Sentences with phrase «demand for legal services from»

Overall demand for legal services from mid-size firms declined by 0.6 percent for the first seven months...

As developing markets mature, so does the demand for legal services from both government and business.

A growing body of evidence suggests that demand for legal services from traditional law firms is flattening.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The bill was also sharply criticized by disability rights groups, who say it would strip hard - won legal rights from families with special - needs children, and by the state Department of Public Instruction, which faults the bill for demanding no accountability from private schools for actually providing the special education services that would be the basis for the vouchers.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

Two leading advisors to major law firms predicted a declining demand for legal services, a 15 % drop in net income from 2008, the inability to raise rates, additional layoffs, salary freezes and cost cutting, heavier fee discounting, expenses rising faster than revenues — and a long wait for better times.

In a post earlier this week, I wrote about the launch of Avvo Advisor, the new service from Avvo that provides on - demand legal advice by phone for a fixed fee of $ 39 for 15 minutes.

Just last week, I wrote about Avvo Advisor, the new service from Avvo that provides on - demand legal advice by phone for a fixed fee of $ 39 for 15 minutes.

Whenever the growth in demand for legal services slows (and it can not get much slower than right now), we hear from many law

«CMA Final Report: Demand for Better Price and Service Transparency from Law Firms, and Review of Legal Regulation.»

Whenever the growth in demand for legal services slows (and it can not get much slower than right now), we hear from many law firm management teams that they are highly focused on expense control... as if this is not an ongoing obligation and these firms willingly leave money on the table during good times.

Aside from benefiting the legal professional, this form of practice management also meets a growing consumer demand for online legal services.

In the first of four videos from the Canadian Lawyer InHouse View 2018 series, sponsored by Fasken, Martha Binks, general counsel, director of legal services and assistant corporate secretary of Allstate Insurance Company of Canada discusses the challenges she is dealing with for the year ahead, including growth of the business and regulatory demands.

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For the most part, these are changes that have been imposed upon them from without — from more demanding clients and more competitive newcomers who are challenging the rules of legal service delivery.

Mr. Roebuck added, «The firm's global Banking & Finance practice and, in particular, its strong presence across the Asia Pacific region make it an excellent platform to service the growing demand from global and regional clients for legal advice on complex cross border banking and finance transactions in South East Asia and India.»

The service sounds to be similar to Avvo Advisor, the service from Avvo that provides 15 minutes of on - demand legal advice by phone for a fixed fee of $ 39.

In part two I contend first that there is a significant unmet demand for legal services in Canada and second that this demand could in part be filled by legal clinics operating from law schools across the country.

Confidence in demand for legal services was also down slightly — from 147 in the first quarter to 144 in the second — but still remained the area in which managing partners expressed the most positive outlook.

They think that ABS will either be income neutral to them or will come at the expense of lawyers not in their practice area or will somehow come about either from, first, a hoped - for increased demand for legal services or from, second, a hoped - for set of efficiencies mostly through the magic of algorithms.

This migration from firms has created a growing delta between increased demand for legal services and a flat demand for law firms.

Lawyers are looking for new ways to compete and position themselves as being at the forefront of an oversaturated market, and clients are demanding more efficiency, transparency, and affordability from their legal service providers.

In this context, it is quite possible if not likely that the demand for free legal services by victims of Hurricane Harvey will be greater than the supply that lawyers, be they from Texas or out of state, will be willing or able to provide.

To paraphrase a report published in 2016 by legal consulting firm Altman Weil, the industry suffers from too many lawyers and declining demand for services.

Along with ever - increasing competition from non-traditional service providers, the flatlining demand curve for legal services does not look like it will pick back up anytime soon.

Larger firms can consist of two or more different business models, for example through an ownership stake in captives or legal start - ups, through sourcing from NewLaw providers, by providing on - demand legal talent agencies, and / or by offering commoditized online services.

Danielson notes: «Portland and Seattle have both enjoyed significant and steady population growth due to the attractiveness of the region from a quality - of - life perspective, and this in turn has driven demand for legal services in real estate and land use, as well as litigation positions that emphasize experience with construction disputes, which we see on a relatively regular basis.

So it appears there is, indeed, a strong demand for legal services — just not from traditional law firms.

Law students are graduating from law school unprepared for the demands of the consumers of legal services, assuming even law firms are.

However, there is strong demand from our clients for a service such as this and we know that legal professionals across the world are seeking different ways of working.

The commentaries about the inequities and irrationality of the legal class system at the 2017 CLOC Institute were fast and furious: from Richard Susskind's explanation about the importance of the ABS rules (alternative business structures) in the UK in breaking down walls to allow new ways for lawyers to collaborate and share accountability (and profits) with professionals from other disciplines and professions within the same workplace, to the battle cry so clearly articulated by Lucy Bassli (then of Microsoft and now of InnoLegal Services), demanding that we remove the term «non-lawyer» from our daily conversations and certainly from our value playbooks.

Any lawyer running a legal matter is a legal project manager, however a greater need to take a stronger project management approach has come initially from the global client market demand for fixed priced legal services, and the need to find further efficiencies in planning and delivering legal matters.

Those attending will remember that the 2017 conference ended on a high note with a call to action from CLOC co-founder Mary O'Carroll of Google, promising that the mission going forward included a commitment to support both CLOC's members in legal departments who are exploring and driving the hard work of change, as well as the larger professional ecosphere of law firms, legal service providers and law schools looking for ways be more valuable to their corporate clients who are demanding improved performance, accountability, and value from their extended CLOC family.

There is a strong demand from both consumers and businesses in the UK for fixed costs legal services and with the increased competition following deregulation that demand is here to stay and will grow.

Where, perhaps, government in the past has been too blinkered, has been by trying simply to squeeze more from the system for the same cost (or less, when factoring in the lack of inflationary increases) rather than addressing whether services are procured in the right way and properly understanding the drivers for rising costs (the latter when their own research has shown that government is itself a driver through legislation, the growing number of offences and the associated demand for legal aid).

Despite the demanding goal of managing these diverse interests under one roof, Unsinn explains that he has built a formidable reputation for the legal team throughout the company: «I have consolidated the legal services of the entities of the German DDB group into one legal department, and along with this my legal team became the number one team in the services appreciation amongst the group's agencies despite some early reservations from some parts of the business as to whether this could be achieved efficiently.