Sentences with phrase «because business lawyers»

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For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

(I'm lumping doctors and lawyers together, because this was a time when law and medicine meant arranging for your education and running a business on your own.)

They are often one of the best sources of early - stage deal flow for VCs because one of the first companies most entrepreneurs do business with is their lawyers who incorporate their companies.

My father was a lawyer and used his own life as an argument in court against his idea that it was utopian and that we couldn't build a compassionate world or business structure because he did it.

Goldberg, who has known Silver for 65 years, said he had previously paid referral fees to lawyers who sent business his way, but asked Silver if it was legal in this case because of the pol's status as speaker.

«Lawyers know that if they file 10 cut - and - paste complaints, five may settle because many businesses are eager to avoid litigation expenses and liability risk,» the Empire Center says.

Rep. Chris Collins is pushing his business partner's brother, John L. Sinatra Jr., for federal judgeship, stunning good government advocates and raising concerns among women lawyers because he would take the seat that the Obama administration wanted to fill with Buffalo's first - ever female district court judge.

Another successful, educated business exec / lawyer and I have been communicating for a month because he's currently on a long business trip.

Because being successful does not just mean being good in business, the website has profiles of athletes, doctors, lawyers, models, and others so it gives you a higher chance of meeting people who have the same interests as you.

Because I had a wonderful and long conversation today with a friend who has been a major business lawyer for forty years in the real world, I decided to do this post.

Apple unsuccessfully argued that the meetings shouldn't be privileged because Amazon was actually plotting business strategy and that it is now using the presence of its lawyers as a pretext to hold back information.

Because they have entire teams of lawyers dedicated to this and it's part of their business model.

Michael Powell, a Baltimore lawyer representing business and industry on the panel, said he agreed to the new goal because it included continuing economic safeguards.

Obviously, I had no interest in speaking with American firms about American law for a Canadian publication, but I was always interested in U.S. firms that were doing something interesting on the practice management or business - model side, because these are universal issues for lawyers.

You have to be in the business of providing solutions to the media outlets with which you work, because while it might be the lawyer who pays your bills, it's the journalist who has what you need.

Because personal recommendations and referrals just happen to be the way most consumers and small businesses (and a number of large companies too, I'll wager) choose a lawyer.

Because we understand the demands placed on our attorney clients, FindLaw has developed business development instruments specifically for law firms (such as ones those that improve the intake process), fine - crafted a suite of marketing products that free up lawyers to actually practice law and amassed a body of research and scholarship that we use to help law firms stay contemporary and competitive.

Although the article says that criminal lawyers are the most despised ones in the minds of the public, I think personal injury / tort lawyers have this label because they impose costs on society and business such as hefty insurance premiums (somebody has to pay for that award money), and reduce personal freedom due to the banning of certain activities due to fears of litigation.

Eventually, and much to my father's chagrin because I didn't end up taking over the family business, I became a lawyer.

I do think there is a valid * business * reason to improve the image of lawyers: because we want to encourage clients to hire us, and they probably will be more likely to do that if we're not pariahs.

And for firms, the outcome isn't much better — because if the demoted partners prevail, firms will be limited in the action that they can take to eliminate lawyers who aren't bringing in enough business and are draining the firm and making it difficult for younger (and impatient) associates to ascend to the top.

«For example, law firms commonly undertake new lines of business and practice areas for all the wrong reasons — such as a client asking the firm to open an office in Cincinnati; because a lawyer wants to retire in Aspen, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, etc.; or because everyone else seems to be opening offices in Moscow.

«A lot of my clients are farmers and owners / operators of businesses in Windsor and would never in their life hire a lawyer at $ 750 an hour or any hourly rate like that and don't see why they should be obligated to pay those kinds of fees just because they're in a bit of a financial bind.»

I recall a number of years ago a very complicated commercial problem in which a number of sophisticated businesses retained highly expert experienced lawyers The lawyers were retained because of their deep knowledge of the clients, the industry, the problem and the law.

Many lawyers — like many in business — never take the time to look far ahead, because it is all they can do to keep up with what they need to do now.

Lawyers must market because the competition for business can be brutal in virtually all practice areas and localities.

While a bad economy certainly increases stress on the homefront, don't rush to open a divorce law practice, as per the Legal Blog Watch post indicating that divorce business is down because (according to NYC matrimonial lawyer Bonnie Rabin), prospective clients are apparently waiting for homes and retirement accounts to regain value before moving ahead with a breakup.

... Maybe it's because business unit managers want to be counseled by «a lawyer,» not simply someone smart who knows the law and can apply it...»

To be sure, because different lawyers have different business development styles, lawyers will tend to gravitate to the social media platform that most appeals to their personal style.

Business lawyers, on the other hand, tend to place less emphasis on SEO because their clients are unlikely to do a search that asks, «Who is the best commercial litigator in Houston?»

«I think I'm a better lawyer because I have another business.

After all, many, even most, businesses expect their staff to wear suits, look businesslike, and generally conform to non-functional stereotypes, not because there is any demonstrable link between clothes and the skills of a banker, lawyer, or consultant (or judge), but because «customers expect it».

Business Lawyers Resist Labor - Saving Technology Because they Sell Hours — Not Results — And Efficiencies Reduce Lawyers» Hours Sold

Business Lawyers Resist Labor - Saving Technology Because they Sell Hours — Not Results — A New App from Silicon Valley Makes the Point

«Progress so far,» Goodman writes, «indicates that the current application of legal AI could well be part of an evolution that will be a game changer for legal services, not because it will change the basic premise of what lawyers do — or replace them all — but because it will create shifts in the value chain, and therefore change the legal business model in terms of legal services procurement, billing — and margins.»

Lawyer Management Training and Development: Failure to train younger lawyers as managers in both the business of law and the practice of law aspects of a firm can result in a disaster either from a «palace revolt», because the firm is unwilling to address the question and provide the opportunity, or from a decline in earnings and the exodus of key partners because the firm waits too long and ends up using untrained lawyers to undertake key management positions.

Lawyers will never think or act like business managers because law schools, law firms, and the legal system itself teaches them not to.

Sam Mollaei, Esq. at Mollaei Law is a good lawyer that writes contracts because he's been working with businesses and contracts for several years now.

Using easy to remember and dial legal vanity numbers provide attorneys with the opportunity to keep their lawyer advertising simple and ultimately flex their legal muscles because they will remain in business long enough to do so.

Lots of small businesses do not use lawyers because they think that lawyers are going to add unnecessary complexity to the job and charge too much.

My experience has given me a deep and invaluable insight into the philosophical underpinnings of each business regulation which has helped me in advising my clients in a holistic manner, that has delivered them the desired results; because the ultimate litmus test of a lawyer is the result he can achieve for his clients.

Murphy says they're aiming for the relatively untapped market of small businesses that aren't currently using lawyers because of the confusion and the hassle.

I know it works because it's what turned my law firm into a million dollar business within three years and has my Personal Family Lawyers and private coaching clients doubling and even tripling their income right now by making a few fundamental shifts in the way they do business.

Because I assume, that's basically the starting point is once you can actually have a valid business, that's where you can start maybe building that brand as the local weed lawyer.

That's partly because lawyers really resist the idea of running their practice like a business, I think, and part of it is just the nature of law practice means churning hours unless you change something.

Hiring MBAs makes sense because they help relieve lawyers from business responsibilities, leaving them free to bill more hours.

Because I've been in this business for 15 years and I still meet lawyers who think «marketing» starts with listing all the services they offer, rather than first understanding what their clients want and need.

Because not all lawyers generate business through referrals from other lawyers, they think their time is better spent building client - snaring webs through other organizations.

The client rep laughs and says something like, «That's refreshing — because I can't tell you how many times I have dined, gone to sporting events or played golf with lawyers and they never ask me for my business.

By now you've probably heard about lawyer and Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman, who threatened to sue a Chinese restaurant because the prices on its website didn't match his bill.