Malcolm Chace News Today

Superior Court Judge Brian P. Stern refuses to dismiss some key elements of a lawsuit accusing downtown Providence developer Arnold B. “Buff” Chace Jr. of self-dealing from a family trust.

In what is expected to be one of the biggest legal brawls in Rhode Island history, is now headed for trial.

Every Friday, GoLocalProv takes a look at who is rising and who is falling in Rhode Island and national politics, business, culture, and sports.

Helena Foulkes, the former top CVS executive who narrowly lost to Dan McKee in the 2022 Democratic primary for governor, raised $116,000 in the fourth quarter. She ends the year with $120,295.96.

2023 was a complex year. There were significant accomplishments, game-changing developments, and some major blunders.

Providence developer Arnold “Buff” Chace has been in the eye of the storm — actually, two legal storms — in 2023.

The ongoing battle between millionaire members of the Chace family is scheduled to play out on Thursday in Providence Superior Court.

Lawyers exchange charges of “self-dealing” and “personal animus” in a pair of lawsuits involving the wealth left behind by Malcolm G. “Kim” Chace III, who served on the Berkshire Hathaway board.

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Max Wistow, the attorney who recovered more than $60 million for the state of Rhode Island in the 38 Studios collapse and nearly $50 million for the retirees of the failed St. Joseph pension fund, is now being tapped by the Providence City Council.