Service providers who refuse to take on some of the client's exposure, such as investment risk or liability for environmental remediation, will fall
behind competing firms that do agree to share some of that burden for their clients.
Not exact matches
It is
competing with Barbie maker Mattel (mat) and Hasbro (has), the
firm behind My Little Pony, for a slice of the $ 31 billion toys and games market in China.
The research
behind a new drug is protected for a fixed number of years, after which
competing firms can begin manufacturing generic forms.
The company
behind the technology, British
firm Oxitec, explains that sterile males would be released to
compete with wild males for female insects, which would then have no offspring and reduce the population of the next generation.
This major shift in consumer behavior has left many
firms behind and unable to
compete online.
But other courts, commentators and Bar Committees are more nuanced, recognizing that the supposed purpose
behind the absolute rule (to enhance lawyer availability to potential clients) may not be as protective of clients as first appears, and that
competing interests, such as the law
firm's desire to ensure its continuing economic health, need protection as well.
They should find out if the
firm's recent progress, when compared to
competing firms in its marketplace, is advancing, falling
behind or holding even in terms of professional competence, prestige and money.