Announcements

Last Friday, the Quebec Bar was hosting the 13th edition of its conference on recent developments in insurance law. Nick Krnjevic presented a paper entitled “Developments in Cyber Regulation, Litigation and Insurance”, soon to be published by Thomson Reuters / Éditions Yvon Blais. RSS has been a key organizer of this activity from day one.

After taking a leave of absence to pursue graduate studies at the University of Lausanne, Marcel-Olivier Nadeau resumes his activity with RSS’s Insurance Group. Since his call to the Bar in 2010, Marcel-Olivier has acquired substantial experience as a litigator. He will therefore continue to represent our clients in litigation matters. Marcel-Olivier will be working […]

RSS is proud to announce that 23 of its lawyers — almost one-third of the firm — are included in the 2016 edition of the Best Lawyers directory, a major, peer-review-based guide to legal professionals all over the world. This year, a new lawyer appears on the list: Dominique Poulin, from our Insurance Group. In addition, […]

Jean-Pierre Sheppard, of our Litigation Group, obtained an injunction order of safeguard against cable broadcaster Vidéotron ltée in favour of our client, a television station specialized in public security. By an earlier decision, the CRTC had issued an order compelling all distributors, including Vidéotron, to broadcast the television station’s programming on their cable networks, as […]

On June 22, Gladius Pharmaceuticals Inc., a new Montréal-based biotechnology firm, announced the closing of the equity financing via a cross-border vehicle of US technology developed by Sopharmia Inc. This investment will support Gladius’ development of novel drugs destined to treat major multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections. Sharon G. Druker represented Sopharmia and Gladius on the deal, […]

The Court of Appeal of Quebec recently issued its decision in  SNC-Lavalin inc. c. Société québécoise des infrastructures (Société immobilière du Québec), awarding close to 9 million dollars plus interest in compensation to the Société immobilière du Québec and the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Trois-Rivières. These plaintiffs’ claim arose from defects […]

The Superior Court recently issued its decision in 86296 Canada Ltd. c. Shoppers Realty Inc., on an exclusivity clause in a commercial lease for a Pharmaprix outlet. The key issues were whether two shopping centres owned by the Plaintiffs were on “abutting lands” and whether one shopping centre was “owned or controlled by the Landlord […]

Sharon G. Druker was recently appointed to the Bar of Montréal’s Liaison Committee with commercial law lawyers. The committee’s primary objective is “to encourage lawyers practising business and corporate law to become more involved in the activities of the Bar of Montréal.”

On Thursday, May 14, Theodore Goloff will be a guest speaker at the Chabad of Westmount’s Spring 2015 Law Symposium. Mr. Goloff will be making a presentation on Workplace Harassment: Policies, Protocols and Prosecutions — Respect, Dignity, Civility and the Need for a Harassment-free Work Environment: Why, What and How.

Despite the harsh winter — or perhaps because of it? — the firm’s Business Law Group, especially Barry H. Shapiro, has kept busy assisting businesses in deals and acquisitions. In January, Barry, assisted by Nicholas Martin, concluded the purchase and financing of an interest in a commercial and office strip-centre in Dorval, via the purchase of 50% […]