Sentences with phrase «actual business practices»

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Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

The more Nestle sticks its head in the sand, continues with unethical business practices, and uses double speak instead of making actual -LSB-...]

In practice, the actual expenses are likely to give a more preferable result so the business pays tax on its actual profits in full with no benefit from the rent - a-room limit.

Economic development has been much more promise than actual results so far, but the practice of cushy tax breaks to business is starting to rub the wrong way around here, especially in New Paltz.

I'm not suggesting that Mann had some obligation to practice affirmative - action casting, especially when telling a story based on actual events, but «The Insider» inadvertently makes clear just how white and male the upper echelons of business and media remain in this country.

Because veterinary practice owners continue to seek associates to assist with the workload and emergency coverage, veterinary business owners need tools to properly forecast the actual expenses associated with employing new associates for their specific practices, he said.

If you want to run a business, and the actual law practice is somewhat secondary, that's fine.

Like with running any other professional services business, legal plan providers must prioritize firm infrastructure and operations alongside the actual practice of law.

The time that may be saved through the use of a VLO may allow the traditional firm to continue to generate revenue while the members may focus more on the actual practice of law rather than dealing with administrative and rote functions of the business of law.

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

From my review of the list, I found only one lawyer there who who made his name not by virtue of political or business achievements, but through the actual practice of law.

But there comes a time when the business plan needs to be wrapped up and the actual practice of law (and more importantly, the marketing -LSB-...]

Business Development focuses on actual strategies for keeping and growing client relationships, including understanding pricing, matter management, and the practice groups.

They've grown into actual practice management tools lawyers find business value in.

Leadership often falls to the lawyer with either the largest book of business or the strongest reputation — but the actual position of Practice Group Leader doesn't normally confer much real power on a partner who didn't already possess it.

The next article in this series will focus on marketing strategies and actual marketing practices you can use to grow your business.

«The recent revelations regarding Facebook's actual practices with respect to user privacy and data security have severely damaged the Company's reputation and imposed significant costs on it, including regulatory investigations, lost business, exposure to litigation, and other damages,» the complaint runs, before going on to allege that Facebook sought to «downplay concerns about access to user information» and «continued to assure investors that Facebook maintained effective» internal controls and systems that automatically detected «suspicious activity»».

• Implemented 1200 outreach programs over a course of 5 years to raise awareness of potential risks and immediate ways of handling them • Saved an entire office (87) people from impending disaster by quickly evacuating them from the premises before the onset of a flood • Devise safety development plans in a bid to deal with natural or manmade disasters • Provide consultancy to businesses in regards to functional steadiness during emergencies • Analyze and plan for potential risks by performing risk assessment tasks to ward off dangers associated with infection outbreaks and disasters • Prepare safety exercises and drills and execute practice drills to prepare personnel for actual events • Communicate with emergency services in the event of an emergency and help coordinate response for non-emergency service organizations • Design and implement emergency preparedness training to ensure that personnel respond to emergency situations in a proactive manner • Determine goals and develop comprehensive tracking systems to ensure appropriate implementation of emergency preparedness programs

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained