See: «What a Law Society Should Be — A Response to the Law Society of Upper Canada's Alternative
Business Structures Discussion Paper of September 24, 2014» (pdf).
See: «What a Law Society Should Be-A Response to the Law Society of Upper Canada's Alternative
Business Structures Discussion Paper of September 24, 2014.»
For my analysis, see: «What a Law Society Should Be — A Response to the Law Society of Upper Canada's Alternative
Business Structures Discussion Paper of September 24, 2014» (pdf).
Not exact matches
To explain, this is a fairly
structured affair, with the mechanics of the
business policy
discussion determined months in advance.
Quite a bit of the
discussion is along the predictable and tired paths of building in some corrective measures into «
business as usual» scenarios, but at least a few brave voices from within civil society and some governments are pushing for more fundamental changes in economic and political
structures.
In late March LaGrange Capital Management filed a 13D notice for its position in Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ: FORD) disclosing
discussions with management regarding FORD's «
business and operations, financial performance, capital
structure, governance, valuation, and future plans».
This handout teaches you some basics on political
structures in
business and provides
discussion questions to explore with others or on your own.
Talking on subjects like how to approach and pitch publishers, in addition to
discussion of typical deal
structures and expectations goings into a negotiation will be tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik, Team17's Head of Publishing &
Business Development Justin Berenbaum, Devolver Digital Partner and Funslinger Mike Wilson, and Versus Evil GM Steve Escalante, with Execution Labs co-founder Jason Della Rocca as moderator.
But just in the same way that we always say to people «It's important to change your lightbulbs, but it's more important to change the
structures of your energy system,» the most important thing that
businesses can be doing is to join in a real concerted political effort to cause change — not letting the fossil fuel industry win through letting its vehicles like the Chamber of Commerce dominate the
discussion.
As a profession, we have had difficult
discussions about innovating our existing
business structures.
This
discussion, of course, included alternative
business structures in the practice of law, i.e.: non-lawyer ownership of firms.
See LSUC's «Alternative
Business Structures» webpage, from which its ABS
Discussion Paper of September 24, 2014, can be downloaded (pdf).
«Alternative
Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A
Discussion Paper.»
As an exception to the universally accepted view that law society committees are «all form and no substance» in regard to the «unaffordable legal services problem» («the problem»), there is one Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) committee that has produced a
Discussion Paper that has great substance, although some ingrates are so inconsiderate as to say that it's not «the right stuff»; see: Alternative
Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A
Discussion Paper.
The Law Society of Upper Canada's (LSUC's) «alternative
business structures» proposal (the ABS proposal in its
Discussion Paper)[i] will bring about a critically important and worrying change to the practice of law in Canada.
The law society released a
discussion paper this week hoping to draw out the profession's thoughts and concerns when it comes to alternative
business structures.
[i] See this statement on LSUC's website: «The Law Society released Alternative
Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A
Discussion Paper on September 24, 2014, to seek input from lawyers, paralegals, stakeholders and the public about Alternative
Business Structures (ABS).»
[43] Andrew Grech, «
Discussion Notes Prepared for the National Legal Profession Reform Consultative Group:
Business Structures, December 15, 2009, 1, http://web.archive.org/web/20110607140709/https://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/ (8AB0BDE05570AAD0EF9C283AA8F533E3) ~ Grech, + Andrew + - +
Business +
Structures.PDF / $ file / Grech, + Andrew + - +
Business +
Structures.PDF.
[12] For a general
discussion of risk in the context of law firms, see Edward M. Iacobucci and Michael J. Trebilcock, «An Economic Analysis of Alternative
Business Structures for the Practice of Law,» (paper presented at the Law Society of Upper Canada's symposium for the Alternative
Business Structures, October 4, 2013), http://www.lsuc.on.ca/uploadedFiles/ABS-report-Iacobucci-Trebilcock-september-2014.pdf.
There is plenty of
discussion about the future of the profession, including the CBA Futures Report and debates over Alternative
Business Structures (ABS).
Alternative
Business Structures (ABS) is all the debate right now in Ontario, with a current
discussion paper released by the law society.
In Canada, the
discussion about legal innovation has lately become bogged down in the debate over alternative
business structures (ABS).
Discussions on the pros and cons of these new
business structures are still very active.
For a fascinating
discussion of the
structure of, and
business case for, LeClairRyan's legal solutions center in Richmond, VA, see Understanding the UnitedLex — LeClairRyan Deal: Interviews with Management by Ron Friedmann).
It mentioned entity regulation just once more — in its December, 2015 Informational Report to the House of Delegates, in a list of the Commission's ongoing work, it included a reference to «Ongoing
discussion and study of additional regulatory opportunities, including but not limited to alternative
business structures and entity regulation.»
OTLA has published a submission to the Law Society of Upper Canada in response to the
discussion of Alternative
Business Structures.
In November, the Prairie law societies issued a
discussion paper in relation to entity regulation, compliance - based regulation and alternative
business structures.
For example, LSUC ignores the problem and its duties as set out in s. 4.2 of the (Ontario) Law Society Act, while «fast - tracking» the Alternative
Business Structures issue (ABS issue) to the quick creation of: (1) an ABS Committee (2) a (biased) ABS
Discussion Paper written by the Committee; (3) the online publication of the responses thus obtained; (4) the online publication of a summary of those responses — all done by the work of those self - interested benchers who have campaigned hard to have ABSs made legal; and (5) a proposed vote in 2016 to determine the law society's position as to making ABSs legal.
I've read the Law Society reports (Interim Report to Convocation — June 2013, Report to Convocation — February 2014, Alternative
Business Structures and the Legal Profession in Ontario: A
Discussion Paper — September 2014) and I've listened to their pronouncements on anticipated further process.
For a summary of the responses to the ABS
Discussion Paper, see the «Alternative
Business Structures Working Group Report» at Tab 8.2 of the Report to Convocation, (pdf) February 26, 2015, of LSUC's Professional Regulation Committee.
McLean admits it was an exhausting several months of strategic
discussions where the team looked at every aspect of the company's
business model — from commission
structures to brand management, technology, marketing and advertising.