Sentences with phrase «budget conversation with»

Our clients in large law firms consistently tell us that they prefer alternative fee arrangements, because they only have to have one budget conversation with their corporate client, as opposed to the old way of an easy one up front and a hard one after trial, and because it is a «set it and forget it» system that allows the lawyers to focus on getting the work done.

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Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

I have had repeated conversations and pleaded with our mayor in Salem (who is a mother herself) where I live to help volunteer, write grants, and work on upgrading the school lunch program, and even though she cares, it is not a priority — especially when budgets are tight for good teachers and other necessary school supplies.

Valesky says he has had conversations with constituents who are concerned, but says ultimately the coalition works, citing a bipartisan path to fiscally responsible and on time budgets, among other things.

In this clip, dated May 10, Caputo is getting a haircut and engaging in a heated conversation with his barber, Jack, (whose hobby appears to be enaging his customers in political debates while cutting their hair) about the current budget battle in Albany.

The last conversation I had with him the week before Oneonta I told him that Cuomo's budget was unacceptable and at best a very small step in the right direction.

«I've had some conversations with Senator Flanagan, not just around minimum wage, but other things around the budget,» Heastie said.

«While we work with that mayor and the preliminary has now passed, I'm looking forward to engaging with them right after we pass the budget to begin the conversation for fiscal» 17, because we need him to put the majority of the detail in the preliminary and not in the executive,» she said.

«He asked me, in general, how things were going in terms of budget negotiations,» Mr. Heastie said of his conversation with Mr. de Blasio last weekend.

In the second part of the debate to be broadcast this Sunday on «The Campbell Conversations,» the disagreement this time began with whether or not Katko would support the controversial budget plan designed by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan — a question he has declined to answer in the past.

I will say that I have had some extraordinarily personal and meaningful conversations with Republican state senators, and unlike the tax bill, the budget, or a bottle bill, this is a very personal issue to many senators, including Republican senators.

Mr. Paterson said tthe conversation had helped lay out how the Ravitch plan might intertwine with his own budget proposal, which closes a roughly $ 9 billion budget gap with a mix of spending cuts and new taxes and fees, and does not include new borrowing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, meanwhile, has communicated to the legislative leadership in the two houses that a pay raise would be off the table next year if a budget isn't approved by the April 1 deadline, according to a source with direct knowledge of those conversations.

Skelos said during a radio interview that he looks forward to having a conversation with Klein about next year, then noted that partnering with the I.D.C. (first informally, like the Republicans» alliance with Governor Andrew Cuomo, then formally) has resulted in four on - time budgets.

Mr. Bratton has since said he's optimistic the budget will include more police officers — even though Mr. de Blasio did not include any new cops in his preliminary budget released in February, and while he's said his conversation with Mr. Bratton is ongoing, he has also continued to indicate that the police force is at an appropriate size.

With budget woes a constant conversation at the county level, Mr. Krupski — endorsed by the Conservative Party as well as Democratic and Independence parties — brings a track record of fiscal right - mindedness that benefits residents in the 1st District and throughout Suffolk.

Email conversation with Sean Campion, senior research associate at the Citizens Budget Commission

The governor's proposals were all made in a series of addresses and conversations with lawmakers in January as the process begins to craft a new state budget by April 1.

The mayor told reporters at the press conference that he had had a lengthy conversation with new Governor Andrew Cuomo and was expecting a cut of some $ 1 billion from the state in next year's school budget.

The mayor, who said he's had several private conversations with Cuomo about the proposed cuts to CUNY and Medicaid, said he had not spoken with the governor and was not made aware in advance of the budget's release about the proposed debt savings clawback, which could cost New York City an estimated $ 650 million over a three - year period.

«I have had a conversation with the governor about my concerns,» de Blasio told reporters at a briefing after the budget address inside the Capitol complex Wednesday.

In conversations with Gotham Gazette, City Council members Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, chair of the finance committee, and Daniel Dromm, education committee chair, said that one of their top priorities during budget season will be addressing school overcrowding through the Department of Education's capital spending plan.

The center grew out of conversations he had last fall with Wolk, he explained, and the timetable for approving a state budget — not the deadly shootings — determined when the vote took place.

I had a conversation yesterday with a couple of guys that have developed a radical new technology nobody's thought of before, and they've put it together with a fairly simple budget.

I enjoy reading of ways to look stylish and classy without going over my shopping budget (no more «conversations» with my husband at the end of the month, lol.)

Conversations about major big budget genre filmmakers of the 70s and 80s tend to center around Lucas and Spielberg, with Kubrick usually thrown into the mix, but John Carpenter deserves a spot in those talks too, even if he typically worked with a much smaller budget than those guys.

There's a certain class of low - budget indie filmmaking that's become almost its own recognizable style — full of ordinary people just trying to find happiness in unorthodox ways, hand - held close - up shots, montages of locations (easily recognized if you live in the area where they're shot, but not particularly tied to the story, which could take place anywhere) with light music underneath, a tendency to shift focus amateurishly (though I think often on purpose as part of the style), a lot of contemplative pauses and awkward conversations.

During the wide - ranging conversation they looked back at Deadpool's opening weekend and discussed the film's unexpected place in the awards race, where they're at in the pre-production process on Deadpool 2, how the hiring of David Leitch to direct the sequel has impacted the film, the action scenes, collaborating with Ryan Reynolds, how Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead will return in the sequel, the challenge of writing Cable, laying the foundation for an X-Force movie, the budget, and more.

Swanberg's inclusion is a notable one, as the film has been referred to as helping to establish a new (and somewhat on the nose) subgenre that mixes the low budget and improvisational style of mumblecore with the horror setting («mumblegore» if you will), and the conversations here take on a casual, loosely scripted feel that would not seem out of place in a film like Computer Chess or The Puffy Chair.

«Every single one of the economic needs of the state as he laid them out to balance the budget were agreed to in a conversation with ourselves, since he wasn't speaking with us, and that still isn't enough.

· What additional steps might be taken to encourage engagement in conversation relative to budget alignment with district goals and multi-year plans?

With OUSD deep in budget and prioritization conversations, this decision of how best to improve schools for as many children as possible will be front and center.

«When we look at the budget conversations that are just forming up now for our school district, we have escalating costs in maintaining our facilities, we'll be going into negotiation conversations with our teachers and we want to treat them well for the costs they experience living up here or commuting up here to service our children.»

My hope is that TEP will actually start a conversation about how we can recruit, train, and retain high - quality teachers in a typical public school setting and with a conventional budget.

Conversations with a handful of superintendents afterward indicated there is still a bit of a siege mentality in the schools, with some still smarting under budget cuts three years ago and all now facing more state mandates and requirements.

With difficult budget, School Board president says the time may have come for this «really tough conversation.»

Namely, that includes helping you find the model that best suits your lifestyle and your budget through conversations with our sales consultants and Ford lease and financing experts.

Namely, that includes helping you find the model that best suits your lifestyle and your budget through conversations with our Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and RAM lease and financing experts.

That means helping you find the model that best suits your lifestyle and your budget through conversations with our sales consultants and Mazda financing specialists.

We still talk about our overall budget and our plans for the future, but we don't need a spreadsheet in front of us for those conversations (even with Honeyfi, I keep a spreadsheet).

Don't be afraid to have a debt settlement conversation with a creditor because if they think it is in their best interest to settle and you get them to believe it may be their only chance to receive any money or because of a tight budget or very limited assets, the creditor just might settle.

Plus, with proper conversations about budgeting and money management, you can feel personally assured that your children understand the risk involved with credit cards.

«It's about having a conversation with the pet parent and dialing in the correct diet based upon species, age, breed, health and wellness issues, budget, time and the commitment level of the pet parent, etc.,» Grow said.

As 2017 winds down and GOTY awards trickle out, the conversation tends to turn toward major games with major budgets and major appeal, and Golf Story, at face value, doesn't have that.

Talking to budget holders in their language — in terms of value to the business, ROI and alignment with strategy — makes it possible to reframe the conversation as one of investment in the bottom line rather than cost.»

(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.

It also supports lawyers in conversations with clients when it becomes obvious that a project is out of scope or going over budget.

Smith says he expects Harper's conversation with Jean centred on the idea that upon return to the House, the government would lay out a budget.

Words like guardianship, wills, budgets, and insurance are taboo along with finance and estate planning and are sure to kill any conversation.

As we all know from varying news reports, Millennials are either great with their money or the worst, so seeing a conversation go from accountants to writeoffs to student loan debt to Jonathan Franzen for some reason to budgeting apps and more was interesting.