Sentences with phrase «by outside counsel on»

My thesis was (and remains) that certain inside functions could be handled better by outside counsel on a fixed fee that would be competitive with or less than the cost of the inside lawyer).

An independent review conducted by outside counsel on behalf of the Institute has supported what Dr. Gleick has stated publicly regarding his interaction with the Heartland Institute.

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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.

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.

(reported by CNN's Dan Merica on Aug. 12, 2015) Strategic outside counsel to Penn Schoen Berland; principal at PSB from Jan. 2006.

By law, the County Attorney's office must solicit at least three separate proposals and follow the County's procurement policy to hire outside counsel on a contract basis.

At the Clarkstown Town Board meeting held on December 18, 2014 a resolution was introduced by Republican Councilman George Hoehmann and seconded by Republican Councilman Frank Borelli authorizing the town attorney to initiate a legal remedy with outside counsel if needed against Ramapo and others concerning the proposed high - density housing development at Pascack Ridge.

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it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad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.

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.

A corporate legal department can save that amount each lawsuit just on this initial phase of discovery by utilizing LegalMation themselves or retaining outside counsel that uses LegalMation.

The leading case applying the selective - waiver analysis is Diversified Industries Inc v. Meredith.87 In Diversified Industries, a corporation retained outside counsel to conduct an internal investigation into allegations of bribery.88 The internal report prepared by outside counsel was then produced to the SEC. 89 The Eighth Circuit held that this disclosure constituted only a «limited waiver» that did not preclude the corporation from subsequently withholding the report from private litigants on the grounds of attorney — client privilege.90 The court reasoned that a contrary ruling may undermine corporate incentives to initiate internal investigations conducted by counsel.91

Because if you read the latest findings by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) carefully, you'll see that the vast, vast majority of corporations don't really keep tabs on outside cCounsel (ACC) carefully, you'll see that the vast, vast majority of corporations don't really keep tabs on outside counselcounsel.

Hubbard One joins FindLaw on the heels of FindLaw's acquisition of Glasser LegalWorks and the launch of the Thomson Legal Record, an innovative service that enables in - house corporate counsel to do due diligence by researching the litigation track record of outside lawyers and law firms.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The rankings are determined based on searches public records to find outside counsel used by the Fortune 500 across seven key litigation areas.

The article reports on a recent research paper released by Curt Levey, who argues that actions by corporate law departments to pressure outside counsel to hire minorities may violate anti-discrimination laws.

In addition to the issues mentioned above, the SRA Report also discusses the practice of clients using Outside Counsel Guidelines (i.e. «detailed, mandatory sets of terms and conditions» imposed by clients on the signing of a retainer).

It turns the tables on the traditional approach to e-discovery, by which outside counsel drive the process on a case - by - case basis, and instead gives corporate counsel the reins to globally control and manage all their legal matters through a single platform.

This issue we examine our first five years — 1994 - 98 — a period when corporate counsel were focused on building closer relationships with outside counsel, exemplified by the DuPont partner program.

Corporate law departments participating in the study spent the highest percentage of outside counsel fees on litigation (37 %), followed by intellectual property (15 %) and then mergers and acquisitions (12 %).

I believe that as in - house counsel learn the value of modern business tools and methods designed to increase efficiency and effectiveness; such as project management, knowledge management, business intelligence, and so on; they will increasingly demand use of those same tools and methods by their favoured outside counsel.

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

868, 874 - 78 (N.D.N.Y. 1995)(granting summary judgment in favour of employer on employee defamation claim stemming from employer's investigation and subsequent reporting of employee's illegal conduct, and finding that the investigation was conducted in a «thorough and responsible manner» because it was initiated immediately following reports of wrongdoing, included interviews with all relevant parties and an extensive review of books and records, and was undertaken by a team including both inside and outside counsel).

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.

Outside counsel will need answers, and you can have a direct effect on attorney billable hours and your own labor costs by having those answers when they are requested.

Once a business chooses a technology, implementation can prove difficult, and it often requires a multidisciplinary approach as Mike McQueeney, in - house counsel at Pearson, explains with two examples: The first focused on e-billing technology that he and his team «implemented by first lining up our policies and using our outside counsels» guidelines.»

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.).

In essence, the legal department now uses a systematic, closed - loop process by which to measure outside counsel partners and makes direct comparisons on matter pricing.

Consider using a third party hosted database or application service provider (ASP) if there are any anticipated limitations on the amount of data that can be handled by outside counsel or if access by multiple firms or companies is required.

As a pre-configured hardware and software package, QuickCull is quick to implement and enables corporations to cull and analyze data for litigations and investigations on - premise prior to legal review by their outside counsel.

ATLANTA (July 21, 2010)-- Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has been recognized by Coca - Cola Enterprises («CCE») as its primary outside counsel with the highest percentage of women attorneys and attorneys of color working on CCE matters for 2009.

A survey by the Association of Corporate Counsel reveals an interesting disconnect between top in - house lawyers and outside law firms on the significance of social media and anti-bribery laws.

Thanks to a couple of well placed FOI requests & investigative journalism by Robert Todd over at the Law Times, we now know that the DOJ spent over 24 million on outside counsel in 2008.

Canadian legal departments are lean and rely heavily on outside counsel; and for the most part, law firms have raised their game by investing more in understanding their clients» businesses and strengthening these relationships.

Based on these responses, Altman Weil suggests that law departments (and by implication, their outside counsel) are «still struggling» to structure AFAs.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 54 % 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 December 31, 2013

Following up on recent initiatives by the American Bar Association and outside law firms, the corporate counsel group plans to fight the trend by mentoring more minorities.

In - house counsel want to be evaluated on a scale defined by business metrics, and outside counsel want to be evaluated on a scale defined by legal success.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 51 % 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 December 31, 2014

By taking a consultative approach to managing the interactions between clients and outside counsel, not only are in - house lawyers freed up to focus on the matter itself, but our team is about to improve quality of work and resolve matters in a timelier manner.

Build and maintain productive relationships with outside counsel by collaborating on invoices, budgets, accruals, and rates

In a lovely bit of shareholder advocacy, Morrison writes, «The risks from poor legal advice also loom for companies, and also affect the same constituents, yet to my knowledge no third party assesses companies comparatively on the quality of their legal staff, the adequacy of their in - house legal resources, the legal surefootedness of their outside counsel, the protections provided their intellectual property, the liabilities faced by them through regulatory and judicial proceedings, and the adroitness of management practices.»

The Research Triangle Area Chapter of the ACC presents a session on how law departments can optimize operational performance by improving productivity and efficiency, controlling spend, maximizing resource allocation, making informed decisions faster, and increasing collaboration with outside counsel.

The Chasm Group, LLC and Chasm Institute, LLC (San Bruno, CA) 1997 — 2008 Business Operations Manager • Managed all daily operational tasks for leading multi-million dollar high - tech market strategy consultancy, while providing executive administration to C - level executives and venture capital partners • Developed and managed the firm's annual budget, proposing and implementing expense cuts, producing monthly reports and financial statements, and coordinating with CPA firm for accurate and timely filings • Oversaw all client relationship management efforts while cultivating new business efforts from concept to implementation, providing high - quality service in sales efforts while utilizing new lead tracking system • Negotiated and managed all contracts, stock grants, and financing arrangements, working closely with outside counsel to draft legal documents and resolve LLC - and proprietary - related issues • Led three office space build - outs and two office relocations, managing all aspects of each process under aggressive timeline and budget expectations • Reduced firm telecom expenses by 22 % by streamlining IT objectives, including migration to VOIP phone system, software / hardware purchases, domain renewals, and outsourced technical support • Directed all phases of staff recruitment while creating and implementing all HR policies and programs, including comprehensive employee benefits plans • Supervised multiple administrative staff members, conducted performance appraisals and wage / salary surveys in comparison to incentive program guidelines, and maintained HR files in accordance with legal mandates • Produced all out - going client invoices in an accurate and timely fashion to increase, cash flow and reduce aging receivables, providing consistent attention to overhead costs and vendor arrangements • Administered all company insurance policies, including E&O, general liability, bonds, partner life and disability, conducting annual benefits reviews and employee / company insurance audits • Obtained necessary certificates for consulting contracts while processing federal, state, and local business reporting requirements to maintain licenses and incorporation status • Directed all marketing efforts and oversaw logistical aspects of national educational workshop series, utilizing sponsorship arrangements to offset production costs • Transformed «brochure» website into a dynamic tool to better illustrate company opportunities through relevant case studies, as well as maintaining all other promotional media, including press kits and video Association of California School Administrators (Burlingame, CA) 1993 — 1997 Issues and Planning Committee Coordinator • Executed all phases of event planning and implementation for a membership - driven organization including 23 state committees, 5 task forces, 6 strategic planning conferences, and a conference of 1,500 attendees • Focused on facility evaluations, bid requests, site visits, contract negotiations, and all pre - and post-conference planning processes • Produced statistical and financial reports, including budget projections and cost monitoring for developmental training efforts • Oversaw all participant - level responsibilities, including inquiries, eligibility, registration, correspondence, and billing statements • Managed all legal professional standards calls for Northern California regions, including the processing of attorney authorizations, the preparation of legal assistance letters, and liens on cause of action • Served as second point of contact for computer inquiries and troubleshooting efforts as well as provided back - up executive administrative support for Executive Director, Committee Chairs, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Held responsibility for software installation and hardware configuration while performing weekly AS / 400 backup and report generation

In my view, a secondary reason why so much material fails the acid test of experience is that organizations such as the International Society for Mental Health Online are so widely viewed as thriving hotbeds of activity by those outside the field — i.e., by those who are not able to draw on their own direct experience of online therapy or online counselling in order to evaluate such organizations.

Part romantic vacation and part counseling intensive, this two - day counseling retreat on Orcas Island outside of Seattle is hosted by one of the world's leading experts in marital stability, John M. Gottman.

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