Sentences with phrase «corporate legal work»

Honestly, the only reason anyone gives Flaherty the time of day is because they hope that he'll throw some scraps of corporate legal work their way.

A report has called for major change in the way corporate legal work is regulated.The independent report, Review of the Regulation of Corporate Legal Work, by former senior civil servant Nick Smedley, was commissioned by the Law Society and published last week.

The development of in - house teams can make it easier and more cost - effective to internalise corporate legal work, but when and what should general counsel continue to outsource?

In the last 12 months, the «Largest 50» firms handled 38 % of Mergers and Acquisitions work, and 34 % of Corporate legal work, versus 20 % for all other types of legal work.

However, corporate legal work, especially during a trial or a document - intensive transaction such as a merger or real estate acquisition, may still entail busy periods that require long work days.

Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Ozymandias is instructive for those who believe that large law firms will always have an unassailable stranglehold on the vast majority of corporate legal work:

By year's end in 2013, more than half of corporate legal departments had consolidated at least 80 % of their corporate legal work with 10 or less firms, according to the newly released LexisNexis Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report (ELM).

In the last 12 months, the «Largest 50» firms handled 33 % of Merger & Acquisition and Corporate legal work, versus 20 % for all types of legal work.

He finds increasingly GCs are focused on creating value and leveraging some of the new business models in legal services such as using alternative legal service providers, engaging in legal process outsourcing (LPO) or even shifting corporate legal work to «large enough» law firms.

In a globalized age when complex corporate legal work is being outsourced to India, and the world's largest law firms have offices in several continents, the answer ought to be simple.

One well - known account divided lawyers in large Canadian firms into «finders, minders, and grinders» of corporate legal work.

This opportunity is for a very highly motivated individual who is seeking new challenges and exposure to an entire range of corporate legal work.

The Smedley report on the regulation of corporate legal work was published on 26 March.

Notably, the numbers reveal that not only are large law firms not the only option for corporate legal work, they are no longer the primary option.

Not exact matches

One Bay Street lawyer who specializes in corporate finance and requested anonymity, says that during transaction closings, it's common for the legal team to work 36 hours straight.

In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News last evening, and then later with the Washington Post, Giuliani buried both himself and the President deeper into a web of half truths or outright lies while managing to taint the legal work he does at his law firm, Greenberg Traurig, a corporate law behemoth with 2,000 lawyers in 38 offices on three continents.

Prior to joining Glass Lewis in 2004, Carla worked as in - house counsel in the legal and corporate affairs departments of two Italian companies operating in the automotive and fashion industries.

Caputo worked to build public sympathy for MercExchange by reducing an arcane legal case to «kitchen table language,» painting eBay as a corporate monster and finding reporters and opinion writers to publish stories about the matter in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

They stem from working freelance for legal weasels like Marty (Pollack) and Arthur (a superbly unraveling Wilkinson), both in a firm about to come under heavy fire for abetting some serious corporate malfeasance.

In this role, she is responsible for leading corporate strategic and tactical legal initiatives, manages the company's legal function, and oversees the work relationships with outside counsels.

We believe that Open Cages works in a relatively neglected area of animal advocacy, as there appear to be few other organizations in Poland pursuing programs similar to theirs, especially in the area of farmed animal advocacy.143, 144 They have also helped several other organizations work in Poland, such as ProVeg and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation, whom they have given advice on strategy, legal issues, and recruiting.145 They believe they will be able to coordinate corporate campaigns with the Albert Schweitzer Foundation in the future, and are currently in contact with them about this.146 They have also been coordinating their fur campaign with the organization Viva!

She has worked within legal and corporate industries for over twenty - five years, including sales for FedEx Custom Critical.

«I was working as a legal assistant and wanted a breath of fresh air from high society and the corporate world.»

Throughout the project's chapters, which take shape as performances, theatrical / cartographic works, sound - and text - based installations - as - stage - sets, as well as writings and conversations, the «alien» turns into a discursive tool that allows for the setting up of alternative archives from which to read and locate corporate and state - sponsored forms of violence and their enabling legal apparatuses.

Earthjustice (the legal arm of the Sierra Club) has said on their website in the «Climate Change Denial — A Note to Journalists» section: «For the latest and best information on global warming we recommend Realclimate.org a new blog edited by working climate scientists not corporate lobbyists».

During my time at American Rivers I expereinced a wide - variety of in - house legal work (everything from contracts, to trademarks, to reviewing marketing / promotions material, to legal research) and developed skills as a «corporate generalist» that have served me well during my post-law school jobs in legal departments.

As the investigators reveal, the billionaires» green network transfers millions of dollars from individual, corporate, and «charitable foundation» donors... through tax - exempt «educational» nonprofits that do not have to disclose donor names... to activist and pressure groups that work to influence elections, legislation, regulations, legal actions and public perceptions on energy and environmental issues.

Here are some of the notable highlights: The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA), the voice of Canada's in - house counsel, signed on as Stem Legal's newest client Randy McClanahan of commercial litigation law firm McClanahan Myers Espey explains why bankruptcy attorneys should work on a contingency fee basis West Palm Beach criminal... more»

A report this morning on the Legal Week website reveals that Magic Circle powerhouse Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has decided to implement a pilot program among corporate associates in its London office, offering them a veritable cornucopia of «alternative work schemes.»

Previously, she practiced corporate commercial litigation in Vancouver for 14 years, worked in - house for 6 years specializing in legal services management, led mediation research projects at UBC, and has participated in many justice reform initiatives.

The vast majority of partners believe law firms need to do more to make corporate networking activities more inclusive for both men and women, with 97 % of female respondents to a Legal Week survey saying work events are still too focused on traditionally male interests.

In Europe and the United States it has become very common for corporate entities and, more recently, law firms to outsource legal work, including agency work, document review, due diligence, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and other litigation support, contract management, and patent and other IP services.

The decision of many corporate clients to shift more legal work in - house, the growing willingness of clients to spread work among multiple providers and the growth in market share of nontraditional competitors have all contributed to a more competitive market.

As in - house legal teams seek to professionalise their operations, with the help of organisations such as Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), we will see more of the complex work that is usually farmed out to panel firms being dealt with in - hlegal teams seek to professionalise their operations, with the help of organisations such as Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), we will see more of the complex work that is usually farmed out to panel firms being dealt with in - hLegal Operations Consortium (CLOC), we will see more of the complex work that is usually farmed out to panel firms being dealt with in - house.

The idea is to give corporate counsel an easy - to - use dashboard from which they can connect with all the tools they need to use in their day - to - day work and collaborate with other members of their legal team, both within the legal department and at outside firms.

Legal departments are showing themselves to be cost effective, but they are still sending out a good portion of work to external providers, according to a survey from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium.

There still doesn't seem to be a standard, agreed - upon definition of «legal operations» since the responsibilities cover a wide - range of areas including the general efficiency of legal work, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, eDiscovery, policy management, and definitely the streamlining of relationships between the corporate legal department and outside counsel and service providers.

Earlier this week, I spoke with Nitin Gupta, the former lawyer who is director of the professional services group at Box, who said that Box is working towards the goal of providing a strong cloud - collaboration platform that will serve all segments of the legal profession — large firms, small firms and corporate counsel.

After years of making lawyer jokes to his wife, who worked as a corporate attorney, Jansen now has the job of transforming the legal profession.

I also want to acknowledge Law.com Executive Editor David Snow, who gave me the freedom and encouragement to blog on whatever I wanted; Law.com Vice President Jill Windwer, whose vision and hard work have made Law.com a leading destination for legal professionals on the Web; Jennifer Collins, the former Law.com editor who first invited me here; and ALM CEO Bill Pollak, one of the few corporate leaders in publishing or in any industry who truly gets social media.

Effie has a background from corporate lawfirms like Hannes Snellman and has also worked with alternative legal service provider Northlaw.

The «more for less» challenge that corporate clients face is often resolved by building internal legal teams to avoid sending work to law firms, or by disaggregating legal work among different, non-law firm players in the marketplace.

Before joining Catalyst, Willis was director of product development at DiscoverReady, where he worked closely with corporate legal departments and law firms to build solutions to meet their discovery and other data management needs.

The move also suggests that if «traditional» law firms don't accelerate their adoption of AI systems, such as document review in this case, then other providers already skilled in project management and process level work will deliver AI - augmented legal services to corporates instead.

While we're seeing corporate legal teams and regulators pressure law firms to be more efficient with e-discovery review, we're at the same time seeing the law firms proactively working toward ways to work smarter and more cost - effectively for their clients.

When I work with a company over a long period of time, I get a sense of its unique corporate culture and history, which is beneficial in providing legal guidance.

This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president of marketing for the Corporate segment of Thomson Reuters On the first day of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting, one of the better attended early sessions was Exposing Legal Project Management Myths: The Truth Behind What Works and What Doesn't.

Corporate legal departments working with outside counsel often go through invoices line by line looking for potential overcharges or compliance missteps before payments are made, forcing law firms and legal departments into standoffs over invoicing.

In Harbour's program, «students must complete 150 clinical hours in a legal setting — law firm, corporate law office, courthouse — working as a paralegal, not a secretary,» she said.

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