Sentences with phrase «firm interest group»

The American Bar Association Law Practice Division's Solo and Small Firm Interest Group, of which Jenny R. Stevens is the co-chair, recently presented a webinar program titled, eDiscovery for the Small Firm Lawyer.

Ms. Stevens moderated the webinar, which is the first in a series which will be offered by the Solo and Small firm Interest Group for free via Google Hangouts throughout the year.

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The Law Practice Divisions Solo and Small Firm Interest Group is hosting Time Management for the Small Firm Lawyer: How to Manage Work and Live Stress Free on Thursday, March 19.

Not exact matches

Walmart and Amazon's interest in gaining share in India comes after both retailers have struggled to grow in China, ultimately losing ground to Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd..

The bankers spent three months wooing the firms in their database with details about Accurate's financials and found serious interest from 12 private equity groups, all of them far larger than Evolution.

CASPERSEN and Park Hill Group were working on behalf of Firm - 1 to solicit investors for the loan, but, at some point after Firm - 1 agreed to take the loan, it transpired that Firm - 1 did not need the loan in order to purchase the secondary private equity interests.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniveGroup has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUnivegroup that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniveGroup, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.

The approach comes at a time of renewed interest by large drugmakers in smaller biotech firms, with U.S. - based Celgene clinching a deal to buy Impact Biomedicines for up to $ 7 billion on Sunday and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical agreeing last week to buy another Belgian biotech group TiGenix for $ 630 million.

Earlier this year, Vevo hired Goldman Sachs and Raine Group, an M&A advisory firm, to begin talking to suitors interested in either a minority or controlling stake in the company, according to The Information.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

Kind of Interests, Passion and Hobbies: Media - News Description: In December 2015, Alibaba Group, where Ma is Executive Chairman, acquired Hong Kong - based media firm South China Morning Post and other affiliated media assets for $ 266 million.

Participation in the Defense Alliance is sought among groups and individuals with an interest in seeing the region's defense contributions grow, including large and small firms, academic and R&D institutions, our elected officials, and professional military and trade organizations.

Lobby groups — representing Canadian businesses with relationships with Chinese communist state firms, as well as associations largely composed of recent immigrants from the PRC — predicted dire consequences for Canadian interests in China if our PM showed «disrespect» by not attending APEC in Beijing.

Aerospace and aviation are by far the biggest segments of IMP, a conglomerate with revenue of more than $ 1 - billion a year from interests spanning charter airline CanJet and private aviation firm Innotech - Execaire Aviation Group.

Clayton's testimony is pretty convenient timing for Harbor, a new blockchain technology company that just raised $ 10 million from an interesting group of investors, including Chicago - based Valor Equity Partners; the real estate tech - focused venture firm Fifth Wall Ventures; the Dubai venture firm Vy Capital; and Craft Ventures, a new venture fund created by serial entrepreneur David Sacks — who also helped incubate Harbor.

The timing of the merger deliberations is interesting given, two years ago, PPB merged with management consultancy firm Litmus Group.

Like the CME Group, which is a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has also expressed interest in bitcoin, inking an exclusive global licensing agreement with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Trust Company LLC in August to use the firm's «bitcoin market data for bitcoin derivatives and indices.»

Washington, DC — Friday at noon, DC activists will rally to close the egregious carried interest loophole outside private equity firm The Carlyle Group.

A few days ago Hyatt and PE firm Lone Star has showed interest in another of HNA's smaller hotel holdings Spanish NH Hotel Group, where HNA's stake is valued slightly below 1bn USD.

A month later the Japanese firm won an order from the London Commercial Court to enforce the award in Britain, where the Tata group's interests include Tata Motors and Tata Steel.

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is part of a Toronto group that has retained a banking firm and submitted paperwork expressing interest in buying the Buffalo Bills.

Sept. 17: After Garry had written Mei that Harris Beach also represented Singh and SRB on other matters, Mei wrote: «This letter shall serve to acknowledge your firm's representation of Singh Hospitality Group and to waive any actual or potential conflict of interest in connection with said representation.»

Instead, the same deputy town attorney, Mei, wrote Garry on town attorney letterhead: «This letter shall serve to acknowledge your firm's representation of Singh Hospitality Group and to waive any actual or potential conflict of interest in connection with said representation.»

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, says he'd first like to hear an explanation from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

Empire Government Strategies took in $ 284,500, a minuscule amount when compared with the largest New York lobbying firms but enough to land it third on a list of fastest - growing firms, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group report.

In Albany, which has been criticized for having a pay - to - play culture, special interest groups including lobbying firms, unions and corporations often steer contributions toward those in power, regardless of their ideology.

Another interesting connection: Thompson's 2009 campaign manager and longtime former aide, Eddy Castell, is now at the lobbying / consulting firm, the MirRam Group, and is working for Schneiderman's opponent, Sean Coffey.

While announcing he had reached new settlements in his probe, Cuomo's office admitted an April 5, 2007 meeting that took place between Global Strategy Group's Jon Silvan, a partner from Intermedia (a private equity investment firm seeking pension fund investments) and a Mirram Executive and DiNapoli at his Manhattan office has caught the interest of investigators.

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will pay a $ 7,000 fine for taking free advice from the Advance Group, a consulting firm, during her run for speaker, under a Conflicts of Interest Board settlement.

So from April next year we will restrict interest deductibility for the largest companies at 30 % of UK earnings, while making sure firms whose activities justify higher borrowing are protected with a group ratio rule.

This includes cash from individual givers like Catsimatidis and D'Amato, from political action committees like the Teamsters» DRIVE Committee and the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Zuffa PAC, from real estate interests like Lemor Development Group and WG & Associates Management and Development, from law firms like Harter Secrest & Emery and Donaldson & Chilliest, and from the campaign accounts of fellow pols like Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker and New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne.

«The pro-business majority in the state Senate, comprised of the Republicans, the IDC and Felder, are basically the firing wall» that's protected the real estate industry's interests, said Matthew Engel, president of both the Bronx firm Langsam Property Services and the landlord lobbying group the Community Housing Improvement Program, or CHIP.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), says he'd like to hear from Speaker Sheldon Silver about the details of the speaker's alleged payments from a law firm specializing in real estate taxes.

Several foreign firms have expressed interest in bidding for the battery company, including China's Wanxiang Group Corp., Germany's Siemens AG and Japan's NEC Corp..

The firm's online community allowed consumers to create friend ties, talk about, «like,» or recommend products, and create special - interest group pages.

Eleven prisoners died of cancer from 2010 through 2013, and six others have been diagnosed with cancer at the State Correctional Institution Fayette, said the report, released by the Abolitionist Law Center, a public interest law firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform group.

But Jim Angell, lead attorney for the Oakland, Calif. — based public interest law firm Earthjustice, which represents a host of environmental groups suing the BLM, says this 1 percent stipulation is «an accounting trick.

Munn, a casting choice I was interested in seeing, is oddly underused, and they don't have a firm grasp on her powers or role within the villain group.

It examines the role of stakeholders within a business and how a firm can use stakeholder mapping methods to identify the different levels of power and interest held by particular stakeholder groups in relation to specific business decisions.

It evaluates the importance of stakeholder engagement and how firms can best manage their stakeholder relationships before assessing the different internal and external stakeholder groups with a vested interest in the activities of a business.

Apple is reportedly interested in McLaren Technology Group, an engineering consultancy firm that just happens to sit next to McLaren's...

Under a 1939 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving movie tickets, now known as the Interstate Circuit Doctrine, collusion can be proven by circumstantial evidence when it's clear that without the agreement of the group, each firm would be acting against its own interest, he said.

Indeed, NPD Group technology analyst Ross Rubin says his firm's research has found people are more interested reading magazines on e-readers than books.

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May 18 After holding an interest in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc for nearly 11 years, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has decided to exit the hotel chain operator by selling its about 5.8 percent stake.

«While allocating a portion of your 401 (k) portfolio to private equity may not pay for beach - front property in the Hamptons, there's more and more interest because of attractive returns in private equity and disappointing returns in other areas,» said Mitchell Tanzman, the co-CEO of Central Park Group, which allocates money for wealthy individuals to firms including Carlyle and Blackstone.

One particularly interesting observation in the paper is the distinction between the strategies of hedge funds on one hand and other investors (individuals, private equity funds, venture capital firms, and asset management groups for wealthy investors) on the other.

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