Sentences with phrase «based legal approach»

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Perth - based law firm AdventBalance, which pioneered a new approach to flexible delivery of legal services, has announced plans to merge with London counterpart LOD, formerly Lawyers On Demand.

J. Christopher Giancarlo's recent speech at Vanderbilt University Law School underlined «the relevance of a principles - based approach to legal education» that is built into the architecture of decentralized networks of distributed wealth and power.

Natural foods, on the other hand, have no legal definition or recognition, and are not based on a systematic approach.

Whether wine, beer, spirits or a combination, we take a relationship - based approach to legal counseling and our goal is to ensure you and your brand are set up for success.

«In order to improve on the current legal procedures and ease asset recovery procedures, we have drafted the Proceeds of Crime Bill which provides for the transparent management of recovered funds and assets and a non-conviction based approach to asset recovery.

Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Gamey said COCOBOD's new approach to remuneration would not be out of the ordinary, as long as it is within legal boundaries and had a legitimate basis.

Based on true events so legally contentious that we can hardly believe anyone would approach them, The Insider tells the story of how powerful corporate interests almost succeeded in suppressing the production of a 60 Minutes news show, mounting an onslaught of legal maneuvers, reputation - smearing and witness intimidation.

Based on his statement, it appears that he already had something in mind when he first approached the studio but due to «a lot of legal red tape,» it wasn't going to work out.

Jepsen lightly approached the question of where Judge Thomas Moukawsher's broad indictment of public K - 12 education was right or wrong as a matter of policy, but the appeal sharply attacks the judge's legal basis for ruling that shortcomings he identified violate students» rights under the state Constitution to a free and adequate education.

This Advance CTE resource features state approaches to dismantling work - based learning's legal barriers, including training teachers to understand legal, health and safety requirements and mitigating liability concerns for schools and employers, and offers guiding questions to state leaders.

Lenders love to pull out the tax value (public record) and claim: «Based on the County Assessor; (Whom they take to be a professional in the field) your property value is worth ($ X) and your loan ($ X) so your LTV is ($ X) This approach is a generally accepted practice in the field and the lender will win that legal battle in court every time.

One reasonably certain approach for getting there would be for the EPA to set a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for carbon dioxide under Section 108 of the Clean Air Act, using the President's prior declaration of a carbon pollution emergency as the legal basis for invoking that particular section of the law.

In the EPA's Request for Comment on the 2012 waiver petitions, the agency indicates it will use the same «analytical approach» and «legal interpretation» on the basis of which Johnson denied Perry's request in 2008.

It is purely based on a legal approach.»

My approach to lawyers as a commercial entity is based on my near - certainty that the legal market of the future will include many providers, of which lawyers will be just one.

Avvo's skilled team has built a large user base, supported by a powerful platform, which uniquely positions the company to continue its creative approach to transforming the legal landscape.

This can be achieved through a deliberate approach to course scheduling, careful selection of internships, diversifying early professional experiences, expanding one's personal knowledge base through literature, and ensuring the expectations and realities of international legal practice are aligned.

Unlike AG Bot, who argues that Article 3 only addresses translation of documents from the language of the proceedings into the language of the suspect, I believe that Article 3 is the appropriate legal basis for such an approach, and not Article 2 as that Article seems to be limited to oral communication.

Their detailed examination also let see that, on one hand, changes will be especially important in routine work, but, on the other hand, much more limited for complex legal tasks because of the machine learning - based approaches difficulties in processing situations outside the training set on which they learn.

The profession rejected this strictly «formalist» approach to teaching writing processes as inadequate preparation for independent legal writing and analysis.44 The shift away from models in legal writing instruction accompanied a shift to teaching students to write from the social perspective.45 The social perspective integrates into writing processes an understanding of the purposes for which a particular document is written, the identities of its audiences, and the needs of those audiences.46 Part of the New Rhetoric evaluates students» work, in part, by how well it fulfills the audiences» needs.47 The difficulty for the first - year law student in this paradigm for learning analysis and writing processes is that she does not know the audience for her first legal writing projects, and she has no basis for comprehending the audience's needs.

Moreover, most step - by - step approaches require the novice researcher to start the information - gathering process in sources that stand literally no chance of being cited in the written document.100 Of course, this instruction is quite understandable to the experienced legal researcher, and it is certainly based on sound principles.101 But the experienced information gatherer can't help wondering, «But if I go directly to cases, might I not find the perfect case right out of the gate?»

This approach demands having a legal advisor with strong business skills, technology licensing experience, and most essentially, the ability to turn around and close customer contracts on an expedited basis.

In Chapter 3, Mitch focuses the UK law firm Riverview Law, and suggests that its corporatized structure allows it to make «long - term investments in technology and process to build an entity - based approach to legal services delivery, designing its legal service offerings to ensure client loyalty to the entity, rather than client loyalty to a particular lawyer or team member.»

This work underpins the evidence - based approach that will inform collaborative practice between the justice system and women's shelters to address the socio - legal issues that arise from IPV crisis.

Two popular approaches — lean manufacturing, based on the Toyota production system, and Six Sigma, developed by Motorola and made famous by General Electric — can be easily applied to legal work, through identifying opportunities for outsourcing, for example, and employing technology to automate routine tasks and thereby help to reduce costs.

As one of the organisers of the summit, this Helsinki - and London - based service design company believes that legal design approach introduces a much needed human - centricity and usability to the field of law.

A neutral, objective professional can provide a practical, resolution based approach to help you understand your substantive legal rights.

Finally, the TUC powerfully restates the case for an evidence - based approach to legal aid policy, which must be understood within the context of wider public services.

«the EU will endanger its legitimacy if it keeps enforcing its policies through criminal sanctions on such grounds» and should thus «adopt a conservative approach and refrain from harmonising criminal laws in the absence of a real practical need and firm legal basis» (p 193).

The Act's legal approach to mental capacity is based on existing case law.

And even if they had pleaded viable legal theories — which they have not — plaintiffs do not approach alleging their fraud - based claims with the particularity the rules require...

The CJEU's approach is to be commended, as the vigour and effectiveness of EU external action can only benefit if it can be assumed with relative certainty that measures taken within the context of a CFSP - mission will be considered «ancillary» measures, to be adopted on the same legal basis.

The results come as part of a Legal Week Big Question survey focusing on the SRA's move away from prescriptive rules - based regulation to a more risk - driven approach known as outcomes - focused regulation (OFR), which will come into effect on 6 October.

Today, procedural skirmishes litter the playing field, as Crown counsels have taken a more adversarial approach to tax litigation and have been challenging not only the legal bases for taxpayers» positions, but also the factual underpinnings of every case.

The key concepts that make up Mancini Legal is to provide private individuals and businesses the best possible legal services based on innovation, efficiency, accessibility and a proactive apprLegal is to provide private individuals and businesses the best possible legal services based on innovation, efficiency, accessibility and a proactive apprlegal services based on innovation, efficiency, accessibility and a proactive approach.

Although there is no comprehensive national survey to buttress their view or to document the extent of savings for clients, «anecdotal evidence and our own recent, small - scale survey confirm the trend that we perceived: law firms increasingly moving to alternative billing approaches at clients» request,» said Richard C. Reed, who is a consultant at Altman Weil Pensa, a Philadelphia - based legal management consulting firm, as well as chairman of the American Bar Association's alternative billing task force.

It seems to me that this data argues powerfully for both increasing eligibility for legal aid, so that fewer litigants are left without counsel, and lawyers to consider the unbundling of legal services, providing services at a flat rate or on a barter basis, and exploring other creative approaches to paid legal services than the billable hour.

I find Sharpston's approach more satisfactory than that of Cruz Villalón, both because she solves better the implications of Article 51 of the Charter to legal certainty, and because it is more sistematic with the idea of attibution of competences upon which EU legislative action is based.

This task - based approach is evident from the very first screen, which differs based on whether the subscriber is at a law firm or a corporate legal department.

(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.

For attorneys, this can be as simple as updating an older post based on changes in the law, changes within the legal community, or changes in your firm's approach to certain issues.

It is designed to replace traditional «tick - box» regulation with a new risk - based approach, allowing firms to achieve the right outcomes by delivering legal services in a way which best suits their individual clients and meets the public interest.

Almost any legal network can claim similar benefits, but LEGUS truly creates lifelong relationships based on mutual trust, like - minded approaches and professional respect.

It turns the tables on the traditional approach to e-discovery, by which outside counsel drive the process on a case - by - case basis, and instead gives corporate counsel the reins to globally control and manage all their legal matters through a single platform.

Our approach to legal process improvement is based on our experience that lawyers do not like theory and want practical approaches they can apply immediately.

This report on the Legal Environment for the Elimination of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the result of the pilot and preliminary phase of a larger initiative to build a knowledge base and collection of tools to support a whole - of - government approach to manage the public health problem of falsified and substandard medicines in any country.

Our sound understanding of the unique challenges that local and global - based businesses face in today's evolving business world, coupled with a results - based, knowledgeable approach is a beacon for those seeking experienced and intelligent legal counsel.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed is a New York City - based international law firm that offers clients results - focused legal services and a collaborative approach across a broad range of practices.

Additionally, Stark & Starks's accident and personal injury practices utilize a team - based approach to practice and client service that ensures a thorough and well - rounded legal perspective to each and every case, and a point of contact dedicated to ensuring smooth and effective communications with our clients.

We understand the unique and expansive needs of an entrepreneur, so our Startup & Fintech desk has adopted a team - based approach to provide you with the most substantive and practical legal advice.