Announcements

RSS is proud to announce that 25 of its lawyers are included in the 2018 Canadian edition of the Best Lawyers directory, a major, peer-review-based guide to legal professionals all over the world. All the firm’s lawyers who appeared in the previous edition are included again this year. However, the list reflects additions and special […]

Theodore Goloff recently became an International Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to advance justice and the understanding of law and its impact on society, with the assistance of its Fellows. Fellows may only be admitted upon invitation. The Foundation’s constitution limits their number to 1% of the lawyers called to […]

Theodore Goloff was recently a member of delegations that took part in the hearings of parliamentary commissions on cultural questions. On December 8, in Ottawa, he was representing the Association of English-speaking Jurists of Quebec in the course of the Cross-Canada official languages consultations 2016, implemented by the Department of Canadian Heritage. A few weeks […]

The Bar of Quebec’s annual seminar on recent developments in insurance law, presented on December 9 at the Palais des congrès in Montréal, reflected RSS’s major involvement: Pierre Visockis presented a paper on theft and intentional fault: “Le vol et la faute intentionnelle —  Discordances, spéculations et mobile : qu’en est-il du fardeau de preuve de […]

November 30, 2016 — The Bar of Quebec has just created an Advisory Committee on Taxation. Martin Lord sits on this committee, which will become operative at the beginning of 2017.

Always seeking to provide superior client service, RSS has now opened an office in Saguenay. Marcel-Olivier Nadeau, who will be leading this initiative, explains its origins. “This office will serve three purposes: offer a new resource to businesses in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean area; achieve cost and time savings when a client’s file requires proceedings, judicial or […]

Marilyn Piccini Roy, Ad. E., is the author of “Canada-US Estate Planning:  Doesn’t Travel Well”, an article in the latest issue of the Trust Quarterly Review, published by STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Professionals. On Wednesday, November 9, in Montréal, she will be making a presentation on “Power, Money, Sex and Drugs: Perspectives on […]

October 4, 2016 — The latest issue of The International Employment Lawyer, a quarterly newsletter of the International Employment Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, features a paper by Theodore Goloff, entitled “Canada —Where the Rubber Hits the Road, Reflections on Supreme Court Decision in Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.”, […]

The International Lawyers Network [ILN] released today the third annual edition of Establishing a Business Entity: An International Guide. This manual provides a concise description of the conditions and procedures for the creation of a business in 22 countries. RSS is the Quebec member of the ILN, an alliance of 91 firms in 66 countries, […]

RSS is proud to announce that 24 of its lawyers — almost one-third of the firm — are included in the 2017 edition of the Best Lawyers directory, a major, peer-review-based guide to legal professionals all over the world. All lawyers who appeared in the previous edition are included again this year. However, the firm’s rating […]