Sentences with phrase «big law firms just»

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I am currently working at a big law firm and am just now dipping my toes into investing.

But have to just say that all the good govt clowns simply just don't get it that the guys who report all their law firm income (that's the big ethics push) will be the most ethical of the bunch.

Sheldon Silver had a big incentive for using his political weight as Assembly speaker to funnel asbestos victims to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm — he got a one - third cut of their legal fees just for making the referrals.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

I am currently working at a big law firm and am just now dipping my toes into investing.

I'm a big fan of going after the companies that charged upfront fees that were harmful to consumers but when you start naming companies like Global, Noteworld, Rocky Mountain Bank and LowerMyBills, you then put yourself in the category of the «et al» bottom feeder who will drag everyone and their mother into a lawsuit just to get a huge settlement that your law firm will keep.

Lisa Hart Shepherd, CEO of brand intelligence firm Acritas, says that, in Europe and parts of Asia, the Big Four «come up as a law firm brand, not just an alternative to mainstream legal services.»

But if your law firm's marketing strategy is really just a list of tactics, I'd encourage you to think about the bigger picture.

Particularly with respect to the «big law firm» world that I used to work in and that I still interact with daily, I just don't believe that having (or not having) a Twitter handle really has much of an impact yet.

Witness the fine print in the individual settlement agreements worth $ 23.65 million that 207 partners just inked with the trustee of failed big - law firm Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison, according to Brenda Sandburg of The Recorder.

Just think about the bigger story: Law firms that can recognize trends and optimize their marketing accordingly face a unique opportunity.

First, Big Law firms have generally been Uberised — we just didn't realize it.

Lawyers at big law firms like to boast about «bet the company» matters, but smaller and mid-sized matters can be just as complex, even more so — it's just that the numbers on paper are smaller.

One big future use of AI is to augment law firm business development by equipping firms with a better understanding of not just the business of potential clients, but also their individual personalities as well.

«I spoke to some of my colleagues who graduated with me who went to big law firms or other government jobs and, compared to their articling positions, while some of them got really great opportunities, some said their job was just following a lawyer around doing photocopying, research and they never had the experience I did.»

There's some, I know Legal Zoom has some data that if I'm recalling it correctly says that law firms actually don't actually get more efficient until between 10 and 15 people and that there's sort of a jump in efficiency at two or three people and then they get less efficient until you get to 10 or 15 and then you can start taking advantage of some scale, which is interesting and you're sitting right in the middle of there where you can decide do you really want to move it forward and have a business or do you want to keep going and just serving clients without a bigger strategy in mind.

Every lawyer is different, but a few things hold true for just about every law firm, big or small: You need more cash flow and more clients.

Fifty - seven per cent of the respondents to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey said guaranteed deals were either not very effective (43 %) or made no difference (14 %) in helping law firms secure the best talent, with just 12 % regarding them as very effective and 31 % as quite effective.

As noted in Conde Nast's Portfolio, just 11 law firms belong to the «billion dollar club,» so reaching $ 2 billion is a big deal indeed.

PwC, the Big - 4 accounting firm, reports similar responses from UK law firms: Just 3 % report actual use of artificial intelligence; 4 % robotic process automations; and 11 % use of big data and predictive analytiBig - 4 accounting firm, reports similar responses from UK law firms: Just 3 % report actual use of artificial intelligence; 4 % robotic process automations; and 11 % use of big data and predictive analytibig data and predictive analytics.

Some law firms (big emphasis on some) are adapting documents, technology and processes to drive out waste and reduce costs — just as the startups we represent are doing in their industries.

That's true even at the small firms and solo and not just in big law.

But that is what ultimately caused him to go on his own, was looking back at that big law firm and saying they're not agile, they're completely drowning, I can't make decisions for myself, and it was just such an interesting thing to watch him go through that it's really interesting to hear you say those very same things during a non crisis time.

Just because a law firm is the biggest doesn't mean that it's the best.

Yet the firm maintains that its pursuit of growth is not about becoming the biggest law firm on the continent, but about changing how Africa is perceived globally and demonstrating that African lawyers can be just as professional, ethical and committed to excellence as those in the West.

I was just reaching the point, I often tell people, that kind of I felt my firm curved as much as they could to kind of allow me the practice I wanted to create, and I curved as much as I could to kind of fit in the typical, bigger law firm box.

In his interview with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys at bigger firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of large law firLaw's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys at bigger firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of large law firlaw firms.

Meanwhile, big four Scots law firm Dundas & Wilson has seen its London office — which relaunched in 2002 with just six people — grow significantly over the last 12 months from 100 to 150 staff, with office space being expanded by a third.

Bigger has not been better for clients or law firms, it has just been bigger.&Bigger has not been better for clients or law firms, it has just been bigger.&bigger.»

Now a senior associate at one of the city's top firms, Vincent Clifford will talk politics, law, family, and sports — just don't ask him about his biggest client.

With Law Firm Suites, I just decided to do this on a much bigger scale (now we have over 75 self - employed lawyers working from our NYC law suitLaw Firm Suites, I just decided to do this on a much bigger scale (now we have over 75 self - employed lawyers working from our NYC law suitlaw suite).

In fact, many big cases are settled right away for large amounts with our law firm just because the insurance company knew our track record and don't want to pay their defense attorneys to fight us!

Zimmerman goes on to say, «these LPOs and Alternative Legal Service Providers, they used to do just the diligence and e-discovery, but now they are going upstream,» and later in the video he says, «the US law firms are getting smaller and the LPOs are getting bigger»!

It's often easy to assume bigger means better, but that is not always the case with law firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgeLaw Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgets.

Peppermint goes modular: An interview with CEO Arlene Adams In news from the end of August that went under the radar thanks to the entire legal IT sector still being hungover from ILTA Las Vegas, Peppermint Technology has moved away from its singular enterprise resource planning approach to a modular approach that will enable big law firms to roll out its Microsoft Dynamics 365 - based solution in stages or just in part.

Recognizing that legal project management (LPM) is no longer just for big law firms, LawVision Group, one of the premier management consulting firms

But, do you really think it's a big deal, or is this just a massive marketing opportunity for software providers and law firms?

If technology is to provide law firms with a strategic advantage, those firms have to be willing to do things differently, to try something new, to think bigger than just the problem at hand.

It's where Clio releases their big news every year, so I can't tell you everything, but I can tell you that just like last year, we are going to talk and go further in depth on our groundbreaking Legal Trends Report where we have 40,000 law firms contributing data, enabling us to make some really interesting analysis on what works for the practice of law and what doesn't, and this year we are going deeper in that, we've got more data, more announcements.

But if law firms allow themselves to be degraded to the point where there are no large, well - resourced homes for true expert practitioners, then law will become just another commodity supplied and consumed by big business.

Salazar may be one of the first small firms to prove that AI is not just for Big Law, but the message is sure to spread.

Even prior to the crash of our economy, I have felt very strongly that the ridiculous level of greed displayed by these Big Name law firms and their partners was disgusting, and their mistaken belief that they should pay someone $ 160 - 190,000 per year fresh out of law school just because they got the highest grade (yet can't find their way out of paper bag b / c they have no commonsense) was mind - boggling.

I just assumed that, that all big law firms especially would have in - house editing people, because one of the ironies I discovered is that when I write a book, I send it to my publisher in New York, and my agent usually looks at it, then my personal editor goes over it at the publishing house.

The biggest impediment to alternatives seems to be fear of the unknown, not just by law firms, but by clients.

One last thought on leadership. When truly disruptive innovation collides with any market, historically the big boys don't survive. They are lacking the bold leadership required to make major course corrections. The top ten most profitable law firms - 9 of which have no blogging presence to speak of — will lose their position if they don't join the party. As Kevin O'keefe noted this week, anonymity online is a losing proposition, while others disagree. We aren't just talking about blogging though, it's the whole social media system - Legal Onramp, JDSupra, and even LinkedIN, Twitter, and Facebook. These are powerful tools, and real leaders will understand, like their younger counterparts, it is much more significant to harness the power of fire, than to simply try and stamp it out for fear of getting burned.

Just as law firms & enterprise software are catching onto «social», expect some early adopters to distance themselves from the term, and proceed to align with the next big thing.

For those with one eye on the future, advocates of the profession will point out that the chance of a career offering not just the potential to earn big bucks, but one that can offer a lifetime of intellectual challenge and stimulation, will always attract its fair share of top talent, and that the training and development opportunities within law firms have improved massively over the last ten years.

A High Wycombe law firm has warned that «it's not just big corporates that need to be aware of the Bribery Act» after the Act came to public attention in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica allegations....

That is, with so few trials occurring, the normal go - to litigators at big law firms are just not going to trial like they used to, and thus are not getting the practice that they used to get.

If you want a place at the table of this elevated club, you don't necessarily have to be a big multi-national law firm, you just have to be open to questioning and improving every aspect of legal service delivery.