Sentences with phrase «controversial law practice»
Conceived as an eight - month - long, coursework - based alternative to articling, the Law Society of Upper Canada's controversial Law Practice Program began in 2014 as a response to the increasing number of new graduates unable to find articling positions.
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Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.
The only question to answer in considering whether to engage in controversial practices is whether the practices violate United States domestic law.
Democrat Andrew Joyce chairs the Albany County Legislature: «Some of his law enforcement techniques and practices have been controversial, have been harmful, and all the inroads that we're making here locally, you know, with the police, with law enforcement, in the community.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office is cooperating with a law enforcement probe of the state Senate's controversial practice of paying out stipends to lawmakers for leadership posts they don't hold, it was revealed Thursday night.
The controversial clause would define the practice of law to include «selecting, drafting or completing documents that affect the legal rights of another person or entity.»
Like the many controversial technologies that preceded the cloud (phone, fax, email etc.), controversy does eventually give way to acceptance and progress, and it's my hope that the dialog initiated here will seed further discussion and clarification on the part of regulators about how lawyers can ethically and responsibly leverage leading technology to the betterment of their clients and the practice of law.
The most substantial and controversial change introduced by the Handbook is the requirement that all law firms, irrespective of size, designate a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA).