RSHC news

RSHC’s Greg Curtner is interviewed as part of a feature article “The Business of College Sports” in the Michigan Law School’s current Law Quadrangle.

Most criminal cases end in negotiated plea agreements to mitigate the risks of going to trial for both sides.

RSHC’s Bruce Wagman graces the cover of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. His article, “Accommodating Your Best Friend,” gives legal guidance for tenants with disabilities who depend on animals and live in “no pets” housing situations.

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in the SuperValu case confirmed the importance of a defendant’s state of mind in False Claims Act cases, holding that, “what matters for an FCA case is whether the defendant knew the claim was false.”

RSHC Partners Patricia Brown Holmes and LaVon M. Johns share their sage insights on how to climb the ladder to success, what it takes to become true rainmakers, and build exceptional practices in “Top of the Mountain,” a spotlight editorial published in the 2023 Business Edition of Best Lawyers Women in the Law.

Not all lessons for a successful law career are learned in the classroom.

The serious shortage of veterinary services began with the pandemic and has escalated to unanticipated proportions.

Social inflation — in the form of billion-dollar lottery jackpots, nine-figure professional sports contracts, and handsomely paid “influencers” — coupled with significant traditional economic inflation has normalized outsize, “nuclear” jury verdicts and this phenomenon is impacting the outcomes of cases.

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) are quickly becoming closer to becoming the norm for everyday life. The question stands that if an AV is involved in a crash, who will be held accountable?

According to one study of 600 trucking verdicts, between 2006 and 2011, there were 26 verdicts over one million dollars.[1] Between 2015 and 2019, there were almost 300.[2] In 2006, the average verdict in the National Law Review’s Top 100 Verdicts was 64 million.[3] By 2019, it rose to 214 million.[4] What was once a 10-million-dollar verdict, is now a 30-million-dollar verdict. What was once a 30-million-dollar verdict, is now 90.

The global supply chain crisis has been one of the most widely discussed economic problems since the Ever Given lodged itself into the side of the Suez Canal. In the United States, part of the reason for this is the shortage of truck drivers. There are currently about 80,000 fewer drivers than what the economy demands. A number of start-ups have begun working to solve this problem by replacing truck drivers with autonomous trucks. Autonomous trucks don’t have to follow the hourly limits that truck drivers must follow. As a result, they can do twice the work of their human counterparts.

In "Practicing Animal Law – Applying Professional Ethics While Dealing with Immoral and Unethical Conduct" Bruce Wagman outlines the benefits of using the legal requirement to act ethically to give yourself the ability to maintain integrity and professionalism.

Nick Kahlon and Sarah Finch provide an in-depth analysis of a new amendment to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act and how it significantly alters the restrictive covenant landscape in Illinois. As they explain, the amendment prohibits employers from entering into non-competition or non-solicitation agreements with many Illinois employees after January 1, 2022, and also contains provisions regarding employer notice, fee recovery for prevailing employees, and oversight by the Illinois Attorney General.

Health care providers may face new challenges under the DOJ’s recently launched Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act to target cybersecurity-related fraud by ensuring the technology-related representations by government contractors and grant recipients are accurate. RSHC is prepared to counsel industry executives on best practices for compliance.

Ransomware attacks continue to plague companies, universities, and government agencies. In their recent whitepaper for Best Lawyers, RSHC Partners Georgia Alexakis, Patricia Brown Holmes, Abigail Peluso, and Jack Theis provide a primer on the federal government’s response to the crisis, and the next steps organizations must take to protect consumers, ensure operational continuity, and avoid reputational damage.