Brian J. Lamoureux - Johnston, RI

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Moot Court Honor Society
    Law Review: Syracuse Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1999
    Master of Public Administration
  • University of Rhode Island, 1996
    M.A.
    Major: Political Science
  • Providence College, 1994
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Panelist, Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Conference (social media law and strategy) (2013, 2015)
  
• Regular presenter to Catholic and public schools on cyberbullying and social media use by children
  
• Creator and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Digital and Social Media in the Business Environment (MBA 698), Providence College MBA Program
  
• Guest Speaker, The Conference Board, San Diego, February, 2012 (emerging social media and legal strategies)
  
• Panelist, Social Media and Marketing, Providence Business News Summits, March, 2011 and February, 2012
  
• Panelist, National Association of Settlement Purchasers Annual Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada, 2008)
  
• Lecturer, Constitutional Law (PSC 471), University of Rhode Island, 2004
  
• Frequent Presenter and Broadcast Commentator on Social Media and E-communications in the workplace

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Providence College National Alumni Association Council
• Member, PRISM (Professional Rhode Islanders Social Media Group)
• Member, St. Thomas More Society of Rhode Island

Representative Clients

• Regularly provides counsel and advice to state agencies on litigation matters, general corporate and contract advice, as well as guidance with their rules and regulations.

• Provides employment law advice and recommendations to employers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts on a range of employment related issues, such as hiring/termination, discrimination, discipline, benefits, and compliance.

• Assists clients and his PLDO colleagues in navigating the rapidly evolving world of social media law by providing litigation support, discovery strategy, and technical assistance in cases or disputes where social media or electronic evidence is in play.

• Works with clients in closely held companies to resolve disputes through buyouts or litigation.

• Serves as receiver or special master appointed by the Rhode Island Superior Court to liquidate or manage troubled or insolvent businesses.

• Regularly represents a not-for-profit student loan guarantor in Rhode Island and Connecticut federal courts in cases where borrowers seek to discharge their student loans in bankruptcy.

• Created and managed satisfactory settlement of class action which involved several hundred thousand transactions involving millions of dollars of claimed damages.

• Successfully briefed and argued before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in a case confirming surety's rights to indemnification.

• Lead counsel in a successfully resolved certified class action regarding the demutualization of an insurance company before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island.

• Served as trial co-counsel in one of the largest defense jury verdicts in the Federal District Court in Massachusetts.

Published Works

Articles

• Pandemic prompts urgent review of overlooked contractual clause
  
• How Will The Coronavirus Impact Your Contracts?
  
• Bankruptcy Options For Small Business
  
• Coronavirus and social media: Be careful what you click
  
• Line between work, life blurs in digital age
  
• Keeping Data Off Darknet
• Devise A Plan Before A Data Breach
• Big Tech and Big Tobacco: Is History Repeating Itself? – Security Weekly Network Interview
• Matt Allen UNCUT – a podcast interview about social and digital media
• Facebook and Social Media Use in Society TV Interview
• Security measures, breach notifications key to minimizing exposure to GDPR liability
• EU’s data protection law targets worldwide business community
• Cybersecurity and medical devices : Informed consent in digital age
• Keeping up with your kids: Are you social media savvy?
• Social Media Privacy Law Impacts Employers
• Should Employees Use Facebook at Work?
• Privacy Rights Being Tested in the Digital Age
• Digital Age Hiring Process Filled With Danger
• Texting in the Workplace? Dangers Abound
• Email Privacy Not a Guarantee in Workplace
• Worry About Workplace Prejudice? Clean Up
• Where do tweets go when you die – hint, not to heaven
• Employment bar deconstructs new social media privacy law
• Maneuvering the Minefields of BYOD and Social Media in the Workplace
• Lawyers must manage LinkedIn’s features
• XpertHR interview on Key Social Media Issues Affecting the Workplace
• To Have And To Hold: Delete E-Mail At Your Peril
• How Social Media is Changing the Hiring Game
• PLDO Employment Advisory
• Business Matters

Bar Admissions

• Rhode Island, 2000
• Massachusetts, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• Rhode Island Bar Association