Sentences with phrase «clients access the law»

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The defense is not, according JPMorgan, that brokers are not required in law to put clients» interests first, but that its in - house expertise is impressive and that customers want access to in - house funds.

That's why I like the franchise model for many clients because a lot of the unknowns are taken out of the equation because of the disclosure laws, because you are given access to all the franchisees in the system, because they are the team called development team.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he secured some protections in the new law that will allow defense attorneys greater access to the DNA data base in order to prove their client's innocence.

At Laveer Legal, clients are assigned their own lawyer from the outset and have access to a helpdesk service that provides immediate and unlimited employment law and HR advice.

Often the agents do not have homes ready for inspection by advising their clients the attic and crawlspace accesses need to be cleared and ready for entry and all mechanicals unblocked, seldom do we ever see the disclosure required by law to be changed to known issues after the inspection which were discovered or obvious during the home inspection.

In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working for the Chinese military targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.

And therefore devices such as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to legal services), the effect of which upon the problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not solve any such access to justice problem.

I think a key problem at the root of the articling crisis and ongoing access to justice concerns is that law school, as wonderful as it is (I loved it), simply does not adequately train students with skills that can be applied in a constructive way to benefit clients.

Low, because about half of consumers expect their law firms to provide online access, information and services, going beyond the «passive brochure», allowing an interactive client portal.

Clients now wield more power in the relationship with their lawyer, as they have benefited from greater access to information about cost, greater ability to unbundle services and an expanding array of alternative law firms from which to source work.

Innovative, solution - oriented, client - focused, access - minded law degrees would be a boon to the profession and the country.

The rules now require «reasonable efforts» to avoid the «inadvertent or unauthorized» disclosure and access to client information, and for lawyers to not only keep abreast of the law but technology, as well.

Because access to client communications can occur in different forms, ranging from a direct intrusion into a law firm's systems to theft or interception of information during the transmission process, a lawyer's reasonable efforts include analysis of security measures applied to both disclosure and access to a law firm's technology system and transmissions.

The spreadsheet should be made available in a secure online location to which both the client and the law firm have access, with the following questions as headings.

For example, our firm offers clients access to an exclusive App available on the Apple App Store, which provides them with important employment law information and news.

As online legal research resources become more personalized and sophisticated, it is increasingly important that lawyers outside of major urban centres be offered such training and have access to the reference services of a trained law librarian at the local level, especially if they are to be expected to offer competent and competitive legal services to their clients.

The opinion recites four considerations that would tend to establish an ethical duty for a lawyer to warn the client against using a business device or system for electronic communication: Where the client has already communicated by electronic means or has indicated an intention to do so; where the client is employed in a position that would provide access to a workplace device or system; given the circumstances, the employer or a third party has the ability to access the email communications and; that as far as the lawyer knows, the employer's internal policy and the jurisdiction's laws do not clearly protect the privacy of the employee's personal email communications via a business device or system.

GlobalAct Mobile allows lawyers and other workers in large Law Firms to have mobile access, on an iPad, to their clients» entire virtual minute books and many other up - to - date information.

vLex clients will receive access to Casemaker's full collection of U.S. federal and state case law, codes, regulations, court rules and constitutions, as well as its CaseCheck + negative citator system.

The legal research service Casemaker has partnered with the international legal research service vLex in a joint licensing agreement that gives clients of both companies access to more of the world's laws.

Digitized law firm documents can be accessed from any Internet - enabled device, allowing lawyers to meet with clients at any location.

Being certified by the Million Dollar Advocates Forum not only brings him well - deserved national recognition, but also allows him access to a national network of other law professionals to exchange information, assistance, and professional referrals so that he can continue to offer the highest level of service to his clients.

Strong Law Offices aggressively pursues access to quality medical care for its injured worker clients.

In this connection, VATIER has gained significant access to international resources by becoming a member of The International Society of Primerus Law Firms, with its large number of member firms, selected for their expertise, making it possible to put together high level transnational teams to meet client needs.

Our client liaison managers and Public Law & Human Rights team can also help you access various therapies if they haven't been provided.

Matt Lancaster, sales and marketing director and one of the founding partners of Free2Convey, said: «In today's world of real time communication law firms and their clients, and estate agents all require a collaboration tool that allows them access to real time information at all times regardless of what computerised system they use.

The National Law Journal on June 26, 2000 reported:» A client preparing to import or export goods can access the firm's «Trade Zone» site.

Each attorney or law firm within our network is an independent law firm authorized or regulated by the State Bar or government agency in which it in licensed, and that shares the aim of upholding high ethical standards while offering exceptional legal expertise and access with an uncompromising commitment to client needs.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

The founders believe there is scope for more competition in the pensions law market where clients can get direct access to senior legal counsel who are focused exclusively...

In law firms, that's the non-lawyer competitors, online service providers and other law firms that are paying more attention to technology, and giving clients access to documents and services that clients want, while the rest of us are still stubbornly insisting we don't have time to learn new technology.

Our focus is exclusively family law, offering pre-separation legal advice and assisting clients with family related issues including: custody and access, separation agreements, child and spousal support, division of family property, paternity disputes, and enforcement of court orders.

«Richard Granat believes that attorneys who lag behind in using technology are denying themselves access to what he calls «a large latent market» worth billions of dollars of middle - income clients who can't afford the high hourly rates of many law firms.

In addition, our personal injury law firm has access to some of the top experts in their field to help prove our clients» cases and ensure justice is served.

The Committee then listed six different situations where lawyers might consider a more secure communication method than email, including when: 1) communicating highly sensitive or confidential information via email or unencrypted email connections, 2) sending an email to or from an account that the email sender or recipient shares with others, 3) sending an email to a client when it is possible that a third person (such as a spouse in a divorce case) knows the password to the email account, or to an individual client at that client's work email account, especially if the email relates to a client's employment dispute with his employer 4) sending an email from a public computer or a borrowed computer or where the lawyer knows that the emails may be read on a public or borrowed computer or on an unsecure network, 5) sending an email if the lawyer knows that the recipient may access it on devices that are potentially accessible to third persons or are not protected by a password, or 6) sending an email if the lawyer is concerned that the NSA or other law enforcement agency may read the email, with or without a warrant.

This emphasis, and the fact that it is already home to the Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ), makes Ryerson a likely and appropriate home to a non-traditional law school training legal professionals for the new economy, with new competencies focussed on technology, client service, and perhaps even access to justice.

Justice Bridge is described as a legal access center and law practice incubator that will help enable new lawyers to deliver high - quality, affordable legal services to clients of modest means.

With all members of the Christianson firm becoming TDS lawyers, rural clients will now have access to TDS Lawyers in Winnipeg, providing them with new services that include access to tax law, expropriation, labour & employment, environment law, intellectual property, and business immigration.

When it comes to weighing benefits and risk, we attorneys tend to err on the side of caution and perhaps find it easier to turn a blind eye to the needs of our clients and the public for greater access to justice over the potential discomfort it causes us a business owners to implement changes in the way we operate our law practice.

This morning's Intapp Law Firm Risk Management Blog features a piece I recently published in Managing Partner Magazine in London entitled: «Managing Screens,» which explores the tension between tightly controlling access to sensitive client (and firm) information and fostering internal sharing, which I characterize as: «the potential of exploiting collective professional knowledge.»

Shantelle Argyle is one of the founders of Open Legal Services, a non-profit law firm in Utah that represents clients who fall into the access to justice gap — those with incomes starting at 125 % of the federal poverty line.

The flexible work environment has enabled Heritage Law to have access to and hire highly skilled staff, to the benefit of both the firm and clients alike.

75 % of clients required more access to online templates and examples, but only 37 % of law firms currently offer this.

Through these relationships and contacts, Marks IP Law Firm has access to a large network of lawyers practising in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other jurisdictions worldwide and will stand out as one of the few Japanese IP firms which can provide legal services to clients who are doing or planning to do business in the growing Asian economy.

Ms. Desormeau's comments focus on access to justice, particularly for victims of family violence; Mr. Giggey talks about the challenges of representing a family law client where the opponent lacks representation.

Jane Genova at Law and More recommends a variety of what she terms disruptive strategies, such as blogging on narrow niche topics, getting active in political campaigns and pro bono work to gain access to new clients.

Carla Brown, partner, Moore Blatch, comments: «We're committed to providing an holistic approach for all our clients and are thrilled that the work we do in helping break down some of the perceived barriers of access to quality legal advice has been recognised by the Law Society.»

Finally, where an Ontario lawyer seeks to represent a client in accessing a remedy prescribed under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement agreement announced by the federal government in 2006, he or she is expected to comply with the Law Society's «Guidelines for Lawyers acting in aboriginal Residential School Cases.»

For many clients, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, law firm networks have more affordable legal fees and generally more ready access to senior lawyers.

Family Law Lawyer, Paula Lester, explains how children from previous relationships can cause additional complexity to a client's dispute regarding custody, access and support.