Sentences with phrase «firms high marks»

Those who reported the best results from planning also gave their firms high marks on implementation.

«The 2004 study gave firms high marks for improving overall profitability and holding the line on expenses.

Not exact matches

Besides its famous «no assholes» policy, the investment firm gets high marks for a company culture that values integrity and teamwork.

Entry - level salaries on average increased 3 percent to $ 49,785 a year ago, marking the highest amount of the average base pay for college graduates in a decade.The analysis was conducted by Korn / Ferry International, an executive - search firm in Los Angeles.

Both companies are operating at a loss, and it's likely that investors are losing patience with promising tech companies that don't turn a profit, according to Mark McComsey, chief investment officer of Beverly Hills Wealth Management, a financial advisory firm catering to high net worth people and entrepreneurs, based in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Mark - Viverito and her members have been saddling firms with even more onerous requirements, from paid sick leave to whom they can hire, and backing ever - higher minimum wage laws.

In 2009, after several years of steady gains, her firm hit a high - water mark with $ 8.3 million in profits, according to lobbying data reported to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The working paper, «The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct,» by Professor of Finance Amit Seru and Associate Professor of Finance Gregor Matvos, both of Chicago Booth, along with the University of Minnesota's Mark Egan, finds that some of the largest financial advisory firms in the U.S. have the highest rates of misconduct.

«I hear of high - end matchmaking firms charging tens of thousands of dollars a year,» said Mark Brooks, the editor of onlinepersonalswatch.com.

API members The API membership badge is a quality mark and is firm proof that a play company is experienced, reputable, financially secure and stable, operates to the highest standards and abides by the association's strict Professional Code of Conduct.

The API membership badge is a quality mark and is firm proof that a play company is experienced, reputable, financially secure and stable, operates to the highest standards and abides by the association's strict Professional Code of Conduct.

High marks also go to the brakes that are strong, with firm pedal feedback.

Channeling your higher self: a practical method to tap into higher wisdom and creativity / Edgar Cayce, (Spirit); Stanley Ralph Ross; Mark A Thurston; Macmillan Audio (Firm); Playaway Digital Audio.; Findaway World, LLC.; Solon, Ohio: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, [2012], ℗ 2004.

The company also earns high marks from reputable financial publications like Smart Money and Barrons — I don't think it a year has gone by that the firm hasn't improved on its rankings.

Return on equity is a measure of business quality and we give higher marks to those firms that outperform their peers.

The respondents of the 2014 J.D. Power Self - Directed Investor Firm Ratings gave Charles Schwab high marks across the board.

These funds invest only in companies that earn high marks on green, social and workplace issues, including how mindful the firm is of its environmental impact, whether it treats employees, customers and suppliers well, and whether it follows policies that align the interests of management and shareholders.

This beach is especially reputed for its firm surface and stretch of sand that lies between the high tide mark and the waterline.

Norton Rose Fulbright ranked in second place attaining the best ratings for overall top of mind awareness and being the most used firm for high value work and rounding out the top three was Stikeman Elliott which received high marks in the areas of level of awareness and clients» use for high value and inbound work.

Herbert Smith Freehills London litigation partner Kevin Lloyd has resigned from the firm to join Debevoise & Plimpton, marking the second high - profile departure for a US firm since the merger between legacy Herbert Smith and Freehills went live in October.

Many of the firm's practices also receive high marks in the metropolitan rankings for Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, New York and Washington, D.C..

This marks the third time in five years the firm has been ranked in Band 1, the highest rating provided by Chambers Global.

Those firms are marked by high turnover rates and little loyalty or teamwork.

With its focus on trademark law and related prosecution and litigation, Marks IP Law Firm is dedicated to providing a personalized, client focused service, offering the highest quality of advice and comprehensive representation to our clients in Japan and internationally.

«Local connections» and a «top - notch client base» were enough to get the firm top marks from one voter, who also went on to praise the firm for its «high performance lawyers.»

«The marked gain from the previous year is a true testament to the firm's ability to take the newly combined international practice to a higher level,» said Sutherland Managing Partner Mark D. Wasserman.

This kite mark is only awarded to firms that meet the highest management and customer care standards, and follows rigorous annual independent assessment to ensure the required standards of excellence are met.

The 20 percent statistic may be high as it comes from a law firm that handles divorces online, but Mark Keenan, managing director of Divorce - Online, says that after hearing from his staff that Facebook was a recurring issue, he confirmed the 20 percent figure.

Francis George, solicitor - advocate underwent rigorous assessment by the Law Society in order to secure CQS status, which marks the firm out as meeting high standards in the residential conveyancing process.

This can be a marked contrast to the high degree of specialization seen in many large law firms.

Recent high - profile litigation involving large luxury firms and online retailers highlight the need for effective brand management, protection of copyright and trade - marks.

, High - dollar Settlements Mark Class Action Cases, Little Relief: Litigation Costs Rising as Firms Face Fewer Suits, and Rogues Gallery of Class Action Attorneys.

Last week's Wall Street Journal story on Axiom, a law firm cum high - end temp agency that outsources pedigreed, former Biglaw attorneys to corporate law departments on an as - needed basis, attracted plenty of discussion in the blogosphere, with bloggers like Bruce MacEwen giving the Axiom concept high marks for innovation.

We provide and implement strategic advice on a wide range of IP issues, and file more than 5,750 UK, European and international patent and trade mark applications each year; in 2016 we filed the joint highest number of European Patent applications among all European Patent Attorney firms.

(internal quotation marks omitted); see also Sinsheimer & Herring, supra note 1, at 73 (noting, based on observations of law - firm associates, that «their composing process for email exhibited meticulousness and a high degree of concern for word choice and tone»).

Mark co-leads our Africa Business Group, advising on a number of high profile disputes and compliance issues in the region, and is also co-Head of the firm's Retail and Consumer Sector Group.

At Mark Schiffrin P.A. law firm, we provide high - quality representation and personalized legal services to our clients and their families throughout Miami Beach who have suffered serious personal injury.

AV ® Peer Review Rating — An AV ® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment — a testament to the fact that a lawyer or law firm's peers rank them at the highest level of professional excellence.

The combination of accounting with practice management & billing has long been on wish lists for many law firms, and the new CosmoLex received high marks during its April beta release when many real law practices were delighted to see how CosmoLex now handles all their business bookkeeping, as well as legal - specific areas (like trust accounting) automatically, in the background.

Yet through complacency we allow these lone wolves to proceed in our firm and then wonder why they are so high - maintenance as they get to the 7 — 10 - year mark.

But as of early afternoon Tuesday, neither Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg nor his high - profile chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, had made public comments about the mushrooming crisis, which now involves a reported Federal Trade Commission probe, demands by Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill for testimony by Zuckerberg, and the release of an undercover video by a British television station that appears to show the head of the data analytics firm talking about bribes and traps to sway elections.

He's given 14 high - court arguments — last year breaking the high - water mark held by the legendary Edward Bennett Williams for the most by a lawyer in the firm's history.

International legal business DWF has been ranked the 10th overall most innovative legal business in Europe in this year's Financial Times Most Innovative Lawyers Report, and scored highest of all firms in Europe for innovation in the business of law, marking a year of significant developments and growth for the business.

This marks the sixth time in eight years the firm has been ranked in Band 1, the highest rating provided by Chambers Global.

They assume that good marks in law school courses are a direct indicator of high intelligence easily adaptable to a law firm environment, when in fact the only thing high law school marks indicate is the student's ability to score well in law school courses, something they will never be called upon to do in a law firm.

AV - TEST, a recognized independent malware protection testing firm noted in their Nov - Dec / 2016 Product Review and Certification Report that our antivirus for enterprises, System Center Endpoint Protection, received high marks with 100 % on zero day, web and email based threat testing and 98.6 % on malware and prevalent malware testing.

The large economic firm, Goldman Sachs believes that bitcoin could outperform its recent record highs and ultimately go beyond the famed $ 8,000 mark.

For example, in the first draft of the document, Noble wrote that he «maintained exceptionally high market share within a territory for all three products» while working as a professional sales representative at a pharmaceutical firm and that he «received the marks of «Exceeds Expectations»» on three annual performance reviews.

Mark Mehler and Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads just released their 11th Annual Sources of Hire (SOH) Study — a snapshot of how large, highly - competitive, high - profile firms find their employees.

That marks the highest level of construction the company has ever recorded and represents a 9.0 percent increase year - over-year in new property, with the U.S. leading in growth and the largest amount of current projects, the firm's researchers said.