Sentences with phrase «compare large law»

We could compare large law firms to the frog in the story.

Not exact matches

In a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» (the «Goldfarb Ten») and «a group of large cap growth funds» (the «Group of Fifteen»).

Yesterday I covered a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» by Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, in which he compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» and «a group of large cap growth funds».

Follow - up posts described historical experiences and compared the relative stability of the US and Canadian 19th century branching systems: Canadian banks demonstrated a much higher level of financial resilience thanks to their ability to open branches nationwide, compared to the great instability and recurrent crises experienced by large US state banks — whose ability to open branches in other states or districts was severely constrained by law — and later «unit» banks, which were not allowed to open branches altogether.

On the contrary, the strength of the enforcement devices, the clerical and moralistic character of the legal approach at large, the duty of disclosure, the close control exercised by the community upon the individual and upon the law, if compared with the analogous legal institutions of the Latin countries, seem to disclose rather a more collectivistic than a more individualistic character of the common - law system....

«This is the first field - based study of mandatory menu labeling laws that found a large overall adjusted difference in calories between customers who dined at labeled restaurants when compared to unlabeled restaurants — about 155 fewer calories purchased,» said Amy Auchincloss, PhD, an assistant professor in the Drexel University School of Public Health and lead author of the study.

By comparing individuals» subjective interpretations and feelings (through interviews) with large scale data (in reports) and laws (outlined by human rights and Thai national laws), the research utilizes the triangulation approach to come up with a study that attempts to respect both the micro (individual) and macro (context) and therefore paint the human faces of displaced persons affected by factors beyond their control (conflict in Myanmar and Thai politics and law).

The NCTQ analysis compared the laws and policies in Baltimore and the state of Maryland with those of 100 large school districts and 49 states in NCTQ's 101 - district TR3 database.

If a loans meets the following tests, it is covered under the law: 1) For a first - lien loan otherwise referred to as the original mortgage on the property - the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) exceeds by more than 8 percentage points compared against the rates on Treasury securities of comparable maturity; 2) For a second - lien loan otherwise referred to as a 2nd mortgage - the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) exceeds by more than 10 percentage points compared to the rates in Treasury securities of comparable maturity; or the total points and fees payable by the borrower at or before closing exceed the larger of $ 561 or 8 % of the total loan amount.

Yesterday I covered a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» by Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, in which he compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» and «a group of large cap growth funds».

In a 2006 talk, «Journey Into the Whirlwind: Graham - and - Doddsville Revisited,» Louis Lowenstein *, then a professor at the Columbia Law School, compared the performance of a group of «true - blue, walk - the - walk value investors» (the «Goldfarb Ten») and «a group of large cap growth funds» (the «Group of Fifteen»).

Equity partners in the large law firms receive large sums compared to lawyers who are associates in the large firms.

Compared to the reductions noted above, the recent tax law changes are the fourth largest in history, reducing the federal tax revenue stream by between $ 150 and $ 200 billion per year.

• The percentage of 2010 law grads who had private practice jobs in large law firms of at least 501 attorneys was 20.5 percent, compared to 25.6 percent for the Class of 2009.

Over the last year at the nation's largest 250 law firms, the number of female lawyers decreased by 2 percent, compared to an overall headcount loss of 4 percent.

But with women laying claim to a progressively larger percentage of the legal workforce (36 percent in 2016, compared to 28 percent in 2000), and with women set to outnumber men in law school enrollment for the first time, we wanted to ensure that we had appropriate representation in our post.

The Global 100 league table of the world's largest law firms shows the group's combined turnover up 13 % in 2007, with 15 of the firms grossing more than $ 1bn (# 490m), compared with 12 last year.

A new study of diversity in U.S. law firms, released this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, says that women now make up 40 percent of lawyers in medium - and large - sized firms, compared to 14 percent in 1975.

But while Saudi Arabia — the world's second largest oil producer — continues pumping out oil to protect its market share in the face of swelling US crude output, what is the impact of reduced spending in the region for the legal market and how are local law firms faring compared to their international counterparts?

The study, which looked at 44 of the largest international and US law firms in the City, found that the number of lateral partner hires made by the group dropped to 77, compared to 127 across the same group in 2012.

One survey shows that at least 46 percent of black lawyers at large firms (compared with 14 percent of whites) had law school GPAs below 3.25.

But even Canada's largest law firms are pipsqueaks compared to the companies that would buy them, and if one of those companies goes under, the fallout will be far more serious and damaging.

For those who claim that «first years can't possibly be worth the amounts they're paid,» MacEwen responds that comparative pricing, such as comparing the cost of a first - year at a large firm versus a law librarian, «confuses the presumed social benefits conferred by a slice of the labor market with what society at large ought to be willing to pay those who have chosen a career there.»

When I retired from A&O, we counted the number of US qualified lawyers at the firm in the hundreds, practicing out of several of the firm's offices round the globe, and at one stage it was reported that we had the largest US law practice in London, even when compared with the London offices of the US - headquartered law firms.

Compared to an individual litigator at a medium or large law firm, it is probable that a litigation consultant will go to trial 10x - 50x more often.

Large law firms with of 100 or more attorneys were the most likely to maintain a blog in 2016, at 56 % (compared with 54 % in 2015, 53 % in 2014, and 46 % in 2013).

• Compared to larger urban centres in Canada, there are fewer opportunities in Halifax for lateral movement within corporate - focused law firms.

Compare that with a 2015 University of Toronto study — «Law and Beyond» — that found female lawyers in Canada earned 93 per cent of the full - time salary of their male counterparts — except in the largest firms, where their earnings were 91 per cent of men's.

There are differences between changes of small law firms compared to the large firms.

But he considers violation of the tattooing law a «low priority» compared with the large load of homicide cases his office is facing.

Unlike many teams that are small companies within larger companies, The Vanderblue team has been often compared to a Law or medical office of professionals with each practitioner bringing unique skill, experience and wisdom to the entire team and their clients.