Sentences with phrase «by large firm interests»

The American Bar Association gets its fair share of criticism from lawyers who don't appreciate the political positions that the ABA adopts or who feel that the organization is dominated by large firm interests.

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Crowdinvesting platforms are a recent development, and an interesting option for funding that, to some extent, lets you call the shots by spreading the equity over a larger number of investors (as opposed to securing the full investment from a handful of investors or a VC firm).

Had the deal closed, the sale of a half - interest in the Cutbank Ridge shale gas play would have been the largest investment of any kind by a Chinese state - controlled firm in Canada and the biggest reason to expect to see Asia - bound liquefied natural gas tankers docking on the West Coast in the not - too - distant future.

The approach comes at a time of renewed interest by large drugmakers in smaller biotech firms, with U.S. - based Celgene clinching a deal to buy Impact Biomedicines for up to $ 7 billion on Sunday and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical agreeing last week to buy another Belgian biotech group TiGenix for $ 630 million.

There are large, well - funded firms like SoFi who are lowering interest rates for college graduates that are underserved by big banks and the government.

The firm's website explains that by using its newly unveiled service, companies interested in holding a token offering can «Access a large range of securities & compliance capabilities by conducting token sales through a registered broker dealer and [Financial Industry Regulatory Authority] registered funding portal.»

Kent Mason, a partner with Davis & Harman in Washington, a law firm serving banks and large corporations, says that while the administration's goal «is to require advisors to act in the best interest of their customers, the industry has no concerns with such a requirement, as evidenced by the industry's longstanding support» for an SEC best - interest standard.

Our smaller farms are being bought out by large firms & are converted to large factory farms who are solely interested in production & profit.

A large firm, regulated by the Federal Reserve Board, that controls interest in a (or several) United States banks.

Prompted by the telecommunication firms, who preferred having fewer and larger auctions rather than buying from a bunch of disparate individuals, the US government acted in its own interests, and cancelled, even after all of the lottery participants plans had been approved.

«We have been approached by several partners at large firms who are interested in joining us.

By carefully studying the recent past, it provides a valuable reference for anyone - especially those in large urban firms - interested in future of the legal profession.

The fine, the largest ever made by the SDT against a single firm, relates to a 2014 High Court case that saw White & Case blocked from acting for Ukrainian client Victor Pinchuk after it failed to identify a conflict of interest.

The firm has been handed the largest ever single - firm fine by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, being forced to pay out # 250,000 for conflict of interest and confidentiality failures.

The firm advised one of Asia's most prominent private equity firms on a dispute relating to a former employee's termination of employment and their alleged entitlement to carried interest; EFG International's proposed acquisition of BSI Bank Singapore's private banking business — a $ 1.3 bn (# 1bn) deal that would form one of the largest private banks in Switzerland; and a multi-million claim by a former c - suite executive against Noble Group for unpaid dividends, bonuses, stock options and shares.

Moreover, as firms grow ever larger, and clients become more sensitive to the resulting conflicts of interest, the independence of the kind offered by the Bar and by the growing array of boutique litigation firms is increasingly appealing.

This story, NY BigLaw Leader Scores $ 1 Million Fee in Pro Bono Case, raises some interesting questions about how to assess attorney fees under a reimbursable fee statute, when the plaintiffs are represented pro bono by a large law firm.

Of greater interest is the arguably questionable decision by the law society to pursue the charges as long as it did and the question of whether the case indicates the problems law societies have in relation to the direct regulation of lawyers at large law firms.

However, if you are at a mid - or large - sized firm and are interested in decreasing your hardware costs (by no longer needing to invest in servers) and decreasing your IT personnel budget (by no longer needing a full on - site IT team), then the full Abacus suite could be a great option.

The leading revenue producer in the firm was gone, his practice was not sustainable by others without him, and the partners were jointly and severally liable personally to buy out Dewey's large ownership interest.

increased interest in solo and small firm practice both among those entering the profession and those displaced from large firm practice by layoffs and downsizing.

NextLaw Labs allows an interesting «one stop shop» for a variety of legal technologies that have already been vetted, piloted, and scaled, by the world's largest law firm.

[13] Chief Justice James Allsop of the Federal Court of Australia summarised the ethical issues which arise as a result of the conflict the billable hours system creates between the economic pressure on a firm to maximise its profit and the ethical pressure on lawyers to work in their client's best interest: «Only a very slight change of focus needs to be made by a lawyer to change from (a) expecting a profitable return from running as well and efficiently as possible a large case in court, to (b) planning how to make as much money as possible from running the same large case in court.»

Already in use by the world's largest law firm, Doxly's secure legal transaction management system brings control and transparency to complicated legal workflows by combining centralized checklists, collaboration tools and task management options to help align attorney and client interests.

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