Announcements

RSS is pleased to announce that Xavier Morand Bock, a lawyer in our Civil and Commercial Litigation Group, is back with the team. After having practiced with us for a few years, Xavier had left the firm to take on a challenge with a Montréal corporate group in the entertainment industry. Jean-Pierre Sheppard, head of […]

RSS is proud to announce that Mathieu Boily is joining today the team of litigators in the firm’s Insurance Law Group. Mathieu already has three years experience before ethe courts in various cases related to insurance. Mariella De Stefano, the Group’s Co-Chair, is pleased with this recruit. “Mathieu comes to us from the legal department […]

The title of Avocat émérite — Lawyer Emeritus — is one of the most prestigious distinctions that the Bar of Québec can give. It is awarded to members who stand out for their outstanding career, their exceptional contribution to the profession and their remarkable engagement in their community. Therefore, RSS is both very happy and exceptionally proud […]

Do you know about the role of adjudicators in public construction contracts? Selected under a governmental programme, they are appointed to facilitate payments to enterprises that are parties to public construction contracts and subcontracts. Pierre Brossoit was one of the first such experts designated by the government in 2018, when the programme was only a […]

The publishers of The Best Lawyers in Canada™ have announced today the ranking for the 2023 edition of the directory. Numerous RSS lawyers were selected. Andrew Penhale, the firm’s CEO, explains the meaning of this ranking. “Best Lawyers is important, since this directory reflects the opinions of our peers. The ranking is established on the […]

RSS is proud to announce that Julia Boivin Desgagné is joining its Saguenay office. Julia will assist clients in the region with her litigation skills while sharing her knowledge of municipal law with the rest of RSS’s team. “Although she was called to the Bar as recently as 2019, Julia already has a most interesting […]

RSS is pleased to announce that Francis Gioia, who was just called to the Bar, is joining the firm’s Business Law Group. Geneviève Goulet, who was supervising Francis when he was articling, is happy to be able to count on this new colleague. “From day one of our collaboration, Francis made an excellent impression on […]

The Young Bar of Montreal has announced the release of the third edition of its Guide de démarrage de l’entreprise. This collaborative work gives entrepreneurs 120 pages of basic information on the legal issues that they will be facing. Marianne Poliquin, from our Labour and Employment Law Group, wrote the revised chapters 11, on labour […]

This webinar was presented on June 16, 2022, as part of our firm’s annual lectures on insurance law. Description Property is stolen in a warehouse while the alarm system, unexplainably, was down. There is a suspect, an employee, but no one has seen him deactivate the alarm system or carry the property. Can we assume […]

RSS is happy to announce that Rosalie Rouillard, a litigator, is now part of the firm’s Insurance Law Group. Although she was only called to the Bar in 2021, Rosalie already has a rich experience that includes internships at the Court of Québec, legal aid, and a litigation department specialized in portfolio management. Mariella De […]