Sentences with phrase «asking general counsel»

We teamed up with Simmons & Simmons to ask general counsel their experiences of disputes on the continent.

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``... we ask that if you have questions, ask them; if you have ethical concerns, raise them; if you believe something to be suspicious or inconsistent with the Company's best interests, report it to the General Counsel...» [or to contact the company's outside ethics hotline provider].

«All they're asking for is a narrow exemption from the law that says they don't have to provide drugs they believe cause abortions,» Hobby Lobby attorney Kyle Duncan, a general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, told CNN affiliate KFOR in November.

When Scott Bearby, General Counsel for the NCAA, was asked by yours truly at the NCAA Convention in San Antonio last week about who holds the athletic trainers and medical staff accountible about return - to - play decisions for student athletes, it opened the door to an interesting observation about the culture of concussions.

Asked why grocery chains had not contributed more vigorously in 2009, Paul Speranza, the vice chairman and general counsel for Wegman's said, «To date, we have spent money on PR firms and government relations firms, but we haven't done that with respect to actual politicians.

The general counsels for Facebook, Twitter, and Google certainly gave strange replies when asked by Rep. Jackie Speier last November whether they had investigated «who was mimicking who» when it came to online messages promoted by both the Trump campaign and Russia during the election.

Emeka Etiaba, SAN, counsel to the embattled former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 asked Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the arrest of Director General, Department of State Service, DSS, Lawal Daura, following the failure of the DSS to produce former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki in court to give evidence.

The company held a meeting Tuesday for employees to ask questions of the deputy general counsel about what happened with Cambridge Analytica and what the company will do next, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

The general counsels for Facebook, Twitter, and Google certainly gave strange replies when asked by California Rep. Jackie Speier last November whether they had investigated «who was mimicking who» when it came to online messages promoted by both the Trump campaign and Russia during the election.

Between December 2010 and July 2012, then - Senate majority leader Dean Skelos asked executives at real estate giant Glenwood Management to help find work for his son, Adam, at least half a dozen times, Charles Dorego, the company's executive vice president and general counsel, testified Thursday.

Further reply received 10/17/2016 passing request for info onto the Office of General Counsel and asked for clarification on how postdoc fellows are exempted when they don't meet the teaching exemption, and still meet the «suffered to work» criterion of the FLSA.

CCSA's General Counsel issued a letter on Friday to LAUSD's General Counsel, expressing concerns with the legality of Board Member Zimmer's resolution and asking that the Board delay its consideration of the Resolution until CCSA's concerns can be addressed.

When we asked what her plans were, we found out she wanted to become a General Counsel to a Fortune 500 company — right out of college.

While general counsel at Riverkeeper I was asked by a very well - known environmental lawyer, one who had long - fought alongside us to protect the environment, to support the removal of a waste - transfer station from a new park.

The Canadian Law Firm Brand Index 2014 was compiled from the unprompted responses of 191 senior general counsel in Canadian organizations with revenues over $ 50M who, as part of Sharplegal 2013 research, were asked about their awareness of and favorability towards law firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; as well as their use of firms for high value and inbound work.

(For those of you who need details on the methodology, Acritas disclose that the research was compiled from the unprompted responses of 191 senior general counsel in Canadian organizations with revenues over $ 50M who were asked about six factors — their awareness of and favorability towards law firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; and their use of firms for high value and inbound work.

In preparing the list, Ethisphere asked executives, general counsel and compliance officers at some of the selected companies to comment on how they promote ethics within their organizations.

The survey was administered to «in - house general counsel, senior litigators or attorneys, and other senior executives who are knowledgeable about litigation matters at public and private companies with annual revenues of at least $ 100 million,» and respondents were asked to rank only those states with whose «liability systems» they claimed to be familiar.

«My boss went to our general counsel at the time and asked to create this operations role outside of just our team but supporting the entire legal organization.»

Instead, the better practice is for the lawyer to follow up personally with the contact, and ask him or her in passing whether they'd like to be signed up for the firm's email alerts in an area of interest (e.g., if the contact is general counsel at a hospital, maybe they'd be interested in receiving the firm's healthcare alerts).

For instance, for a deal that involved aircraft transactions and issuance of securities to be listed on the London Stock Exchange the general counsel of my company asked me to consider Skadden Arps — a preferred provider.

Typically a general counsel will consent to you asking their spouse out on a date before he or she will consent to a business person choosing the lawyer on a matter.)

Greentarget did a general counsel survey where they asked how people are using social media and what content they find valuable.

«I get calls constantly with general counsel asking, «Where can I move to get lower rates?»

The NYLS survey asks whether the low percentage of female Editors - in - Chief foreshadows the low percentages of women on the bench, in law firm partnerships, and in the general counsel's office of Fortune 500 companies; after all, if women are not attaining leadership positions in law school, how will they fare in the leadership ranks in the profession?

At the InsideCounsel SuperConference, Ted Olson, former Solicitor General and partner at Gibson Dunn, asked a panel of General Counsel from Ford, Procter & Gamble, and Allstate Insurance what they look for in their outside lawyers (other than lower fees and alternative fee arrangements).

That is the conclusion of this year's Who Represents America's Biggest Companies, the fifth annual survey in which Corporate Counsel magazine asks Fortune 250 general counsel to list their «primary» outside cCounsel magazine asks Fortune 250 general counsel to list their «primary» outside ccounsel to list their «primary» outside counselcounsel.

The question he asks the schools is: «How often have you had a talk from a general counsel or in - house counsel from a legal department?»

«We've launched a campaign to ask all of our members to explain to the commission that this is the right thing and the judicially efficient thing to do,» said Mary Price, vice president and general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM).

So the rational general counsel should ask firms for statistically reliable cost and accuracy measures.

Last year, fellow LLD member Ken Fredeen, general counsel of Deloitte, was asked by the Canadian government to report on labour market opportunities for persons with disabilities.

The Executive Director and Senior General Counsel, Mr Norman Sabourin, has asked me to inform you that your complaint will be brought to the attention of the Vice-Chairperson of the Council's Judicial Conduct Committee and that we will be writing to you once your complaint is reviewed.

In a memo to newspaper staff yesterday, Weymouth said she had asked the Post's general counsel, Eric Lieberman, to «review recent events to make sure that our business processes are consistent with, and will not in any way compromise, our journalism.»

It would be interesting to examine the issue in terms of the exclusion of witnesses: if there is a general order of exclusion at the beginning of the trial, would defence counsel at the appropriate time be bound to ask that the accused be excepted from the rule?

Her advice column, Ask the Hiring Attorney ®, inspired by what general counsel and partner - level clients said they wish they had known while they were in law school, was originally published by Bloomberg Law.

Last week Keith lunched with the general counsel of a prospective litigation client, who asked whether the firm regularly conducts after - action reviews.

Its general counsel, Michael Huppe, explained to Bloomberg News, «Nobody got everything they asked for.»

At least then I won't have to listen to questions like I was asked last week by a general counsel facing an e-mail intensive litigation (to whom we were introducing a native file review / e-mail analytic tool), «Why would we use something like this instead of just printing everything and handing a pile of redwells off to a bunch of attorneys?»

Life is never dull in - house; just ask these four general counsel from Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta.

Having just started my general counsel role barely a year before and having just completed law school several years back, I was asked to speak on labour / employment law matters.

«We'll increasingly see those strategic shifts having a greater impact on general counsel as their boards ask them to engage with the operational consequences of those changes, for instance in people, commercial contracts, data and other areas.»

«General counsel and procurement teams will ask harder questions of their law firm advisers in respect of cyber security and gender diversity, particularly after gender pay gap reporting kicks in with regards to the latter,» he said.

I usually ask meetings of General Counsel and other inside lawyers «what should it cost to prepare for and take the deposition of an economic expert in a 100million antitrust case», I get answers ranging from «$ 30,000 to $ 500,000 in the same room»

What is the difference, he asks, between «general counsel» and «chief legal officer»?

Asked whether he had «to make a business case each time you want to add a lawyer in - house,» David Allgood, the now retired senior vice president and general counsel for the Royal Bank of Canada told Canadian Lawyer InHouse: «We do a cost comparison to outside counsel and tend to hire in the three - to - five - year range.

Legal IT Insider asked Nayeem Syed, assistant general counsel, financial & risk and passionate advocate for legal analytics, to give us his perspective as to how technology and innovation is impacting the business and practise of law.

But ask your pricing director (or general counsel) friends, over a beer, for an honest answer to the question, «What percentage of your firm's revenue (or law department's spend) is on work that is priced on a basis that is unrelated to hours worked?»

Kris has spoken at numerous legal seminars, including speaking engagements concerning «Motions in Limine: Protecting the Story» (Panel Member, NELA - GA / ICLE Trying Your Best: Employment Law Goes to Court Seminar, 2017), «Reductions in Force» (Professional Association Of Georgia Educators, 2012), «Settlement Agreements and Keeping the Deal» (State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trial Section, 2011), «Update on Employment Law» (General Practice And Trial Law Section Institute, 2011), «Employment Law in the Trenches» (General Practice and Trial Law Institute 2009), EEOC Atlanta 2008 Technical Assistance Program Seminar, «Firing Public Employees: Lessons Learned from the Perspective of Plaintiff and Defense Counsel» (Liability of Local Governments Seminar 2007), «Busting the Cap on Damages in Employment Litigation» (Managing Damages in Employment Litigation Seminar 2007), «State Law and Other Non-Traditional Claims: Crash Course, Questions to Ask, and New Developments» (Employment Law for the General Practitioner and for the Pros).

After the June 2016 UK referendum, General Counsel on both sides of the Atlantic asked us to organize a Brexit working group to exchange plans and questions on how to best understand the impact and prepare.

In the 2015 TerraLex General Counsel Excellence Report, 80 % of in - house counsel said they were being asked to do more for less, and 95 % were being asked to manage their in - house spend more efficCounsel Excellence Report, 80 % of in - house counsel said they were being asked to do more for less, and 95 % were being asked to manage their in - house spend more efficcounsel said they were being asked to do more for less, and 95 % were being asked to manage their in - house spend more efficiently.