of Administrative Law Appeals, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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