RSHC news

RSHC Partner Dave Resnicoff will moderate the April 14 panel on measuring effectiveness of global compliance programs at ACI’s Advanced Forum on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry. A panel of distinguished in-house compliance executives will join Dave to discuss the impact of the DOJ’s June 2020 compliance guidance and perspectives on building compliance programs that withstand government scrutiny.

Attorney Bruce Wagman will present on the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act and on cases involving the Act. Bruce will go over the statutory language, discuss the interpretation of the law by the courts and the government in the last two decades, and provide his thoughts on the current state of the law in this area.

RSHC attorney Bruce Wagman will be a panelist at the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA)’s From Cruelty to Compassion: Animal Rescue and Animal Law webinar. Topics covered will be a case study involving the discovery and rescue of neglected animals, many in need of immediate medical care, and the corresponding and complex legal consequences of these efforts.

RSHC attorney Bruce Wagman will be presenting at the California Animal Law Symposium 2021. At the Symposium, “Exotic Animals: Understanding the Issues and Using Litigation and Legislation to Combat Abuse,” Bruce will discuss the use of exotic animals in entertainment. Other panels will address the overfishing of sharks and rays, ending exotic animal ownership, and the “Tiger King” tragedy.

RSHC Partner Dave Resincoff will moderate the March 18 “Prosecutorial Perspectives on Recent Settlements, OIG’s Guidance, and Enforcement Priorities for 2021” session at the American Conference Institute (ACI) Special Briefing, Fraud & Abuse in the Sales and Marketing of Drugs & Medical Devices. A panel of top federal healthcare fraud prosecutors will discuss the state of industry compliance, DOJ interpretation of the OIG’s Special Fraud Alert and its impact on future enforcement, industry practices under scrutiny, and potential shifts in priorities under the Biden administration.

The Illinois Judges Association (IJA) and the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (2Civility) are launching a three-part educational series, “Building Confidence in Our Legal System,” aimed at addressing racial disparities and other equity issues in Illinois’ legal system. RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes will lead the March 11 session, “Civil Procedures.”

Nick Kahlon will present to the Association of Corporate Counsel on “Trade Secrets: Navigating The Wild, Wild West of Protection, Enforcement, and Damages.” The presentation will include an in depth discussion of successful tactics in trade secrets litigation, damages theories, and complementary tools for effective dispute resolution.

The National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (YLD) is spotlighting RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes at their February 25 Power Hour fireside chat. As part of an ongoing series of engaging conversations between young lawyers and established leaders, this Q&A will focus on Judge Holmes’ experience in the legal profession and her advice for those beginning to climb the career ladder.

RSHC attorney and San Francisco SPCA General Counsel will be discussing what encompasses operating a legally compliant community cat program (CCP) in California. There will be an in depth discussion on the legalities of community cats in California, ways to standardize CCPs across the state to uplift communities who do not yet have them, avoid legal challenges in CCPs communities, and ways to defend CCPs if they are ever legally challenged.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes shares some candid stories from her groundbreaking career as part of the Bloomberg Industry Group five-episode narrative podcast project, “Uncommon Law.” Her experiences, along with those of other Black lawyers at elite law firms, offer important reminders about the past and great hopes for the future as the legal profession embraces diversity, inclusion and change.

RSHC Founding Partner Bob Riley is speaking at the 14th Annual Leading Law Firms Conference on December 4. Bob will discuss how the professional excellence that clients demand requires teams that are authentically diverse and inclusive. This is not a numbers game. It is a fundamental premise that must permeate talent development and professional opportunity at every level of a law firm.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes will moderate the corporate counsel and law firm managing partners panel, “Talent Opportunities and Challenges,” at the October 14 Ninth Annual Chicago Legal Market Conference 2020. She will guide the panel discussion about changing culture and addressing racial inequality at law firms.

In her October 12, 2015 Chicago Bar Association Justice & Law Weekly interview with RSHC’s Patricia Brown Holmes, former CBA President, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed about being an advocate for women’s rights. Enjoy listening to the entire 30-minute interview or various short segments here.

In a September 29, 2015 two-part Chicago Bar Association Justice and Law Weekly interview, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared with RSHC’s Patricia Brown Holmes, former CBA President, how she became the “Notorious RBG.” Enjoy listening to the entire 30-minute interview, or various short segments here.

RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes will present “Women Leaders — Taking Charge After Leaning In” to the Leadership Illinois Class of 2020 Fellows at the September 23-25 “Power of the Marketplace” Virtual Conference.