Sentences with phrase «city law firm says»
A New York City law firm says it has filed a class action lawsuit accusing the Syracuse - based Dinosaur Bar - B - Que chain of failing to pay its tipped workers fair wages.
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«What you want to avoid is anything that might «pierce the corporate veil,» says Sandra E. Mayerson, leader of the national bankruptcy practice of law firm Holland & Knight LLP, who is based in New York City.
«It will not be a significant tool, although I can see some companies wanting to use this to give them access to investors they might not have access to otherwise,» says Stephen Wink, a partner in law firm Latham and Watkins» New York City office.
«People who do private - equity investments right are very shrewd and very driven to focus on key issues like investment return and exit strategies,» says Gary Simon, a partner at the New York City - based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin.
Kaminsky's campaign criticized a video on the website of McGrath's law firm, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo of Garden City, in which a partner says the firm can get «substantive» verdicts for plaintiffs in police brutality and excessive force cases.
«As part of our cooperation with law enforcement inquiries, the Law Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» the department said in a statemelaw enforcement inquiries, the Law Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» the department said in a statemeLaw Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» the department said in a statemelaw firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» the department said in a statement.
Spokesmen for the mayor and the Law Department declined to say how much its contracts with these law firms are costing the ciLaw Department declined to say how much its contracts with these law firms are costing the cilaw firms are costing the city.
«As part of our cooperation with law enforcement inquiries, the Law Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» a spokesman said in a statemelaw enforcement inquiries, the Law Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» a spokesman said in a statemeLaw Department has contracted with the law firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» a spokesman said in a statemelaw firms Debevoise & Plimpton as well as Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the City and assist in document collection and review,» a spokesman said in a statement.
The chairman of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, Richard Emery, says there is nothing improper about his civil rights law firm representing a Queens man suing the city and eight cops over an incident in which the agency validated the client's allegation of excessive police force.
«Details of the specific charges against Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes,» the Times reported.
The lawsuit would not cost the county money out of pocket because it's working on a contingency fee basis with the law firm of Simmons, Hanly & Conroy, a national firm with six offices across the country including New York City, county officials said.
McGrath, who launched his campaign Wednesday, said if elected, he would continue working as a personal injury attorney and partner with the law firm of Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo in Garden City.
The former chief judge who resigned because he improperly gave campaign advice to former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes while sitting on the bench has joined a top city law firm, a lawyer at the firm said Tuesday.
Khojasteh, partner with a New York City law firm, says he feels compelled to strongly consider the possibility despite the strength of the incumbent.
The other part of the inquiry by Mr. Bharara's office and the F.B.I. focused in part on payments that Mr. Silver received from a real estate law firm, which is not identified in the complaint but which a person briefed on the matter said was Goldberg & Iryami, which specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes.
«I'm superpractical,» she says, so she decided to hedge: She'd work as a clerk in health care law at a firm in New York City, and she'd go to Rome four to five times a year to do intensive study toward a doctorate.
Brendan Schulman, a lawyer specialising in drones at law firm Kramer Levin in New York City, says the list indicates a «burdensome future landscape» for drone enthusiasts.
«Because of a poor credit score, you may only have access to credit cards with higher interest rates,» says John Heath, directing attorney of Salt Lake City - based Lexington Law Firm.
But during your last year, strive to sock away as much as possible,» said David Hryck, personal finance expert and partner with New York City tax law firm Reed Smith.
«These days in large law firms it's very common to do a conflict search when a new matter comes into the office and find out that the party on the opposite side of a potential new retainer has retained one of your colleagues in a different city,» he says.
See Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Formal Opinion 2001 - 1 (concluding that information submitted by e-mail to a law firm via the firm's website was unsolicited; simply including an e-mail link on a law firm's website does not amount to an invitation to transmit confidential information); Iowa State Bar Association Op. 07 - 02 (evaluated whether the lawyer said or did anything to prompt the potential client to provide confidential information to the lawyer, noting that a lawyer's «request to contact» is not the same as a request for information); Massachusetts Bar Association Op. 07 - 01 (concluding that a website is a marketing tool by which a prospective client may identify which lawyers have the expertise necessary to handle a particular case, and that the publication of such information could reasonably lead a prospective client to conclude that, when sending information to the firm via an e-mail link, the firm and its lawyers have implicitly «agreed to consider» whether to form an attorney - client relationship.
«Technology is upsetting the legal profession and law firms are not what they used to be,» said Matarajan, a lawyer who's firm employs some 450 lawyers in India and about 100 in Salt Lake City.
Fay Copeland, head of City law firm Wedlake Bell's contentious trust and probate team, is quoted (The Observer, 30 November 2008) as saying: «Going to court can cost as much as # 150,000 — with the risk that if you lose you may have to pay the winning side's costs as well.
Geraldine Elliott, partner at City law firm RPC, says: «If high value cases were less likely to be brought in the UK, this loss could easily outweigh any benefits that fee rises might generate for the UK economy.
Holloway says there is a «noted increase» in permanent hires among City law firms, particularly in transactional areas such as leverage finance.
«We do a lot of representative work ourselves,» says Alasdair Douglas, chairman of the City of London Law Society and previously senior partner of Travers Smith; adding that they are «better placed than the national Law Society to represent the City firms in a number of fields».
For the past several nights as I have been driving home, I've heard the local NPR announcer say that this programming was brought to you by «Blah, Blah & Blah, a national law firm with offices in 12 cities.»
I was in a Business Development seminar last year and my friend Jim said something that really resonated: «Most of us in this room work for law firms that are really good at what they do, have offices in the same cities, and charge similar rates.
Released Thursday during a panel discussion in New York City on the future of the law firm business model, the LexisNexis - commissioned survey (executive summary) found that 71 percent of corporate counsel say that law firms are not doing enough to respond to the current financial pressures on their business model.
However, Catherine Percy, partner at City law firm RPC, which worked with many claimants following the 2011 riots, said the introduction of a compensation cap, limiting the amount of damages a claimant can claim from the police authorities in the event of riot to # 1m, could leave some businesses and insurers exposed.
When considering location I expect many of you will say «London,» but don't forget some of the leading law firms, such as Taylor Vinters, have headquarters or have substantial offices in some of England's most exciting cities outside of London such as Cambridge, Bristol, Manchester and Milton Keynes (to name a few).
A good social media plan is especially helpful for newer firms, says Shlomo Zalman Bregman, founder of the law offices of Samuel M. Bregman and CEO of Bregman Success, a social media and sales consultancy based in New York City.
Lawrence D. Flick a Kansas City area personal injury attorney and Senior Attorney at Flick Law Firm says «Opening up non-lawyer ownership of law firms concerns Law Firm says «Opening up non-lawyer ownership of law firms concerns law firms concerns me.
And I'm saying this as a white, male, middle - aged leader of a City law firm in the full knowledge that, as a sector, we have a very long way to go.
The number of public company takeovers conducted as schemes of arrangement has more than trebled in the last five years — saving bidders a fortune in stamp duty, says City law firm Trowers & Hamlins.
Jonathan Fozard, partner at City law firm Carter Lemon Camerons (CLC), says: «The March 2015 fee increases have already had the effect of discouraging people and business from bringing meritorious claims in the courts.
Dr Erasmus Strangelove, Director of Psyops, Strategy and Education at niche boutique City law firm Muttley Dastardly LLP said today — from his yacht in Monte Carlo: «We, at Muttley Dastardly LLP, marvel at the antics of our fellow lawyers in the City.
One law firm might say, «We have the very best lawyers in the city, and we charge a premium for that unique characteristic.»
Matthew Weiss, attorney and co-founder of New York City - based law firm Weiss & Associates, says that it's difficult to say exactly what impact different tickets will have on your auto insurance premiums.
Someone applying for a job — say, at a law firm in the City — might have been following this story for a while.
«There is no doubt that any election and new administration creates uncertainty over what rules or laws will be created or repealed and how they will be enforced by our government and our courts,» said Clare Hart, CEO of Sterling Talent Solutions, a global background screening and onboarding firm headquartered in New York City.
Nicholas Hemens, from the law firm Haldanes and chairman of the Hong Kong Collaborative Practice Group, says the practice will catch on in the city, but it will be a slow process because Hong Kong is a conservative society.
«Before risk retention, you could buy an unrated piece, the most bottom piece, and trade it the next day if you wanted to,» says Jodi Schwimmer, a partner at law firm Reed Smith LLP in New York City.
«Details of the specific charges to be brought against Mr. Silver were unclear on Wednesday night, but one of the people with knowledge of the matter said they stemmed from payments that Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes.»