Sentences with phrase «client accepted a rule»

I had opposing counsel tell me that once after my client accepted a Rule 68 offer of judgment.

Not exact matches

«With regard to the non-complaint errors in respect of which our client expressed its inability to accept your client's nomination papers however, we have been instructed by our client that it was impossible to comply with strict time period specified by rules within which your clients are by law permitted to amend or alter their nomination papers to comply with the requirements of the law regulating same, especially that your clients presented their nomination papers a day to the expiry of the nomination period, although your clients and all candidates were urged to submit their nomination papers as early as possible

The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada's (MFDA) rules require mutual fund dealers, including TD Investment Services Inc. to use due diligence to ensure that each order accepted or recommendation made for any client's account is suitable for the client and in keeping with their investment objectives.

Clients who do not accept the rules, awards or benefits offered or simply wish to quit the Programme may terminate their membership by email at any time without notice.

«There is value in reminding the profession that although a client might wish to provide a lawyer with a gift, the lawyer can not accept a gift unless that client is independently represented,» said the LSBC disciplinary committee ruling.

Thus, it comes as no surprise that the American Medical Association, along with its Dental, Veterinary and Osteopathic counterparts, sent a «me too» letter to the Federal Trade Commission, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held the Commission's «Red Flag Rules,» requiring businesses that accept deferred payment on behalf of clients to adopt procedures to prevent identity theft, inapplicable to those engaged in the business practice of law.

If Ms. Dyck charges her clients by the billable hour, and begins all professional communications in this same way, then her every client should be given a stopwatch and a copy of Rule 2.08 (1) of LSUC's (Ontario) Rules of Professional Conduct: «A lawyer shall not charge or accept any amount for a fee or disbursement unless it is fair and reasonable and has been disclosed in a timely fashion.»

We also are retained by trial counsel to assist their clients and will accept cases directly from clients seeking to appeal a lower court ruling.

Candour — A lawyer should advise an existing client before accepting a retainer that will require him to act against the client, even if he considers the situation to fall outside the scope of the bright line rule.

«Law societies have been at the forefront of the fight against money laundering for more than 15 years, putting in place a regime that prohibits members of the legal profession from accepting cash from clients and requires them to comply with strict know - your - client rules.

If the answer is yes, simultaneously acting for and against a client in legal matters will generally result in a breach of the bright line rule, and the law firm can not accept the new retainer unless the clients involved grant their informed consent.

Many marketers might accept the rules blindly and start billing clients to advise them on how they can change their advertising to comply with the new rules.

In other words, a loose attitude towards proper punctuation and grammar in your legal writing can make you look foolish and risks disserving the interests of clients who pay you to follow the generally accepted rules.

BAKER DONELSON DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO REPRESENT ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WITHOUT OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION CONCERNING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EVALUATING THAT INFORMATION, AND UNTIL SUCH A CONFLICTS CHECK IS COMPLETED AND EVALUATED, BAKER DONELSON WILL NOT UNDERTAKE AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH A PERSON OR ENTITY, AND EVEN IF SUCH A CONFLICTS CHECK REVEALS NO CONFICTS UNDER APPLICABLE ETHICS RULES, BAKER DONELSON MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, DECLINE TO ACCEPT AN ATTORNEY - CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.

When does an attorney violate rule 4 - 400 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct by accepting a gift from a client?

Instead, it concluded that a lawyer could participate so long as, before accepting a matter, the lawyer consults with the client and is satisfied that the services can be performed competently and in compliance with the ethical rules.

Rule 4 states that when consent is not available from the first client, but the firm has already accepted istructions from the new client, the fi rm is permitted to complete its instructions for the new client.

In a key 2016 case involving disputed family law expert evidence, the BC Court of Appeal has sent a stern message to family law lawyers and their clients that they will enforce proper rules for accepting family law expert evidence in all family law cases.

While I will routinely accept service of pleadings (with my client's permission, of course) I've determined it's unsafe for an attorney to accept service of a rule to show cause on behalf of a client and -LSB-...]

Leah and her colleague's arguments were accepted by the Court of Appeal, who ruled in favour of the client.

Yesterday two different attorneys asked me about accepting service on behalf of a client for rules to show cause.

To guard against attempts by unscrupulous clients to dupe legal professionals into laundering money or unwittingly financing terrorist activities, the Federation introduced a model No Cash Rule to limit the amount of cash lawyers and notaries may accept from their clients.

you start with the facts provided by your client (ingredients) you put them together according to accepted rules (recipe) you serve your claim on the other parties (share)

Modification of an existing fee agreement is permissible under the Model Rules, but the lawyer must show that any modification was reasonable under the circumstances at the time of the modification as well as communicated to and accepted by the client.

[1] Although this rule does not require that a lawyer advise clients to obtain independent legal advice before the lawyer may accept a joint retainer, in some cases, the lawyer should recommend such advice to ensure that the clients» consent to the joint retainer is informed, genuine and uncoerced.

Asking Canadian lawyers to «experiment and accept some failure as a prerequisite to true innovation» (page 15) based on little more than Professor Susskind's theorizing is highly problematic even if the consequences of failure to clients and the rule of law are not as great as many believe.

Though the US court refused to directly enforce the arbitral award for Taiwan is not one of the New York Convention signatories, the court eventually accepted our arguments and recognised the Taiwan court ruling which enforced the arbitral award, ordering this US company to pay our client accordingly.

But, doesn't this proposal smack against the rules many of us learned in graduate programs about maintaining a professional posture: no self - disclosure, no physical touch with clients, no accepting any gifts?

* Please note that we only accept as clients entities or persons who can be classified as professional clients or eligible counterparties under the FCA rules.