It's lawyers doing their lawyering, not something that compels you to get up at 5 a.m., go to the Post's Website, and hit refresh over and over again.
As one survey participant noted, «just because a person
is a lawyer does not make what they say in front of a group «continuing legal education»».
But, for those who seemed to agree that being a lawyer doesn't necessarily mean long hours (and there were plenty), this post addresses so - called «work - life balance,» and why the right mindset can mean everything in order to achieve it.
So in addition to the kind of inward facing, how
are lawyers doing and how productive are our lawyers and where do they need help in in getting the most out of their day, this year, we also looked outward and did a consumer survey of over 2,000 consumers and tried to understand two things, from consumers of legal services.
Because being a lawyer doesn't make you special.
,
Is the lawyer doing a good job?
Being a lawyer does not mean you can engage in illegal activity, nor does is shield the client on whose behalf you may be engaging in illegal activity.
Not exact matches
Ironically, the government doesn't trust that
lawyers will report all of their income, so even if your
lawyer is «incorporated,» you
are still required to send them a Form 1099 if you paid them more than $ 600.
While some things you can
do on your own, it
's best to consult with a
lawyer when starting out, so you can make sure you've covered everything that you need.
And the
lawyer isn't
doing anything with an uncontested divorce.
«These three engineers
are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've
done — and will continue to
do — to help make Uber successful,» said
lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which
is representing the plaintiffs.
Salesmanship
is practically the only skill set needed in the C - suite that doesn't have its own professional designation, like those held by accountants and
lawyers.
«If you
're doing this for the first time, get advice from a professional
lawyer and investor,» says Gin Lane CEO Nicholas Ling.
The next time I needed to negotiate, I
was able to talk to a
lawyer, talk to a banker who
is a friend of mine, and say OK, I don't want to accept this as it
is.
The best thing you can
do is to retain a divorce
lawyer to get the best advice on what your options
are.
«When Mt. Gox didn't have any of the coins, he
was getting new deposits from other customers to pay off other people — kind of like a Bernie Madoff,» says Kelman, the
lawyer.
As immigration
lawyer Evan Green asked the Globe and Mail, ``... how
do you prove for someone with [little] work experience that there
is no Canadian to
do the job?»
For the «vast majority of candidates,» says Aiken, the intervention of a
lawyer or bot
is unlikely to
do more than an accurate self - assessment using government - provided tools.
What I predict
is that compensation consultants and
lawyers will
do the following:
I
did not read or recall this email exchange before it
was shown to me by my
lawyers when reviewing documents for submission to the committees.
This
is one of those places where
doing a little research and chatting with a
lawyer are good ideas.
«I spent all this time hiring
lawyers and half of them worked out and half didn't,» she says, «I thought, «there must
be a better way to think about this.
But beyond that,
lawyers are entitled — indeed, required — to
do their damnedest.
It
is true that the US
did not persecute the Jews - or at least, as one Nazi
lawyer remarked in 1936, it had not persecuted the Jews «so far» - but it had created a host of forms of second - class citizenship for other minority groups, including Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Puerto Ricans and Native Americans, scattered all over the Union and its colonies.
A lot of people think they
're supposed to
be a doctor or a
lawyer as their parents told them to
be, and it doesn't work for them.
«What happens with Facebook
is you don't know what you don't know,» said David Lopez, a former general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who
is one of the
lawyers at the firm Outten & Golden bringing the age - discrimination case on behalf of the communication workers union.
At a smaller company it may
be easier for the CEO to just call a general meeting, but you would want to consult a
lawyer to make sure you don't violate the privacy of the employees involved in the complaint.
But mostly Clio's challenge
is teaching
lawyers who don't currently use such systems how they can better manage their practice and deliver their services more cost - effectively.
People who
are teachers might tutor, [and]
lawyers who become moms maybe can
do legal work on the side,» AOL co-founder Steve Case told CNBC's «On the Money.»
Founded in 2003 by CEO Kirt Montague, a
lawyer, and Cary Wasden, a banker, Prometheus
is trying to
do more than simply create a new source of energy.
But, I think that if we first gather some self - awareness and realize that doctor /
lawyer / engineer aren't the only good career choices, most of us would probably want to
do something different anyway.
«When they
did, they brought out the best in
lawyers and helped the jury understand what
was going on.
«I figured out I just don't want to
be a
lawyer, so I quit law school after two weeks.»
Doctors and
lawyers are legally required to
do what
's best for you — why not your financial advisor as well?
«These companies, they don't want to
be Craigslist,» says Shannon Liss - Riordan, a veteran labor
lawyer spearheading a number of the biggest misclassification suits, including the Uber class action.
«You don't want to read too much into this short - term data,» says Craig Hoskins, a Calgary
lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright, noting 2012
was exceptional because of China National Offshore Oil Co.'s $ 15 - billion takeover of Nexen, and Petronas's $ 6 - billion acquisition of Progress Energy.
On Monday, Vaughn's
lawyer Larry Organ had told Bloomberg that «the law doesn't require you to have a thick skin» and that «Tesla
is not
doing enough.»
«I
do think clarity
is particularly important in this context, and right now there
is a lack of clarity,» said Stephen Ascher, a
lawyer at Jenner & Block who backs a broad definition.
Trump's latest comments appeared to undermine the argument
being made by Cohen
lawyers, who say their client
was Trump's personal attorney first and foremost, and therefore, practically everything Cohen
did was protected by attorney - client privilege.
He declined interview requests, as
did his
lawyer, but issued a statement after the charges
were levied.
is dealing with
lawyers (or VCs) who say, «As a firm, we never
do a, b, c.» Let me tell you now that often this line
is BS.
Yates replied that she «
was not convinced» that the order
was constitutional, so she could not in good faith send DOJ
lawyers to defend an order that they
did not believe to
be lawful.
«Usually, data protection
lawyers tell us, «I love your case, I love what you
're doing, but I make money on the other side of the game, because that
's the only place you can make money»,» said Mr Schrems.
«Some of what they
're doing borders on the edge of magic,» Gene Russianoff, the staff
lawyer for a subway rider advocacy group, told the New York Times» Matt Flegenheimer.
The reason so many companies
were able to get away with violating the law (because it really
was so clear that Connecticut employment
lawyer, Daniel Schwartz, described the ruling as «far from shocking,» on Twitter)
was because interns didn't want to complain because they
were afraid they wouldn't get any internships, which then lowers their chance of getting a real job upon graduation.
Not surprisingly, I
'm seeing and hearing reports of supposedly smart people (doctors and
lawyers, ferchrissake)
doing the opposite.
A
Lawyer While a
lawyer doesn't play much of a role in your company's books, he or she will
be helpful with the foundational elements of your business — namely, which kind of business entity you choose.
On the afternoon of Monday, January 31, human - resources manager Brown sat anxiously by his phone, waiting for a call from Stack, who
was negotiating with Harvester at his
lawyer's office in downtown Springfield.Since SRC
did not want to assume Harvester's liabilities to employees for sick pay and vacation time, everyone in the plant had to
be terminated as soon as the buyout
was completed.
But anyone I've seen who pushes back or questions the policy
is told some variation of «someone checked with a
lawyer when they came up with this, so don't even worry about it.»
Ackman
did not say how he knows that Michael Johnson, Herbalife's chief executive, and other top executives
are scouting for independent legal representation, but he said his firm's
lawyers consider the news to
be a material development.