Sentences with phrase «among larger law»

Similarly, there is a growing bifurcation among larger law firms.

There is an established view among larger law firms that Martindale is no longer the force it was.

If it does, then the diamond could be forever, at least among larger law firms.

Hogan Lovells is unique among large law firms, with a practice group that specializes in working with school districts, state departments of education, and colleges and universities.

The most important tool for Canadian firms is enterprise search, although adoption has been mostly been among the large law firms, mainly because of the high cost.

The survey commissioned by Robert Half Legal and conducted by an independent research firm, surveyed 150 lawyers among the largest law firms and corporations in Canada.

In its report on the Blawg 100, Above the Law praised Foley Hoag's Trademark & Copyright Law blog for going beyond «the stuff of legal alerts» and standing out among large law firm blogs in terms of its aesthetics and subject matter.

Among large law firms, the realization rate — or the portion of standard fees actually recovered from clients — fell from 92 percent in 2009 to almost 83 percent in 2013, according to Peer Monitor.

The survey was developed by Robert Half Legal, conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 200 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms and companies in the United States.

Minster is unusual among large law firms in that it works under a corporate structure, with its 840 staff in York and Wakefield comprising around 170 fee earners and just 54 qualified lawyers.

Ms. Walwyn is President of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and in this role has called for greater diversity and inclusivity among large law firms in Canada.

11) «Competition among large law firms will continue to heat up.

It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 175 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms in the US and Canada.

Not exact matches

Known as the Winklevoss twins in the new tech industry, and famous both for being among the largest (if not the largest) holders of bitcoin (and because of their legendary dispute with Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook) the two men want to create a new exchange in compliance with financial laws.

This Act prohibited price discrimination by retailers among producers and by producers among retailers.63 Its aim was to prevent conglomerates and large companies from using their buyer power to extract crippling discounts from smaller entities, and to keep large manufacturers and retailers from teaming up against rivals.64 Like laws banning predatory pricing, the prohibition against price discrimination effectively curbed the power of size.

In some cases, where ownership is dispersed among a number of different owners — such as a large law firm or medical group, for instance — the bank will consider and sometimes accept a limited guarantee shared by all business partners, says Battles.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi also passed a law aiming to encourage a wave of mergers among the country's «popolari» banks — the 10 largest cooperative institutions — while new regulations limiting the number of bank shares that a foundation can hold as well as new tax rules regarding loan write - downs have been introduced.

Thus Wimberley and his associates have found in the 1970s, among a large if not absolutely representative sample of North Carolinians, 74 percent agreement with the statement: «Human rights come from God and not merely from laws.»

As Lewontin had remarked, complexity theory «proposes that sufficiently large systems of parts with enough interaction will generate totally new, but simple «laws of organization'that will explain, among other things, us» (LN 26).

Mr. Silver also stood out in financial disclosure reports that showed him to be one of the largest earners of outside income among New York State politicians, reporting that he had been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by a law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg.

Howe's law firm was hired in 2012 to promote the college's efforts «to undertake large, state - sponsored development projects,» among other things, Howe told prosecutors.

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athletes.

With respect to the research on test - based accountability, Principal Investigator Jimmy Kim adds: «While we embrace the overall objective of the federal law — to narrow the achievement gap among different subgroups of students — NCLB's test - based accountability policies fail to reward schools for making progress and unfairly punish schools serving large numbers of low - income and minority students.

Howell neglects to mention that among the 14 largest urban districts in Massachusetts, Worcester had the second highest percentage (68 percent) of schools meeting state targets for making «adequate yearly progress» under the law; the statewide average was 48 percent.

The law is being challenged in court by 13 Florida districts, including Broward, Orange, Palm Beach, and Duval counties, among the state's largest, who argue it's unconstitutional to force local districts to share funds from local property taxes with independently run charters.

The complaint alleges, among other things, that the insurers, which also issued separate policies to Lazare Kaplan under English law, created a virtual coverage «whipsaw» by denying coverage under the English policies on the ground that Lazare Kaplan does not have an insurable interest in the largest portion of the property at issue while at the very same time asserting under the New York policies that there is no coverage because Lazare Kaplan insured the same property under the English policies.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

«The defendants in these cases are among the biggest companies in the world, with the largest law firms on their side and virtually unlimited war chests,» Knox said.

As I reported last month, Canadian legal publisher Maritime Law Book Ltd. is launching the research suite in partnership with two other legal publishers: vLex, a Barcelona and Miami - based legal publisher that claims to have one of the world's largest collections of legal information, and Justia, the California - based legal information company that is among the world's largest providers and supporters of free access to legal information.

Among the highlights of this year's ABA Techshow was BlawgConnect.2005, which co-organizer Tom Mighell called the «largest collection of law bloggers under one roof.»

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The necessity of such a large team is best understood through the number of legal cases it handled last year — more than 88,000 across criminal, civil, labour and family law, among others.

Among the first was Dentons, one of the largest law firms in the country as well as a global firm with a long - established aviation law department.

Even if they make partner, conditions can be difficult for women in traditional law firm partnerships: In its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hours.

Among over 350 factors tested, law firm size is the single largest driver of law firm rates.

Akerman Assembles One of the Largest Moot Court Panels of Former Appellate Judges Among the Am Law 100

FordHarrison, one of the US's largest management - side labour and employment law firms, has selected iManage Share in order to better collaborate with its clients and avoid the temptation among its lawyers to use consumer - grade Dropbox.

Baron & Budd, P.C. is among the largest, oldest and most revered plaintiffs» law firms in the nation.

In addition, Azaleos which offers Sharepoint (a collaborative platform), had few legal customers just a few months ago, but in the most recent quarter claims to have gained ground among the larger mid-sized law firms up to «mega firms» with 1,000 - plus attorneys.

Tom, a specialist in intellectual property and defamation, among other areas of law, once invited me to a large gathering in New York of lawyers from around the country who are also experts in those fields.

While the Heenan, Blaikie debacle may have more, ultimately, to teach us about human shortcomings and hubris than the perils of the immediate legal marketplace, it does underscore the reality that defections, shakeups, acquisitions and takeovers have become the norm among our nations largest law firms...

I am convinced that, as more libraries cancel more subscriptions and access to online services levels the playing field among law school library collections, it is the possession of a large retrospective collection and a commitment to developing and maintaining a large monographs collection that will define the great research libraries.

Established in 2006, Roper Greyell LLP is among the largest labour and employment boutique firms in Western Canada with national reach through its membership with the Employment Law Alliance.

The story, We're Outta Here: Why Women Are Leaving Big Firms, by Malaika Costello - Dougherty, describes a generation gap among women lawyers in larger law firms.

These are among the findings of the 2015 Am Law 200 Blog Benchmark Report, a report on large law firm blogs prepared periodically by the blog company LexBlLaw 200 Blog Benchmark Report, a report on large law firm blogs prepared periodically by the blog company LexBllaw firm blogs prepared periodically by the blog company LexBlog.

We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest US - based law firms in the world.

Some of the UK's largest law firms are placing more impetus on partners to take individual responsibility to improve diversity among their ranks.

We discuss, among other questions, why there aren't more legal bloggers at larger law firms, whether larger firms see value in blogging and whether bloggers by their nature tend not to fit with larger firms.

And the competition among Canadian law schools for top rankings, top students, endowment support, and the good graces (i.e. donations) of large national firms is fierce.

Just as virtual and boutique law firms now compete effectively with larger firms, the same is happening among legal consultants, he suggests.