Sentences with phrase «conduct by large firms»

Canada's Competition Act deals with anti-competitive conduct by large firms through a number of discrete provisions.

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But if you already offer health insurance, as do more than 90 percent of large companies, things may look worse than they really are, according to a new study conducted by ADP, a large benefit and payroll processing firm based in Roseland, New Jersey.

The firm's website explains that by using its newly unveiled service, companies interested in holding a token offering can «Access a large range of securities & compliance capabilities by conducting token sales through a registered broker dealer and [Financial Industry Regulatory Authority] registered funding portal.»

Scalise defended his poll from criticism by Burns: «We were running a public opinion survey this week conducted by the largest Republican polling firm in the country, Public Opinion Strategies....

The survey, conducted by law firm Winckworth Sherwood, found that 52 per cent of schools had not taken the opportunity to offer larger pay rises to the best performing teachers, instead continuing to offer a pay rise of just one per cent.

Conducted by Harstad Strategic Research — a Colorado - based firm which worked on President Barack Obama's 2008 election and 2012 re-election — this poll shows how voters back public education in large numbers.

Bear in mind: By mandate, this fund concentrates on firms that conduct a large portion of their business in Quebec.

The survey was conducted by SOM Research & Surveys, one of the largest survey firms in Quebec.

The survey commissioned by Robert Half Legal and conducted by an independent research firm, surveyed 150 lawyers among the largest law firms and corporations in Canada.

During an informal survey of Managing Partners in smaller, mid-size and larger law firms conducted by myself during client consultations, many of these Partners agreed that their firms» revenue and profitability would improve if there was in place in their firms a well conceived process for client screening and selection that would be implemented fairly and consistently.

The survey was developed by Robert Half Legal, conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 200 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms and companies in the United States.

The 2017 Law Firm Marketing Operations Index, conducted by consulting firms Totum Partners and Calibrate Legal, surveyed marketing leaders, including Marketing and BD Directors and CMOs, at the largest law firms in the UK, United States and Canada.

Most recently, the 2016 ethnographic study conducted by Ann Sinsheimer and David Herring followed associates at large and medium - size Pittsburgh area law firms, a solo practice, and a nonprofit agency.

The survey, Global Trends in Hiring Outside Counsel, commissioned by Globality and conducted by The Lawyer Research Service, revealed levels of dissatisfaction to be three times higher with larger law firms (19 %) than smaller rivals (6 %).

It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 175 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms in the US and Canada.

The research conducted by audio branding specialist PHMG, which audited 766 firms in the legal trade, discovered the large majority risk losing custom by subjecting customers to generic music and audio while on hold.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.

Charge and discharge tests, which means testing the batteries both while the device is charging and while the battery is draining, were a large part of the post-analyses conducted by Samsung and by the third - party firms it paid to examine its defective phones.

The last time such a large survey was conducted, back in 2013 by the firm On Device in preparation for a London conference, bitcoin awareness by americans languished at 25 %.

It was recently ranked as the 88th largest real estate firm in the United States according to a 2013 nationwide study of leading residential real estate companies conducted by REAL Trends, a trusted resource for useful and timely information used throughout the real estate industry.