Sentences with phrase «by private law firm»

«There's a problem for the law clerks with respect to the Code of Professional Conduct governing lawyers, by reason of the fact that they are being paid by a private law firm while working in the judicial branch,» he said.

The commissioners did not subpoena the legislative leaders; they were granted status as «intervenors» in the challenges brought by the private law firms.

The Database is used by both private Law Firms and Corporate Counsel worldwide to effectively price the legal services offered or received either in Hourly Rates or Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs) such as Fixed Fee, Transaction Fees, Fixed + Hourly Rate, Collars, Caps, Contingencies and Bonus pricing schemes.

Not exact matches

Cyber crime ignores borders by its nature, and fighting it requires an unusually high level of cooperation between the companies under attack, the private security firms they hire for protection and investigations, and the law enforcement agencies in multiple countries that try to track hackers down.

«The problem is the more underhand activity, whether it is employed by consultants, think tanks, law firms, in - house lobbyists or private individuals.

Mr. Silver, an attorney by trade, collected more than $ 6 million in outside income from two private law firms since 2002.

The reforms were proposed after the former Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, was arrested and charged with illegally gaining millions of dollars from two private law firms by improperly using his political influence.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

One of the accusations against Silver is that he, in Bharara's term, «monetized» his public office for private gain by steering clients to Weitz & Luxenberg, the law firm that has long paid Silver a salary to be mysteriously «of counsel.»

The private law firm made the following demands: The interlocutory injunction suit filed against Dr Zanetor Agyeman - Rawlings by incumbent Klottey Korle MP, Nii Armah Ashitey, is «dead on arrival», Dr Rawlings» Lawyer Godwin Tameklo has said.

But one day after the governor's ambitious budget was released, the Assembly Speaker was arrested by US Attorney Preet Bharara, charged with illegally making millions of dollars through his employment at two private law firms.

Unlike his GOP colleague, IDC Leader Jeff Klein is all for a full ban on outside income — as he demonstrated by announcing this week he'll divest entirely from his private practice law firm.

The New York Times responded to the latest bombshell report about Harvey Weinstein's efforts to silence accusers, along with the Times journalist working to tell their stories, by firing the law firm that the studio executive used to employ private investigators: Boies Schiller Flexner.

The reforms were proposed after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested and charged with illegally gaining millions of dollars from two private law firms by improperly using his political influence.

But the private law firm representing Antonacci (paid for by county taxpayers) is fighting with the county attorney's office (taxpayer - funded and controlled by Mahoney) over what information the county should turn over to all parties in the case.

An anti-corruption commission appointed by the governor, known as the Moreland Act Commission, subpoenaed state lawmakers who earn more than $ 20,000 a year from private law firms, asking to see their private client lists.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking its own steps to ensure teens are no longer jailed at Rikers after reaching a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society and a number of private law firms.

Non-Qualifying Employment Graduates employed in private practice either by a law firm or a corporation, self - employed, or as a judicial law clerk at the federal or state level are not eligible to apply.

After earning her Royal Society of Arts Diploma in Connoisseurship from Christie's Education followed by her law degree, Lauren worked in an American paintings gallery, the Citibank Private Bank Art Advisory Service, the art law group of a Manhattan law firm, and MoMA's office of the general counsel before founding her art advisory firm, LPDM Fine Art, in 2004.

By the way, the purported Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands issued his infamous subpoena through a private law firm, which is hired on a contingency basis, is being paid by USVI in another matter, and has a conflict of interesBy the way, the purported Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands issued his infamous subpoena through a private law firm, which is hired on a contingency basis, is being paid by USVI in another matter, and has a conflict of interesby USVI in another matter, and has a conflict of interest.

-LSB-...] I received notice of a new posting by Jordan Furlong on Stem's Law Firm Web Strategy Blog: In our private universe: Being yourself on social media.

More broadly, «What we're hearing is that it's not uncommon these days for law firms to be targeted by hackers for private information, just like anyone is, just like citizens are,» Foster adds.

New research by Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group shows advantage of aggressively raising published billing rates

Private law practice is a business and lawyers are motivated by profit; the success of a law firm's business often correlates with the success / quality of its law practice.

Gretta Rusanow, head of the advisory services for Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group, was interviewed by The National Law Journal regarding the Managing Partner Forum study.

In 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership providing a network of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.

Only two private law firms have half of their attorney appearances staffed by female attorneys, and only 7 have more than 25 %.

Allen & Overy, the UK's fourth - biggest law firm by revenue, will cut as many as 150 lawyers, sever ties with its private...

He has brought these skills together by leading Knights to become the first commercial law firm to raise external private equity investment in 2012 and to become today the fastest growing commercial firm in the UK.

In this video, Legal Week publisher John Malpas talks to Chris McKenzie, head of trusts and estate planning at BVI law firm O'Neal Webster, about the use of trusts and other techniques to deal with the disruption that can be caused by the death or incapacity of shareholders and directors of a private company.

I know it works because it's what turned my law firm into a million dollar business within three years and has my Personal Family Lawyers and private coaching clients doubling and even tripling their income right now by making a few fundamental shifts in the way they do business.

The Justicia Project was first developed by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a voluntary program for law firms to identify and implement best practices to retain and advance women lawyers in private practiLaw Society of Upper Canada and is a voluntary program for law firms to identify and implement best practices to retain and advance women lawyers in private practilaw firms to identify and implement best practices to retain and advance women lawyers in private practice.

Founded in 2002 by tax law heavyweights Robert Couzin and Roger Taylor, the firm acts for a wide array of clients that includes individuals, tax planners, and public and private companies.

Pupils from 10 leading private and grammar schools are 100 times more likely to apply for prestigious law firm graduate schemes than those educated at the bottom 10 % of schools, according to new analysis sponsored by Clifford Chance (CC).

Speaking from an introvert's point of view, it seems to me that private practice partnerships are geared towards extroverts, who are fuelled by interactions with people (whether clients or their law firm colleagues).

Law firms do better when they raise their published billing rates at a faster pace, even if those increases result in a widening gap between published and realised rates, according to a recent analysis by Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group.

Today's New York Times Dealbook reports that Lyceum Capital, a private equity house, is preparing itself for the changes implemented by Britain's Legal Services Act, which, among other things, will allow law firms to sell themselves to private equity or other investors beginning in 2011.

Part of the team advising (in relation to US litigation argued pursuant to English Law) and representing (High Court, Commercial Court) a major private equity firm (Terra Firma) regarding misrepresentations made by a US investment bank during the sale and financing of a high profile multi-billion pound takeover of a FTSE 100 company and the subsequent pre-pack administration of the acquired company.

Paul, Weiss was named Law Firm of the Year in the Private Equity Funds category by The Legal 500 United States Awards 2014.

Irwin Mitchell was recently named as the only national top tier private client firm in the country by ePrivateclient and is ranked as the number one Personal Injury firm by both Chambers and Legal 500 independent guides to law.

By way of introducing David, he qualified as a corporate lawyer in 1990 and in the late 90's turned to law firm management until 2004 when he left the practice of law to raise and manage a private equity fund.

any public or private communication made by or on behalf of a lawyer or law firm about that lawyer or law firm's services, the primary purpose of which is for the retention of the lawyer or law firm.

The awards, which took place at the Ritz - Carlton in Dubai on Thursday (11 May), were attended by nearly 400 lawyers from private practice and in - house legal departments, and saw an array of international and regional law firms recognised for their legal work alongside leading legal departments, including Pepsi - Cola International, which was named Legal Department of the Year (Large Team).

Within private practice, lawyers in law firms with more than 300 lawyers had the highest pro bono hours, followed by lawyers in firms with 101 to 300 lawyers, and solo practitioners.

Italian law firm Picciau Sagramoso has advised Austep, an Italian engineering company specialized in Water & Wastewater Treatment (Wwt) and Waste to Energy (WTE), in the investment of the company by the private equity fund White Cloud Capital.

The annual «State of the Legal Marketplace» report, officially known as the 2010 Client Advisory, was released today by Hildebrandt Baker Robbins and the Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group.

Most attorneys in private practice are employed by small law firms, defined as those with fewer than 20 lawyers.

The January issue of the Legal IT Insider newsletter is out now, top stories include... Dealroom & extranet specialist HighQ receives $ 50 million in private equity funding — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among the investors + Intapp acquires Rekoop and now has 70 % of UK law firm time capture market + New Heads of IT at Macfarlanes — Andrew Powell headhunted from Nabarro as Maurice Millen retires + Edie Dillion promoted to global CIO at Norton Rose Fulbright + Ediscovery — the race is on to consolidate as deals spur «feeding frenzy» among Silicon Valley investors & scrabble by vendors not to be left behind + Zoopla GC Ned Staple Talks Tech: law firms need better time & billing software — real - time billing portals would be helpful

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Since graduating from law school, Cristina has been working for various barristers, solicitors as well as private clients and most notably, in October 2015 she was instructed by a firm of solicitors to represent a private client in a complex case of unfair dismissal and discrimination in the Central London Employment Tribunal.