Sentences with phrase «by outside counsel for»

Automated workflows that streamline counsel assignment and prompt budget submissions by outside counsel for internal review and approval

Not exact matches

The Committee shall receive appropriate funding from the Company, as determined by the Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board, for the payment of compensation to its compensation consultants, outside legal counsel and any other advisors.

For contemporary Protestants such as Stanley Hauerwas who justify Protestantism by the perceived need to reform the Church from the outside, the «conciliar option» offers an alternative: reform from within, such as the early Luther counseled.

The upcoming debate by Ealing Council comes after more than 3,500 people signed a petition by the pro-choice group Sister Supporter, calling for action to deter groups like Good Counsel Network from operating outside abortion clinics.

Recommendations for outside counsel shall be made by the General Ccounsel shall be made by the General CounselCounsel.

The counsel claimed that following the April 6 ruling, a letter by Dasuki's lead counsel Mr Joseph Daudu dated April 13 was despatched to the DSS requesting for permission to access Dasuki outside the DSS office as contained in the ruling of the court.

An audit to be released today by NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer's office shows the NYC Education Department failed to keep tabs in 2016 on $ 84 million it paid to outside vendors for services to students with disabilities, such as physical therapy, speech therapy and psychological counseling.

«Taxpayers have already lost,» said Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R - Eastchester / New Rochelle), reacting to the need for both the Westchester County Executive and Board of Legislators to hire outside counsel because of a conflict of interest created by actions of Chairman Ken Jenkins and the Democratic County Legislators in siding with the CSEA union in its lawsuit against Westchester County.

Erie County Attorney Michael Siragusa, seated at front right, answers a question asked by Erie County Legislator Edward Rath III during Thursday's hearing into a $ 25,000 expense for outside legal counsel in a query regarding Legislator Joseph Lorigo's brief stint as the West Seneca Town Prosecutor earlier this year.

The complaint, brought by the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, focuses on Silver's outside legal work, primarily for the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver served as of counsel.

The presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola in his ruling, dismissed the counter argument by the Prosecuting Counsel, opposing Dasuki's need for medical check - up outside the country.

An additional $ 3,000 each was spent for outside counsel for an independent sexual harassment investigation by Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP, while Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP was hired for outside counsel for the appeals process in the Assemblyman Micah Kellner case.

The others are waiting for technical questions to be answered by outside counsel Judith Kaye, the state's former top judge, and the accounting firm of Grant Thornton.

«Nobody, no business, your business, my business, nobody can do all of their business out in the light of day,» said Frank Miller, an outside counsel hired by the school board for the proceeding.

As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholders.

The benefits for corporations are clear: in - house counsel can handle matters directly and save money by not paying outside - counsel rates.

Corporate legal departments working with outside counsel often go through invoices line by line looking for potential overcharges or compliance missteps before payments are made, forcing law firms and legal departments into standoffs over invoicing.

Even if your legal department is primarily tasked with managing large number of matters handled by outside counsel, the efficient use of LegalMation by your outside counsel can dramatically lower billable hours on key litigation tasks, providing direct - to - the - bottom - line savings for your company.

By staying one step ahead of your clients in evaluating your efficiency, your firm can thrive as clients with more and more ability to evaluate outside counsel can see for themselves how well you stand up against firms who have failed to take charge of their own efficiency.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, and Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes.

I can't imagine that Thomas Vinje (again, he's Oracle's outside counsel for EU antitrust matters) would want Java to be excluded from use by European governments under the terms of the EIF.

They should also be concerned by this: for the most part, surprisingly little was said about the problem of outside counsel costs.

The Am Law Daily carries an article by Amy Miller of Corporate Counsel Magazine describing how FMC Technologies, a Houston - based manufacturer, is bypassing conventional options for updating a roster of outside counsel like auctions or requests for proCounsel Magazine describing how FMC Technologies, a Houston - based manufacturer, is bypassing conventional options for updating a roster of outside counsel like auctions or requests for procounsel like auctions or requests for proposals.

Steven Weinberger, general counsel of Wisdom Natural Brands, boasted on an online social network last month that he saves money by drafting his own trademark applications before sending to outside lawyers for review.

Volkswagen's Dr Manfred Doss went home as Transatlantic General Counsel of the Year, while Archer Daniels Midland secured the Transatlantic Legal Department of the Year award for a technology - led overhaul that has delivered more than $ 20m in savings and seen its 700 - firm outside adviser panel slashed by 75 %.

In 2016, more than 100 individualized responses were provided to lawyers requesting information on topics such as: lawyer mobility (across Canada and outside Canada); how coverage applies where lawyers enter into indemnity agreements with third parties; coverage for firm general counsel; and whether coverage is available for document review work or other non-traditional services, such as those provided by individuals working as workplace investigators, mediators, arbitrators, trustees / executors, or escrow agents.

Barclays and Avis are just a few examples of how LPM has permeated legal department expectations for their outside counsel, but many Request for Proposals (RFPs) received by law firms in recent years have also emphasized the importance of LPM (you will note that as Casey suggested, some of these ask for specifics which make it harder to BS):

For some clients, he serves as outside general counsel managing legal service providers both within and outside the firm across a range of disciplines; in other cases, he is retained on a matter - by - matter basis.

Although routine matters can often be handled by in - house counsel, an outside firm should ordinarily conduct the investigation where the potential misconduct could produce significant adverse legal or commercial consequences for the company.

Interestingly, 36 % said the catalyst for the use of an AFA was a mutual effort between inside and outside counsel, though 60 % say such negotiations were initiated by the corporate legal department.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes and Raymond Beam, a former prosecutor and well - known criminal defense attorney.

With the Mississippi House passage of HB 555, the state has taken a bold step in providing much needed oversight for the hiring of outside counsel by the state attorney general.

Once the investigating attorney has identified the subject matter of the investigation (the who, what, when and where), the scope and the purpose of the investigation and a concrete plan for carrying it out should ordinarily be memorialised by outside counsel in a written work plan.

The first story is about one GC who was recently called by one of her regular outside counsel for a «let's get together» lunch.

Alan Waldrop, outside counsel for Texans for Lawsuit Reform, explained the provision: «If the defendant holds blame for not disclosing a responsible third party before the statute of limitations runs out, the defendant bears the burden by no longer being able to designate the third party.

As a result, we are recognized as one of the most highly - regarded law firms in Korea; ranking first around similarly - sized law firms as the outside counsel of choice for Korea's 30 largest business groups, according to a recent survey by the influential Chosun Daily.

Directories and rankings were named as the sixth most influential factor by clients when asked to indicate the importance of different ways in helping to research outside lawyers and law firms for potential hire in a new survey of in - house counsel trends.

It is supported by a technology platform developed by FMC for sharing information and promoting collaboration between in - house and outside counsel.

- E-billing (Invoices are received electronically and vetted for compliance with Outside Counsel Guidelines and other rules enforced by the Legal function.

ACC has published a 2010 «Value - Based Fee Primer,» available for reading at http://www.acc.com/valuechallenge/index.cfm, that has some interesting fee rate statistics and alternative arrangements for retaining outside counsel other than traditional «by the hour» retentions.

We will discuss how to bill for value under the hourly billing model in Part II, Chapter 8, as well as briefly address varying alternative billing models that can be employed to better align value with the legal services provided by outside counsel.

Every major initiative of outside counsel should be driven by how those initiatives can add value for the client.

Defensible deletion addresses this problem by creating an orderly, repeatable process for eliminating data that has little or no business value but has the potential to require costly review by outside counsel.

He has had plenty of success INSIDE the courthouse for his clients and that translates into an advantage for you because it means that any of the Crown Counsel involved in your criminal or driving offence case will know that it would be best to deal with Jamie Butler by offering YOU the best and fairest possible resolution OUTSIDE the courtroom by way of plea deal.

Panelists differentiated between applications for the business of law, versus the practice of law, noting that the former was realizing more benefits, for example by reducing outside counsel spend.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 55 % of companies in the data pool have 10 firms or fewer accounting for at least 80 % of outside counsel fees Based on trailing 12 - months ending June 30, 2015

Ken is a Fellow - Elect of the College of Law Practice Management, has been named to the Fastcase 50, and honored by the Financial Times for innovative leadership of in - house counsel / outside counsel relationships.

By adding codes to time entries it is possible for receiving systems to electronically test invoice submissions, allowing for consistent enforcement of a law department's outside counsel billing guidelines and alleviating some of the burden on bill reviewers.

Time entry coding assists with reporting and facilitates comparison of the services provided by outside counsel working for the law department.

There is a greater likelihood of maintaining privilege protections in interviews conducted by outside counsel because they are more likely to be viewed by courts as conducting an investigation for the primary purpose of providing legal advice, as opposed to in - house counsel who often operate in a business capacity in their daily functions.