Sentences with phrase «general counsel want»

Clients and general counsel want law firms to show how they provide value, and marketers can help their firms develop these value propositions.

An earlier survey, drawing mostly on general counsel in Europe, found otherwise (See my post of May 14, 2006 # 4: in Canada, one fourth of general counsel sit on Board; Nov. 9, 2006: percentage of Board member GCs was dropping in Europe; Dec. 12, 2007: more than half of UK general counsel want to be a board member; and Aug. 6, 2008: non-US general counsel often do not attend any Board of Directors meetings.).

Mandel, who interviewed 32 leading Canadian female GCs for her 2013 book Breaking Through: Tales from the Top Canadian Women General Counsel, says it's true that female general counsel want to see greater diversity at the firms they use, but she believes the Acritas findings are pointing to a generation gap, not a gender gap.

Not exact matches

«Given the public prominence of this organization, we want to take a moment to explain how we came to this decision and why,» Facebook VP and deputy general counsel Paul Grewal said in a press release on Friday night.

I wanted to pursue an executive MBA because I believe that continuous learning and new challenges are the keys to keeping life interesting and to personal development, I wanted something positive and forward looking to work on while my company went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and I felt that a MBA would strengthen my leadership and business skills and make me a stronger business partner as general counsel.

The special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment in February of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian troll farm that spread disinformation ahead of the election, indicates that Russian actors wanted to «spread distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general.»

I tell them that they don't have the experience to charge a startup $ 200,000, and even if they did no early - stage startup would want to bring on an in - house general counsel very early.

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch was called before Congress last year, and Warner has said he now wants to hear testimony from Twitter Inc..

[RM] Say I want to learn more about Christian therapy in general; where can people become involved with or educated about Christian counseling as a field?

«The administration had very clear ideas of how they wanted to see this progress and made it clear to us,» said Timothy Rooney Jr., the general counsel at Empire City Raceway, a Yonkers casino that is a member of the association, adding: «I think we agree with a lot of the governor's initiatives.

«Politicians really get to the point where they want to claim the lake is being cleaned up,» said Joe Heath, general counsel for the Onondaga Nation, which has a reservation nearby and considers the lake to be sacred.

The NYPD released a photo of a young man on Tuesday they said was wanted for questioning in regards to the Sept. 7 shooting of 43 - year - old Carey Gabay, who was general counsel at the Empire State Development Corp..

Counsel General John Griffiths said his party must make it clear it is on a «moral crusade» and wants to redistribute wealth if it is to return to power.

Rob Kent, general counsel to the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, said the panel heard from a lot of people who wanted help with their addiction, but had to wait.

Francisco Negron, general counsel for the National School Boards Association, noted, «A good general counsel... will tell you how to achieve what you want and how to do it within the law.»

«We have continuously improved our experience since launch, but even at launch, when customers told us their kids had made purchases they didn't want we refunded those purchases,» wrote Andrew DeVore, Amazon's associate general counsel.

They want to start off being a General Counsel, which is a far cry from reality.

When we asked what her plans were, we found out she wanted to become a General Counsel to a Fortune 500 company — right out of college.

«Want to know the secret of becoming a general counsel who's able to afford the best in life?

«There are probably lots of people who could do this job that are perhaps better qualified or more experienced than me, but I am not quite sure there was anyone that wanted it quite as much,» says World Bank's group general counsel Dr Sandie Okoro.

However, there are tasks that a general counsel may want to outsource that do not require the specialized knowledge of outside counsel, (or the heightened fees).

In her first years - long engagement through Latitude, Amy served as part - time General Counsel to a start - up healthcare tech company — a position that was uniquely suited to her given her IP and healthcare expertise, as well as her practice goals of wanting a flexible schedule.

For law firms who want to continue to increase their global footprint, and for corporate in - house general counsel deployed in overseas markets, the execution risks of business roll - out are many and varied.

Brad Smith, the General Counsel of Microsoft announced that his company was going to give consumers a choice in where they want their data stored.

Kirleis claims Daniel P. Stefko, the firm's general counsel, told her in September 2004 that one of the firm's largest clients — for whom Kirleis primarily worked — «wanted only «gray - haired guys» trying their cases.»

«As legal leaders in Canada, we are duty - bound not only to advocate for greater inclusion, but also to act to generate the positive impact we want to see in our businesses and communities,» said Desjardins, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, corporate social responsibility chairman, with Bombardier.

«You could easily envisage getting to a stage where the only law firms you really want to deal with, as in - house counsel or general counsel, are those who share a platform with you, or are prepared to use your platform so that your collaboration is supported by technology that is common between you and the law firm.»

She's decided to take the approach that she wants to be her client's resource before the matter gets to the point of litigation — resurrecting the relationship of «general counsel» with a client where she becomes their adviser on legal and business issues in a legal framework.

«I was told from day one: «We want you to be a partner at the table, that's what we're looking for in our general counsel.»

Still, if I were a general counsel, I would not want a firm to beseech me for additional money if a matter demands more work than they thought when they agreed to the fee if that firm has squirreled away some of my payments on very profitable matters.

Krug said the general counsel really wanted to understand what her transition would mean for her reputation as an aggressive litigator.

For someone considering whether or not they want to become a general counsel, should they worry about accumulating deep knowledge of a subject matter or specialty?

For these reasons, Slipakoff PC has developed a unique Outside General Counsel program for large and small corporate clients who want outside counsel to handle corporate formalities and legal issues, without incurring the high overhead and multi-tiered staffing of large lawCounsel program for large and small corporate clients who want outside counsel to handle corporate formalities and legal issues, without incurring the high overhead and multi-tiered staffing of large lawcounsel to handle corporate formalities and legal issues, without incurring the high overhead and multi-tiered staffing of large law firms.

A Chicago law firm that specializes in corporate law wants to reach all in - house general counsel at companies with offices in Illinois.

«We decided after the Lexis acquisition that if we wanted to go big we'd have to attack the broad middle of the law,» Owen Byrd, chief evangelist and general counsel at Lex Machina, told me yesterday.

[63] Mr. Leipsic, general counsel for CanWest, was quite clear that CanWest wanted Mr.Atkinson and Mr. Boultbee added as non-competition providers and that this was done in negotiations between the senior officers of each side and became part of the completed sale agreement.

Case in point is a panel I sat in on recently called Foolproof RFPs to Get the Legal Services You Want, held at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting in Washington D.C. featuring two Canadian in - house counsel, a law firm partner from Gowlings (Canada) WLG and a California - based associate general cCounsel annual meeting in Washington D.C. featuring two Canadian in - house counsel, a law firm partner from Gowlings (Canada) WLG and a California - based associate general ccounsel, a law firm partner from Gowlings (Canada) WLG and a California - based associate general counselcounsel.

Asked whether he had «to make a business case each time you want to add a lawyer in - house,» David Allgood, the now retired senior vice president and general counsel for the Royal Bank of Canada told Canadian Lawyer InHouse: «We do a cost comparison to outside counsel and tend to hire in the three - to - five - year range.

Kevin Caulfield, a product line director at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, understands that general counsel don't want their departments to be viewed solely as cost centers.

With his permission, I want to share with you a note I received from Ken Grady, the former General Counsel of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. and architect of the astonishingly successful Wolverine law department and its accomplishments in recent years.

As we head into the new year, what advice would you offer to general counsel or legal operations managers who want to improve their legal spend programs?

Webinar This Thursday (Jan. 27): What GCs Look For on Your Website When They Want to Hire a Lawyer Research proves that corporations, executives and general counsel turn to the Web to find lawyers and law firms.

«We don't want to educate 10 different associates,» says Steve Hantler, DaimlerChrysler A.G.'s assistant general counsel for government and regulatory matters, who adds that he increasingly instructs law firms to use the same associates on different matters to avoid starting from scratch with every case.

LHS / ED: It came about because a few of our general counsel said, «you're asking us about these firms, and we're looking for a new firm in, say, Malaysia, and want an individual name».

The lawyer wanted to consider a few options — working for a law firm, finding another general counsel position and going solo.

Most CEOs and Boards want a general counsel who has judgment, whose legal experience combined with commercial instincts encompass business broadly and the law more broadly.

In the United States, Axiom Legal, and Outside GC pioneered the process of bundling experienced lawyers who didn't want full - time work, and selling them to General Counsel at set rates.

Clients want long - term relationships with their General Counsel who can then learn their business and the environment in which they operate.

«I reply that I know quite a few general counsel and senior in - house lawyers who now use Twitter and regularly send out messages about what they are doing, what they are thinking, and where they are going; and if my clients were sending out regular updates on their news and views, I would want to be on the receiving end, even if the medium has a slightly silly name.

As Peter Gutelius, an assistant general counsel with RBC, says in the current issue of Canadian Lawyer InHouse: «It depends what title you want to put on it — alternative arrangements or value billing — we have done it and believe it can be applied to any legal retainer.»