Sentences with phrase «litigation counsel do»

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Earlier this week I published, 25 Things In - House Counsel Should Insist Outside Litigation Counsel Do.

Translated for litigation, if you're not getting the litigation outcomes you seek, it may be because outside litigation counsel does not feel safe asking you for the tools they need.

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Silver refused to divulge how much he made as «of counsel» attorney for the asbestos litigation specialists or precisely what he did to earn his salary and fees.

The ruling heightens the risk, particularly for credit counseling agencies doing business in the First Circuit (encompassing Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island), that their activities, especially their DMPs and less - than - full balance repayment programs, may trigger coverage under CROA and give rise to class action litigation, forcing them — at great expense — to prove that they are actually operating as bona fide nonprofit organizations (in order to be exempt from CROA, particularly for what has transpired in the past), or, alternatively, to comply with CROA's requirements prospectively.

Judge Dan Polster of the Northern District of Ohio also ordered each lawyer to submit sworn affirmations that any funding arrangements do not «undermine counsel's obligation of vigorous advocacy» or give funders «control over litigation strategy or settlement decisions.»

While Glaser did not immediately return a request for comment, Morrison & Foerster litigation partner Dan Marmalefsky, Kerkorian's counsel in civil litigation related to the wiretapping case, confirmed that the firm was also representing their billionaire client in the Dubai World dispute.

We endeavor to do this in a cost - effective manner that is collaborative - and not duplicative - of the efforts of litigation counsel.

First, it is hard for an in - house department to be better than even an average litigation consulting firm, and the best litigators know that intuitively and so do trial - savvy in - house counsel.

Hubbard One joins FindLaw on the heels of FindLaw's acquisition of Glasser LegalWorks and the launch of the Thomson Legal Record, an innovative service that enables in - house corporate counsel to do due diligence by researching the litigation track record of outside lawyers and law firms.

If you are financially disadvantaged and do not have funds to engage in litigation or even retain counsel to handle your matter or to uncover hidden assets and obtain information concerning the marital assets, you will be severely disadvantaged.

«As a litigation partner at a 575 lawyer firm with clients throughout the United States, I need to work with local counsel I can trust in regions where our firm does not have an office.

We're not trying to become a bigger law firm, but we want to be a medium sized boutique that does primarily litigation, commercial transactions, business counseling and internet and privacy sort of work.

As Master Cameron aptly points out, «As is almost always the case, unless a settlement occurs «on the courthouse steps», there is something more that could be done by counsel for the parties but Supreme Court Civil Rule 15 - 1 is meant to encourage timely settlement and resolution of litigation, including claims for costs.

As is almost always the case, unless a settlement occurs «on the courthouse steps», there is something more that could be done by counsel for the parties but Supreme Court Civil Rule 15 - 1 is meant to encourage timely settlement and resolution of litigation, including claims for costs.

«If the agreement blows apart, the person wanting to be protected sues the lawyer saying «you didn't give me an airtight agreement,»» says Cynthia Miller, LAWPRO Unit Director & Counsel (Litigation), «Or the other party will say to their lawyer «you didn't make sure that I had proper disclosure of the excluded assets and I didn't realize what I was giving up.»

CAMPBELL: The difficulty in talking about the big cases, I look at the little cases, and part of my concern is that where you may see some of the court decisions that become problematic for the areas in which you are involved because, think of the companies, and they may be reasonable size but not huge, that don't have an in - house IT person, don't have an in - house counsel and maybe cloud computing for servers, and they have got a major piece of litigation and they don't have a policy.

He dreamed of being the Clippers» general counsel but ended up doing something not too shabby — becoming a litigation associate engaged in regular foreign travel on one case, flying business class and staying in fine hotels.

Every law department that does not charge back the fees and expenses of outside counsel retained to defend the company in litigation could consider this innovative technique.

I have heard lawyers suggest, «I don't care that my website looks bad because it throws off opposing counsel when we go into litigation.»

A unique feature of mediation which makes it different from litigation, arbitration or counseling, is that the mediator does not render any decision or recommend any action.

The Court acknowledged the «conceded investigative function» of outside counsel and that their final report «did not focus on any imminent litigation,» «reflected no legal research,» and «was inconclusive, looking toward further discussion.»

But how can we expect outside litigation counsel to tell us the truth if they don't feel safe doing so.

A survey of chief litigation counsel found that 57 percent of respondents did not have sufficient resources to manage their department's operations effectively.

During the litigation process, Brown repeatedly tried to get relieved as counsel, often threatening to discontinue working on the case even when the trial judge informed him he did not have that option.

In addition to giving readers summaries of the outcomes of various lawsuits, the blog publishes Seyfarth's Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report, which compiles vital information for corporate counsel about what companies can and should be doing to stay ahead of lawsuits.

When a company decides to retain outside counsel, it usually does so with a specific purpose in mind — to win a piece of litigation, negotiate a lease on favorable terms, assist the company in avoiding criminal prosecution in connection with a governmental investigation, file applications to protect the intellectual property of the company, or to handle some other specific legal issue.

On the corporate commercial side, 90 per cent of the transactions are done internally, but litigation matters such as human rights and passenger claims are handled by external counsel by firms across Canada with large national firms.

West Coast LEAF does not act as counsel for individual complainants, but can be a resource for women involved in equality rights litigation.

CoreSite did disclose in an SEC filing that it is involved in litigation with former general counsel Ari Brumer, who sued the company in August claiming that he had been «fraudulently induced» to accept employment and was subsequently terminated in retaliation for accusing certain CoreSite officers of illegal acts.

[21] In my respectful view Rule 7 - 7 does not, nor was it intended to, create a trap or add an inescapable obstacle to ensnare or trip up sloppy or inattentive counsel to the detriment of the parties to the litigation.

Given the level of transparency required by the court, funders and class counsel would be wise to ensure that their agreements do not include details on litigation strategy or budgetary limitations, which could easily compromise the integrity of the case and provide the defendant with leverage during negotiations.

Counsel in international litigation will require the use of interpreters for depositions, translators for documents, communicating with witnesses who do not understand the U.S. legal system and who have different cultural viewpoints.

In most cases that do not proceed to trial, the litigation guardian usually heeds your good counsel, provides you with instructions to settle the case, and the Court ultimately approves the settlement achieved on behalf of the plaintiff.

In addition, Howrey benefited from growth in its five - year - old global services center, which does document review and electronic discovery work for Howrey, but also sometimes acts as a specialized e-discovery counsel in cases for which it is not litigation counsel.

Litigation insurance or litigation finance might not be suitable for all cases, but they do offer useful alternatives to help in - house and external counsel agree upon a mutually beneficial and sustainable fee Litigation insurance or litigation finance might not be suitable for all cases, but they do offer useful alternatives to help in - house and external counsel agree upon a mutually beneficial and sustainable fee litigation finance might not be suitable for all cases, but they do offer useful alternatives to help in - house and external counsel agree upon a mutually beneficial and sustainable fee structure.

To be clear, it is neither inappropriate, nor does it derogate from the charitable purpose of volunteerism, for counsel who have agreed to act pro bono to receive some reimbursement for their services from the losing party in the litigation.

In the Court's experience, these instructions are often, if not always, drafted by counsel, involve their work product, are often overly inclusive, and the documents they list do not necessarily bear a reasonable relationship to the issues in litigation.

So if you call us with a Prop 65 litigation in California or a wage and hour class action or a national IP litigation, we can look at the evaluations of lawyers who've done that work for AdvanceLaw general counsel and make recommendations on that basis.

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The issue is whether counsel and / or judges who do want to work in an electronic environment can insist that litigation be conducted in a paper environment or should they be required to learn how to conduct a trial in an electronic environment?

Flowing from that, more needs to be done by the Law Societies to emphasize and advertise the need for proactive use of legal counsel in order to save costs and reduce both the need for litigation and the complexity of litigation.

In my comment of November 24, 2009 I said «The issue is whether counsel and / or judges who do want to work in an electronic environment...» was missing the word «not» and the sentence should read «The issue is whether counsel and / or judges who do not want to work in an electronic environment can insist that litigation be conducted in a paper environment or should they be required to learn how to conduct a trial in an electronic environment?»

The program is the result of recommenations of an e-discovery committee of private practitioners, in - house counsel, judges, and e-discovery consultants, «formed to consider what can be done to reduce the costs of electronic discovery, and the costs of discovery and litigation more generally.»

Hoang v. Vicentini was a motor vehicle case that discusses the difference between litigation experts and participant experts (the former needs to prepare a report under the Rules of Civil Procedure, the latter does not) and also conflict of interest issues for defence counsel acting in a reservation of rights situation.

Assist clients who do not have in - house counsel by providing an in - house, independent perspective and litigation management consulting services.

It's an exciting time to be working with litigation technology and I can think of no better place to do it than at Heuristica Discovery Counsel.

They have a lot to say about outside litigation counsel that I don't normally see reported in the popular press.

by Ken Lopez Founder / CEO A2L Consulting A little more than a month ago, I surveyed our readership and asked, «how does in - house counsel hire outside litigation counsel?»

Also, Prevailing Defendant Did Not Get Fee Recovery For Texas Counsel Work In California Litigation Where No Pro Hac Vice Admission Was Obtained.