Sentences with phrase «availability of legal services in»

This is the most damaging problem concerning the availability of legal services in the history of this country, and therefore it is very threatening to the continued existence of law societies.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the increasing use of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate of unintended pregnancy and increasing numbers of state regulations that limit the availability of otherwise legal abortion services.
Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.
Tzion Advertising, Inc. is a joint advertising service that contracts with independent attorneys to provide advertising services relating to the availability of the attorneys» legal services in the community.
Mark Benton, executive director of the Legal Services Society, said it endorses the conclusion that the current scope and availability of legal aid in B.C. does not meet the need, and endorses the recommendation that legal aid be recognized as an essential public service and be better fuLegal Services Society, said it endorses the conclusion that the current scope and availability of legal aid in B.C. does not meet the need, and endorses the recommendation that legal aid be recognized as an essential public service and be better fulegal aid in B.C. does not meet the need, and endorses the recommendation that legal aid be recognized as an essential public service and be better fulegal aid be recognized as an essential public service and be better funded.
«The basic principles by which the Regulation allocates jurisdiction, giving priority (subject to exceptions) to the domicile of the defendant, are entirely unsuited to arbitration, in which the situs and governing law are generally chosen by the parties on grounds of neutrality, availability of legal services and the unobtrusive effectiveness of the supervisory jurisdiction.
Bozeman, Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Kalispell all host regular monthly advice clinics that provide a great way for local attorneys to increase the availability of legal services to low income Montanans in their communities.
«The crisis in the provision of legal aid services is illustrated by the lack of availability of expert advice on housing law»
If law societies regulated fees, I suggest it would have two effects (1) increase both the availability of legal services to the poor generally, and the size of the pool of potential clients who could seriously even consider retaining a lawyer, and (2) in the long term, change the character of the legal professional (as a collection of individuals) for the better by making the practice of law more like social work, rather than drawing in the sorts of people who's skills are better employed in such fields as sales and business entrepreneurship.
The fact that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost is hardly a «gap» in the availability of legal services.
One of the recommendations in the report to improve the availability of legal assistance to the poor was to encourage performance of pro bono services, including the establishment of a guideline setting an amount of pro bono work that is appropriate and enactment of legislation to enable government attorneys to do pro bono work Progress was made in expanding the availability of assistance in the 1970s, but serious inadequacies continued to exist as recognized by the Supreme Court of Florida in The Florida Bar v Furman:
In 2015, William Hubbard, the then President of the ABA, established the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services, which was established to «make recommendations on how technology and innovation can help expand the availability of affordable legal services to the poor and middle class&raLegal Services, which was established to «make recommendations on how technology and innovation can help expand the availability of affordable legal services to the poor and middle classServices, which was established to «make recommendations on how technology and innovation can help expand the availability of affordable legal services to the poor and middle class&ralegal services to the poor and middle classservices to the poor and middle class».
Underscoring these issues, and going further back, in December, 2016, the Texas Commission to Expand Legal Services issued a report containing eight recommendations to the Supreme Court with the purpose of expanding the availability of civil legal services to low - and middle - income TeLegal Services issued a report containing eight recommendations to the Supreme Court with the purpose of expanding the availability of civil legal services to low - and middle - incomeServices issued a report containing eight recommendations to the Supreme Court with the purpose of expanding the availability of civil legal services to low - and middle - income Telegal services to low - and middle - incomeservices to low - and middle - income Texans.
The DATJ Committee endeavors to increase the availability of free and low cost legal services and legal education programs for poor, low and moderate income persons in metropolitan Denver.
Woody Mosten is a true pioneer in expanding the availability of affordable legal services.
The public interest in a free society knows no area more sensitive than the independence, impartiality and availability to the general public of the members of the Bar and through those members, legal advice and services generally.
Organizing DC Pro Bono Week is a natural fit for this collaborative organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality legal services to those in need.
(Jacksonville, FA — July 11, 2016)-- CloudTitan, a leader in channel - only Cloud Automation Services, has announced the availability of the first multi-tenant solution for Microsoft's Legal Practice and Case Management solution, Matter Center for Office 365.
ALBANY, NY (01/19/2015)(readMedia)-- The New York State Bar Association is seeking $ 5 million in state funding for the creation of a legal services center in Albany to enhance the availability of legal services to low income individuals.
In contrast, the Futures Commission did acknowledge it, stating that «ongoing, systematic research is an essential component of improving the quality and availability of legal services
(5) providing the availability of consultation with attorneys who have expertise in areas of law with respect to which a volunteer lawyer is providing pro bono civil legal service;
Therefore we see for example, LSUC embracing apps, with no assessment as to: (1) their relation to, and impact upon solving the problem; (2) their ability to bring about the economies - of - scale so badly needed in the production of legal services; (3) their ability to serve and sustain the continued existence of the general practitioner; (4) the prevalence (frequency and availability) of the solicitor - client relationship among all of the many and fast - moving developments in the provision of legal services; and, (5) the issues set out above.
In an era of easy access to online services, and the availability of transactional pricing, there is no reason to suggest that any legal researcher ignore one of the leading sources of Canadian Jurisprudence.
These Fellows provide services for veterans and their families that include direct representation and community education programs in addition to recruiting pro bono volunteers to increase the availability of much - needed legal services.
Collaborative efforts stemming from our February 11, 2016 Access to Justice BC Leadership Group meeting resulted in Access to Justice BC working alongside the Mediate BC Family Unbundled Legal Services Project (funded by the Law Foundation) to support and promote the availability of «unbundled» legal servLegal Services Project (funded by the Law Foundation) to support and promote the availability of «unbundled» legal sServices Project (funded by the Law Foundation) to support and promote the availability of «unbundled» legal servlegal servicesservices.
Beyond those contexts, though, any service that increases the availability and transparency of legal and government information is a good thing, in my view.
These factors include supplier's performance over the current contract term, the strength of the relationship with the supplier, the alignment of the current outsourcing model with customer's strategies and objectives, any change in customer's operating model, strategy or requirement since the initial contract was executed, whether the customer expects that its operating model, strategy or requirement may change during the renewal term, the capability of supplier to support customer future growth, supplier's innovation and flexibility, the cost of transition, the ability of customer to manage the transition, the level of risk during transition given other initiatives, the availability of other service providers, changes in appetite for risk, changes in the outsourcing industry, changes in the legal and regulatory environment.
In a context where legal services remain inaccessible to many Ontarians because of the limited availability of affordable or free legal advice and representation services, support from a trusted intermediary in accessing PLEI and determining how to take action can offer important helIn a context where legal services remain inaccessible to many Ontarians because of the limited availability of affordable or free legal advice and representation services, support from a trusted intermediary in accessing PLEI and determining how to take action can offer important helin accessing PLEI and determining how to take action can offer important help.
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