Neal J. McNamara

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• Worcester Patch

  For St. Patrick's Day, Neil McNamara and two Neal McNamaras meet

  This St. Patrick’s Day-related article connecting three Neal/Neil McNamaras in the Worcester, MA, and Providence areas includes Providence Labor & Employment senior counsel Neal McNamara.

  March 16, 2023
• Law360

  Ex-Upserve Exec Ordered to Stop Work at Payment Processor

  Providence office managing partner Andrew Prescott, partner Neal McNamara, and associate Aaron Nadich, all of the Labor & Employment group, are mentioned for representing restaurant management platform provider Upserve in a breach of contract case against a former executive. The judge in the case this week granted Upserve’s motion for preliminary injunction and barred the former executive from working at his new employer, an Upserve competitor.
  April 29, 2020
• Law360

  Ex-CVS exec's move to Amazon pharmacy barred by judge

  This article mentions Providence Labor and Employment partner Neal McNamara for his successful representation of CVS in a suit to enforce a noncompete agreement signed by a former high-level executive who left the company for a similar role with Amazon.
  June 18, 2019
• Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

  Employment—disability—judicial estoppel

  Partner Neal McNamara and associate Aaron Nadich, both of the Labor & Employment practice group in Providence, are mentioned for their successful representation of Honeywell in a disability discrimination suit.
  April 30, 2019
• Bloomberg Daily Labor Report

  Southwest worker says reporting affair brought retaliation

  Providence labor and employment partner Neal McNamara is noted as representing Southwest in this article about recent developments in a lawsuit filed by a Southwest employee claiming that she was subjected to retaliation and a hostile work environment after she complained about her husband’s affair with her supervisor.
  Dec 28, 2016
• Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

  FOIA Decision Analyzes Public v. Privacy Interests

  This story notes a federal judge’s order in the Freedom of Information Act case requiring the government to release redacted medical records entered as evidence at a doctor’s trial—a win for Rhode Island journalist Philip Eil. Providence Labor & Employment partner Neal McNamara and associate Jessica Jewell are quoted in the piece as Eil’s pro bono counsel on behalf of the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  Oct 4, 2016
• Providence Business News

  ACLU prepared to defend Warwick media outlets threatened with lawsuit over posting public report

  This piece notes that the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island will represent two local media outlets if they are sued for writing about how local school administrators handled accusations of sexual misconduct by a teacher. Providence office managing partner Neal McNamara and associate William Wynne are mentioned as ACLU volunteers who will represent the media if the lawsuit moves forward.
  March 30, 2016
• Rhode Island Public Radio

  Q&A: Phil Eil on His Battle to Get Evidence from a 2011 Drug Trial

  Providence office managing partner Neal McNamara and Providence Labor & Employment associate Jessica Jewell are mentioned in this radio show Q&A for their pro bono work in filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on behalf of a local journalist.
  March 14, 2016
• Esquire

  Why Is the DEA Not Cooperating with This FOIA Request?

  A journalist looking to write a book on the former Chicago physician dubbed the “Pill Mill Doctor” is seeking thousands of pages of evidence about the trial from the DEA. Providence office managing partner Neal McNamara and the ACLU are advising the journalist.
  Dec 2, 2015
• Portsmouth Daily Times

  ACLU Sues for Volkman Trial Info

  Providence office managing partner Neal McNamara and Providence Labor & Employment associate Jessica Jewell are noted as the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island's counsel in filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on behalf of a local journalist.
  March 19, 2015