RSHC news

RSHC Partner Gregory L. Curtner was acknowledged for introducing the subject of whether student-athletes benefit from or are exploited by participation in college athletics in the NBER Working Paper Series: The Benefits of Scholastic Athletics.

In case you missed it, the June/July 2025 edition of Chicago Lawyer profiles RSHC’s Chicago office relocation in the article, "Spaces: Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila's new office checks all the boxes on its list.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Chimpanzees—Ten Years of EndangeredStatus," he explains how the legal landscape has changed for chimpanzees, and their slow move from laboratories into sanctuaries.

Today's Managing Partner profiled RSHC Managing Partner Patricia Brown Holmes in an interview that underscores the dynamic leadership required of today’s law firms. In a conversation covering mentoring, authenticity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, Holmes shared her perspective on RSHC’s success in recruiting and retention.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Intertwined: Animal Law and All Its Relatives," he explains how animal law integrates many aspects of traditional legal doctrines, while creating and reforming the legal and social norms around animals; and how the developing field impacts animals on many levels of our society, while incorporating theories, principles, and ideas from other areas of law and science.

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has sparked unprecedented demand worldwide for data center capacity, which provides the computing power to run advanced AI applications. This expansion presents complex legal challenges and opportunities at the intersection of computing infrastructure and power generation.

RSHC attorneys David Resnicoff and Andrew Patton recently published an expert analysis in Law360 on the continuing rationale for strong compliance programs during the second Trump administration.

RSHC’s Nick Kahlon and Matt Kennison discuss whether the effects of COVID-19 may trigger force majeure provisions or otherwise excuse performance and the principles (is the event identified, unforeseeable and outside of the party’s control or fault) that will help inform the determination.

RSHC’s Brenna M. Woodley and Christopher L. Schaeffer have published chapters in the IICLE® Intellectual Property 2025 Edition, a comprehensive handbook, that provides best practice guidance to protect clients’ trade secrets, copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Animals Are Wild," he explains how Animal Law has grown for all species of animal wildlife and its path from past to future.

RSHC’s Christopher Hickey and Jen Steeve spoke on, ”AI Technology and How It Is Transforming The Practice of Law” at the ABA TIPS Aviation & Aerospace Law Conference.

RSHC’s LaVon M. Johns, David Aguilar, and Peter M. Zagotta have published chapters in the IICLE® Real Estate Litigation 2024 Edition, a comprehensive handbook that provides a best-practice guidance for issues that are the subject of real property litigation.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Veterinarians and Animal Lawyers – The Perfect Pairing," he explains how both professions' passions combine in the best results for animal protection

RSHC partners Patricia Brown Holmes and LaVon M. Johns published “Recruiting, Raising and Retaining the Next Generation” in the 2024 Business Edition of Best Lawyers Women in the Law.

In Bruce Wagman’s recent American Bar Association newsletter article, "Animal Law – Social Justice in Action," he explains how the practice of animal law addresses the disparity in protection of other species without the wealth, opportunity, or privilege to obtain typical representation.