Sentences with phrase «at big firms because»

«I think sometimes people think smaller firms means less quality, but I think I work harder [than] when I was at a bigger firm because you really have to prove yourself.»

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That was a big deal, legally speaking, because gender stereotyping was key to one of the biggest Supreme Court cases upholding federal anti-discrimination laws, involving a woman's inability to make partner at the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse.

Joining a big firm is a better life for an angel investor because, well, you do fewer deals at larger dollar amounts.

Take away: The firm had to price its IPO at the bottom of expectations because investors are not very attracted by some fast - rising firms after big losses in recent high - profile IPOs.

«If I owned stock in a big publishing firm, I would sell it because I don't have faith in their nimbleness,» said Patrick Murphy, a political scientist at the University of San Francisco and co-author of a 2012 report estimating how much it could cost states to implement Common Core.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

I even considered hiring a top - rated Marketing & PR firm, at the cost of several thousand dollars, because some of the «big names» had used them in the past.

Douglas McCabe, a media expert at the research firm Enders, reckons e-readers will continue to fall out of favour but that older readers would remain fans, not least because of the appeal of being able to «make the font bigger».

When I was practicing at the big firm I used to be jealous of my compatriots who did a lot of travel and took depositions, because their hours billed sitting on an airplane, reading a magazine were just as good as my hours billed reading cases on Westlaw and actually drafting, and I did a lot more that kind of thing and it's hard to achieve the same level of billable hours doing what I do than it is in other areas like just regular litigation.

Set up in the UAE last year, The Bench is able to offer cheaper rates to clients because it is free from high overheads such as offices, meaning clients pay roughly half the price for senior lawyers than they would at a big law firm.

Because one possible reason for an incubator to exist is to replace the existing associate system at big firms, the clients of which are no longer particularly enthusiastic about paying for new - lawyer training at six - figure salaries.

For those people at bigger firms it's not as hard because people are coming to us, in a lot of instances, because they need our specialty, our expertise, our connections.

There were plenty of bright, motivated, entrepreneurial law students at IU - Indianapolis - I know because some of them were my students - who saw this kind of small ball as an alternative to the big firms.

In his interview with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys at bigger firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of large law firms.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

«At the start of the process there was probably the assumption that because we are a «big» firm, we would choose one of the larger legal software suppliers.

Sam Glover: Although, I did use to steal coasters from all the big firms I did depositions at because I liked having a collection of nice leather coasters from big firms.

«We have to be better at hiring than the bigger firms because there's less margin for error.

I just assumed that, that all big law firms especially would have in - house editing people, because one of the ironies I discovered is that when I write a book, I send it to my publisher in New York, and my agent usually looks at it, then my personal editor goes over it at the publishing house.

No, we have some amazing customers, particularly with Big Law it was really challenging at first because every firm would say, well, what other big firms are using Big Law it was really challenging at first because every firm would say, well, what other big firms are using big firms are using it?

But she doesn't see this happening any time soon because «big law firms are pretty good at nipping this in the bud.»

Because it's those attitudes that leave lawyers like Mr. Levy feeling as if they have no alternatives — that unless they practice at a big firm, they simply don't count as a lawyer.

who have chosen to work in big cities at larger law firms purely because they have to pay off their student loans.

She says: «I had two friends; one of them said, «Don't do the environment specialization, because if you want to work in a big firm they won't even look at your resumé.»

They hire us because they know that — unlike the «litigation departments» at most big firms — we try cases.

What I mean is — if I started out as a staff assistant, became an executive assistant next, and moved to a program coordinator job most recently, and I am now applying to be an executive assistant at a big firm — does the program coordinator job go up top or does the EA job because it most directly pertains to the application?

One real estate rep for a large ethnic grocer in Southern California decided not to hire a star broker at a major firm because of his big mouth.