Sentences with phrase «for legal services remains»

A survey released yesterday on the business of law and legal technology finds that competition for legal services remains high, demand remains relatively flat, and law firms are feeling pressure to lower prices and enhance operational efficiency.

As the country progressed into the recession, I noticed that the need for legal services remained strong, but many companies struggled to pay their legal bills.

Not exact matches

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) have recently developed new strategies and requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges to follow, in the wake of the devastating Coincheck hack in January, evidence that the government are keen to facilitate cryptocurrency activity within its borders but are equally keen to ensure that trading remains above board, legal and safe.

She says the remaining fight is over how much control Cuomo's budget department has in handing out the funds, and whether total cost for counties» legal defense services would be financed by the state, or only a portion.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

She says the remaining fight is over how much control Cuomo's budget department has in handing out the funds, and whether the total cost for counties legal defense services would be financed by the state or only a portion.

for the remainder of this year, the issue of non-lawyer ownership remains ripe for discussion, especially as non-lawyer legal service providers continue to establish themselves and move up the ranks in the legal industry.

It is legal services that take any significant amount of a lawyer's time that are the cause of the problem, and not routine legal services which, for the most part, remain affordable.

Obtaining legal justice for these men and women means they can return to civilian life and resume careers and still remain proud of their time spent in military service.

Some of our services remain eligible for legal aid; those that are not are provided at a fixed price, so people need not fear the uncertainty of not knowing what the service will cost them...; We offer modular [unbundled] services, so that we can put together bespoke packages that suit everyone's pocket; We offer extended services by phone and email, so that people who do not want to come into an office don't need to (whether it's because they are simply busy or because they've been subjected to violence and prefer to remain in a place where they know they are safe); We offer flexible hours, including evenings and weekends; We demystify law by talking to clients in plain English...

If you believe you meet Project financial guidelines, that you have a significant, meritorious legal issue affecting your service readiness, and that a referral to a civilian attorney is the only remaining way to resolve the problem, contact your legal assistance office to meet with a legal services attorney who can asses your case for a referral to the Military Pro Bono Project.

Nonetheless, a great and crying need for legal services for the poor remains.

While the economy is slowly limping back to health, the demand for legal services is predicted to remain flat and jobs are unlikely to return to pre-recession levels in the near future.

Such legal services will remain unaffordable for the majority of the population.

The total return on investment, both tangible and intangible, in artificial intelligence might be higher for small and midsize firms, because of its ability to help these firms remain competitive and profitable, especially in the retail sector of the legal services industry and in price - sensitive practice areas.

A large number of respondents maintained that a core legal and technology understanding would always remain in demand, but that for more specialized skills, including statistics, project management and data privacy processes, service provider partners would augment the company's skill sets.

In order to remain competitive, it is important for firms to adopt technologies to help streamline legal processes and more efficiently deliver client services.

While like Tiffany's, large firms will always remain in demand for special - occasion, bet - the - company types of legal services, Lamb believes that there's still a demand in the market for the 47th Street law firms as well.

Mr. Herscu also added that moving forward, «The Easy Legal Group of Companies will maintain its mission and remain dedicated to helping those who have been hurt, are in need of financial support, while waiting for the compensation they deserve, in partnership with the plaintiff bar and its service providers.»

It remains to be seen whether contract lawyering will become a viable proposition for a larger number of law firms and contract lawyers alike going forward, given that — by its very nature — the demand for contract legal services is unpredictable.

Although the demand for legal services picked up somewhat since the end of the recession, especially in transactional areas of practice, firms remain conservative in their partnership decisions.

Because consumers continue to have a need for basic legal services, Pre-Paid Legal Services, which is a publicly traded company, remains a pretty good investment according to Rich Duprey at the Motley legal services, Pre-Paid Legal Services, which is a publicly traded company, remains a pretty good investment according to Rich Duprey at the Motlservices, Pre-Paid Legal Services, which is a publicly traded company, remains a pretty good investment according to Rich Duprey at the Motley Legal Services, which is a publicly traded company, remains a pretty good investment according to Rich Duprey at the MotlServices, which is a publicly traded company, remains a pretty good investment according to Rich Duprey at the Motley Fool.

He added that the following values were all to be appreciated and brought into a pragmatic balance: that an efficient and cost - effective and relatively informal type of alternative dispute resolution should not be stifled by the imposition of legal doctrine; that the opportunity for the development of new ideas fitting to financial service industries operating in consumer markets should be appreciated for the benefits they could bring; that on the other hand transparency, consistency and accessibility as to the principles which informed the ombudsman's determinations remained virtues in the new setting; and that publicity as to those principles and those determinations could assist in that regard.

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.

Though managing partners remain relatively upbeat about the demand for legal services, concerns about the health of the broader economy are making them a bit more pessimistic about their business than they were earlier in the year.

In contrast, by rejecting these elements, the United States remains paralyzed in an unproductive regulatory environment for legal services.

But the fact remains that LegalZoom is a $ 400 million plus company, and it has captured a fairly large share of the market for «low hanging fruit» type legal services (e.g. LLC formations, trademark filings, etc.).

Just 12 months remain until the third and final stage of the Legal Services Act comes into force, permitting U.K. law firms to accept outside equity investment for the first time.

While referrals from friends, commercials and print advertising remain popular lead generation techniques among law firms seeking to expand their reach and broadcast their legal services, internet marketing practices such as SEO, inbound marketing and content marketing have become the most cost - efficient and effective methods for acquiring new clients.

It also perhaps indicates that client demand for machine learning systems that can provide efficiencies in terms of time and accuracy are not just being demanded by the largest global companies based in the UK capital, but now across the country, which remains the world's second largest legal market after the giant US market for legal services.

The Access Legal Care «system» is based on 12 key components: 1) be profitable for the attorneys and legal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and cliLegal Care «system» is based on 12 key components: 1) be profitable for the attorneys and legal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clilegal - services providers; 2) apply the Pareto principle — focus on the 20 % of all legal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clilegal services that 80 % of lower - and moderate - income people will likely ever need; then prune / refer - out those that are high - complexity / high - dollar (too risky) and contingency cases (already affordable); 3) process - map the remaining services into individual steps; 4) functionally - decompose each process step to the lowest - cost provider who can perform the step legally and with excellence; 5) streamline processes with Six Sigma and manufacturing principles; 6) centralize operations for economies of scale; 7) collaborate and out - source to expand reach; 8) leverage technology to minimize costs and maximize productivity; 9) make affordable with both terms and price; 10) generate high demand, high - volume; 11) develop multiple revenue streams; and 12) package up the system and re-sell it to other law firms and clinics.

Thanks for being with us today, and we are gonna talk about client service fundamentals, which is, no matter what kind of fancy technology people are using, or if they're delivering legal services from oak desks and leather chairs, they kinda remain constant.

The system of «billable hours» remains the most common method of payment for legal services in Australia, despite attracting significant criticism from both inside and outside the legal industry.

«My experience as a child, seeing first - hand how expensive legal services were to access, always remains with me and when I began my research in artificial intelligence a light - bulb went off and the idea for ROSS was born.»

But in recent years, the growth in demand for legal services has remained mostly stagnant, making revenue growth tough to come by.

The market for limited scope legal services is only going to grow, and smart lawyers are well advised to add this range of services to their family law practice in order to remain competitive.

Today, we deal with disruptive technologies, commoditization, unbundling of legal services, globalization of firms, BigLaw and NewLaw, and co-opetition... And he goes on to write ``... as chief change agent for one of the world's largest law firms, I am constantly looking for insights to help us make sense of change, and to make those changes necessary for us to remain one of the world's leading law firms.»

In that way, there is nothing inconsistent in concluding that the service of proceedings by process servers is a reserved legal activity, for which the solicitors on the record are and remain responsible.

The Society strives to remain abreast of changes in the legal services marketplace that may impact the profession and consumers in Nova Scotia; be aware of the expectations of consumers of legal services; demonstrate commitment to educating and assisting lawyers in achieving the goals of competent and ethical practice; and adopt clear and transparent means for enforcing adherence to these standards.

In those circumstances, since the solicitors on the record are responsible for the carrying out of all reserved legal activities, the solicitors remain responsible for the service of the documents, even if they have subcontracted the task to professional process servers.

``... the perception of a lawyer and the legal profession remains as someone or something that we need usually in a stressful, difficult situation / time and that, as a buyer of legal advice / services, you're going to get whacked with an expensive bill for a piece of work that you don't understand for the privilege of not being communicated with very often throughout the process.»

Much like our market leading, entrepreneurial client base, Fenwick constantly seeks ways to innovate and remain best in class both for our legal work and for our client service.

Competition is fierce in today's legal marketplace for legal services and it's no longer business as usual if your firm wants to remain successful in the future.

It doesn't create a path for the creation of non-traditional legal service providers, as they have already been created (albeit in highly limited forms given the restrictions of Model Rule 5.4, which, again, remain in place).

Our goals remain the same: to let you know who we are and what we do, to explain how we fit into the «new normal» for legal services, and to make it easy for those who would like to join us or work with us to learn what they need to know to take the next step.

At a time when the market for legal services is changing rapidly, however, a recruitment approach which assumes that work types and practices will remain static seems, at best, somewhat optimistic.

From not covering the right materials, to not covering the right people, to not notifying the right third - party service providers, to not rolling the hold out properly — or at all, it's clear that legal holds remain a minefield for litigants.

For professional services firms, these are unlikely to be as acute as, say, for autonomous vehicles (ethical, liability and communications issues around autonomous vehicle accidents will figure large over the next few years) but important legal issues still remain to get worked out as AI becomes the noFor professional services firms, these are unlikely to be as acute as, say, for autonomous vehicles (ethical, liability and communications issues around autonomous vehicle accidents will figure large over the next few years) but important legal issues still remain to get worked out as AI becomes the nofor autonomous vehicles (ethical, liability and communications issues around autonomous vehicle accidents will figure large over the next few years) but important legal issues still remain to get worked out as AI becomes the norm.

Attorneys who utilize the research and writing services of California Legal Research, Inc. («CALRI») remain ultimately responsible to their client or clients for the use or non-use of any work product prepared or provided by CALRI.

To be candid, if the real and potential benefits of providing legal advice include speed of service and reduced cost respectively, to achieve a positive outcome, which has ultimately come about via the use of sophisticated IT / AI at some point during the legal service / problem continuum, and as a legal buyer my main concern is the right result, quality, value for money and / or price (which remains the issue in many instances), and I know lawyers and law firms can now do the work quicker, smarter and more accurately using AI and cognitive computing technology, can I therefore expect my legal fees to be reduced?