Sentences with phrase «by legal counsel about»

The School Board — advised by legal counsel about Paladino's free speech rights — is taking the approach that Paladino should be removed from the board because he publicly shared information that was discussed in executive session.

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The biggest share of legal payments in the first quarter of this year — about $ 348,000 — went to Jones Day, a law firm representing the campaign in the investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

But frequently it is done in a muted and nervous tone, in part because bishops do not want to be viewed as «controversial,» and in part because they are intimidated by the USCC legal counsel, which is embarrassingly timid about IRS regulations regarding anything that touches on electoral politics.

The lawsuit filed this week against the president by the porn star Stormy Daniels, seeking to break a 2016 agreement to keep silent about her affair with Trump in return for a $ 130,000 payout, ge & module = Ribbon & version = origin & region = Header & action = click & contentCollection = Home % 20Page & pgtype = article» > opens what could be a precarious new legal front for a White House already beset by the investigation by the special counsel Robert Mueller.

«Developed by legal counsel at Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers, Ontario Divorce Help is an online resource that delivers answers to many common questions about Ontario family law.

I will conclude this article as I always do by providing sound legal advice — seek the counsel of an attorney if you have any questions about e-discovery.

The majority of in - house lawyers have reservations about Deutsche Bank's plan to stop paying panel law firms for work carried out by junior lawyers, but believe the move is likely to start a trend, according to a new Legal Week survey of corporate counsel.

Law.com today features The «Always - On» System, a story I wrote for Corporate Counsel magazine about Kmart's highly regarded litigation extranet, developed by T - Lex Inc., a Brookline, Mass., legal extranet company.

Industries that use and depend on legal services can make both quantitative and qualitative assessments about such things as the value added by outside counsel.

A few days ago, in one of those small world Internet ways, I learned about a new Web log (new to me, anyway), Legal Literacy, written by Hanna Hasl - Kelchner, a corporate attorney with a business background who serves as associate counsel for a large corporation.

Two - thirds of 2,882 corporate counsel polled by legal recruiter Laurence Simons said the loss of income (representing about # 16,500 of an average # 82,500 salary) would be worth the extra day.

In this case, the police officer's legal opinions constituted an inducement that render the statement involuntary for the following reasons: i) the legal advice provided by the police officer was central to the issues that the accused ought to consider in assessing whether or not to provide an inculpatory statement; and ii) the accused had stated he wished to seek the advice of Counsel before providing a statement; and iii) the accused did not expressly waive his rights or indicate that he had changed his mind about consulting Counsel before providing a statement; and iv) no reasonable opportunity was given for the accused to consider his options; and v) it can be reasonably argued all subsequent statements were influenced by the police officer's legal advice.

No apprehension of bias arising from complainant and counsel statements to the media: The College submitted a reasonable apprehension arose from comments by the complainants and their legal counsel to the news media about government efforts to thwart the hearing of the complaint.

At a panel called Get Smart: Conquering CASL and the New Private Right of Action that was covered by Legal Feeds, Peter Clausi, executive vice president corporate affairs and general counsel at GTA Resources and Mining Inc., was vocal about the risks stemming from the legislation's new teeth.

At an in - house panel in late October, Nikki Latta, associate general counsel of Deloitte Canada, agreed there are multiple pressures presented by various regulatory demands and various disrupters to businesses but said that for Deloitte's legal department the focus is on providing «disruptive service» — understanding and managing for things no one thought about a year ago.

Cavanagh said in emailed comments to Legal Feeds that Lee was originally represented by counsel and that he «was in discussions with that lawyer for quite a while about letting some of the clients he was representing (including KISS, their manager and Gene Simmons) out of the action on formal grounds.

At present, the bulk of public services seem to me to be delivered at one of three points in people's involvement with the law: general public legal information delivered through seminars, workshops and pamphlets to people who are idly grazing for legal information or helping a friend; narrowly - focused legal information, advice and representation delivered to individuals at the moment of crisis, often following separation, a threat to take the children or service of process; or, detailed, concrete legal information and advice delivered to individuals who are well engaged in a proceeding, usually unrepresented by counsel, and are seeking details about specific issues, such as making or replying to an application, demanding or making disclosure or preparing for trial.

The report by the legal marketing agency Greentarget and consultancy Zeughauser — the 2017 State of Digital & Content Marketing Survey — asked in - house counsel and buyers of legal services to grade the influence of a number of factors when searching for more information about lawyers.

There has been seismic activity in the legal technology training world brought about by the Suffolk / Flaherty Audit (the «Tech Audit») initiated by D. Casey Flaherty, Corporate Counsel for Kia Motors.

As a legal concierge, outside counsel should make no bones about pampering the client by exploring ways to exceed expectations with legal support and services that go beyond the contemplation of the engagement letter.

Organized by The Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, and hosted by McCarthy Tetrault Liam shares insights and observations about market forces impacting the legal industry, from his perspective as a long - time advisor to global law firms and corporations, and as an acquirer of emerging technologies and companies.

This is the second in a series of articles titled, What They Don't Teach You in Law School About Dealing With Legal Recruiters: A Must Read for Law Firm Associates by HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL Contributor and Columnist, David Sarnoff, Esq..

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

Information about legal counsel may not be available in a language understood by the detainee.

About Corporate Pro Bono Corporate Pro Bono, the global partnership project of PBI and ACC, is designed to substantially increase the amount of pro bono work performed by in - house counsel and to enhance the pro bono culture of in - house legal departments through consultative services to the in - house community, targeted research and publications, online information and services, and outreach and educational programming.

I have tried to bring some visibility to the question of how much is paid in settlements by companies in the United States, but the bits of data are fragmented (See my post of May 30, 2005: lack of benchmark data about settlements; July 16, 2005: settlements as a percentage of total legal spend; Feb. 13, 2008: settlement ratios by practice area; July 16, 2005: settlements and judgments in relation to outside counsel spending; Jan. 20, 2009: settlement costs in relation to costs of outside counsel; and Oct. 27, 2010: data on settlements.).

Nicole Bradick, founder of Custom Counsel (which recently was acquired by CuroLegal), another consulting and staffing company), says legal staffing companies work well for small firms that have increasing business but remain cautious about...

As I thought about this finding, published by Altman Weil, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Practical Law Company based on responses by «45 Chief Legal Officers located in Europe,» I paused long at the ambiguity of «fired.»

This can partly be addressed by providing general education in law and legal processes, but would likely best be supported through the family services agency, described below, which would provide counselling services, help understanding financial issues and information and advice about the law applicable to separating families.

GCnow is the first organization that is dedicated to helping «outsourced» in - house counsel succeed by providing mutual support, exchanging best practices and educating clients about the many benefits offered by outside GCs, AGCs and other attorneys who fulfill an in - house legal role in an innovative way.

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has posted a fact sheet about DACA and the decision to rescind it, which gives a good overview of the situation for non-immigration counsel and can also be provided directly to your clients who are affected by or have questions about the DACA rescission.

However, as noted by The Washington Post, Facebook's legal counsel Colin Stretch plans to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee this week that the Internet Research Agency created about 80,000 inflammatory posts between 2015 and 2017 that 29 million US people may have seen in their newsfeed.

General questions about The Joint Commission Standards for Ambulatory Care, or specific questions that arise about medical assisting scope of practice during an audit by TJC, should be directed to AAMA Chief Executive Officer and Legal Counsel Donald A. Balasa, JD, MBA, at [email protected], or 800/228 -2262.

, or specific questions that arise about medical assisting scope of practice during an audit by TJC, should be directed to Donald A. Balasa, JD, MBA, chief executive officer and legal counsel, at [email protected], or 800/228 -2262.

Counselling, safety planning, legal and court support, referrals and education about violence against women are all part of the services provided by staff at the facility.