Sentences with phrase «for independent legal counsel»

The key issue for independent legal counsel's involvement is no interference with the Committee's ultimate responsibility for making the decision and giving its reasons for the decision.

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HRPM lawyers are official legal counsel for the Chinese House Church Alliance, established in 2004 to represent 300,000 members of smaller independent churches.

Intended parents and gestational carriers are to be represented by independent legal counsel prior to executing an assisted reproduction agreements for gestational carriers.

The judge said he sought legal advice on News UK's response to his questions but before he had received the submission from independent counsel, the publisher told him «they would not be seeking the recovering of the costs that had expended in paying for the defence of the defendants».

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, each Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser, (b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser or Distributor (as defined under the section entitled («The Distributor»)(c) the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled «Custodian») and Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled «Transfer Agent»), including the cost of maintaining certain required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares, (d) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (e) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (g) the fees of any trade association of which the Fund may be a member, (h) the cost of fidelity and liability insurance, (i) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, (j) all expenses of shareholders and Trustees» meetings (including travel expenses of trustees and officers of the Trust who are not directors,

Trampoline House is an independent community centre for refugees and asylum seekers, offering them support, friendship, legal counselling and a space to enter into dialogue and debate.

In King County Superior Court, a case had to be stayed while a party sought new counsel after their attorney acknowledged that he falsified a memo and emails before turning them over to plaintiffs in a nationwide class - action lawsuit.7 Similarly, this spring, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a 500 - page opinion, blasted a legal team (who previously had «won» a $ 19 billion judgment in an Ecuadorean court) for their «egregious fraud» which included ghostwriting «independent reports.»

As independent contractors, freelance attorneys build their own freelance law practices and are responsible for setting their own hours, finding their own clients, and bringing in their own income.Freelance attorneys come from every corner of the legal profession, including big law firms, in - house counsel, government positions, public sector, and solo practice.

In 2012 the independent Government department spent # 4.5 m on all legal fees, defined as a combination of counsel's fees, solicitor's fees and court fees for work on all criminal investigations and prosecutions, restraint and confiscation proceedings, and advisory matters.

The winners will be chosen by an independent judging panel chaired by Dean Sheehan, vice-president and general counsel for Middle East and Africa, Pepsico, whose legal team was last year's winner of Legal Department of the Year — Large Team (pictured ablegal team was last year's winner of Legal Department of the Year — Large Team (pictured abLegal Department of the Year — Large Team (pictured above).

«Independent Counsel who served in the Douglas Inquiry is someone with a strong reputation for outstanding legal skills.

The team has also recently won Asian - MENA Counsel Firm of the Year for Islamic Finance and the International Financial Law Review's (IFLR) Project Finance Deal of the Year for the UAE legal aspects of the financing of Shuweihat 3 Independent Power Project.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

Counsel are now being retained to provide independent legal advice on the acquisition of ATE insurance and / or whether a court will accept it as part of the litigation including for security for costs.

At the ACCA Annual Meeting held in October 2002, two independent surveys of in - house counsel validated the trend toward value - based pricing for legal services.

The company should consider whether its own legal advisers can advise the witness or whether to offer to pay for separate independent legal counsel.

During the meeting, two motions were proposed pursuant to Rule 33 (2)(b) of the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta, in particular: (a) that the law society publicly advocate in the public interest for an adequately publicly funded legal aid system with a statutory foundation that is independent of the government and (b) that the law society request that the Legal Aid Society immediately rescind the recent changes including the changes to the financial eligibility guidelines and the choice of counsel provislegal aid system with a statutory foundation that is independent of the government and (b) that the law society request that the Legal Aid Society immediately rescind the recent changes including the changes to the financial eligibility guidelines and the choice of counsel provisLegal Aid Society immediately rescind the recent changes including the changes to the financial eligibility guidelines and the choice of counsel provisions.

(Although Devil's Advocate attorneys are admitted to practice law in a number of jurisdictions, Independent Counsel is intended to provide management advice, not legal advice, and is not a substitute for hiring legal coCounsel is intended to provide management advice, not legal advice, and is not a substitute for hiring legal counselcounsel.)

Altman Weil Inc — an independent management consultancy for the legal profession — questioned 115 prominent General Counsels and found that 75 % are facing budget cuts for 2009.

The General Members of the Association consist of a diverse group of regulatory compliance professionals, in - house legal counsels, risk management, Quality Assurance, and loan servicing compliance professionals who work for the nations» state and federal chartered banks, and credit unions, the nations» independent mortgage banking firms and other mortgage industry professionals who support the efforts of the Mortgage Compliance Professionals Association of America.

Our association consist of a diverse membership of regulatory compliance professionals, in - house legal counsels, risk management, Quality Assurance, and loan servicing compliance professionals who work for the nations» state and federal chartered banks, and credit unions, the nations» independent mortgage banking firms and other mortgage industry professionals who support the efforts of the Mortgage Compliance Professionals Association of America.

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