Sentences with phrase «general legal communications»

I recognize there is still some outmoded thinking about e-signatures (as if faxes weren't essentially electronic documents themselves, except easier to fake than PDFs), but for general legal communications, where is the evidence?

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WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday he would lead a multi-state legal challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote to reverse landmark the 2015 net neutrality rules.

Ferro and Gannett CEO Bob Dickey may be the generals, but they've got some of the best, and highest - paid, legal, banking and strategic communications firm helping to advise them, from behind the lines.

I'd love to include a fascimile of my poppy (scrap) book, but So much of it involves written communication and photographs of private groups, the legal CYA is such a headache to even think about that I haven't done anything about writing it for years, though a lot of vets in general and the American Legion in particular would like to see more light shined on disabled vets.

The Southeastern Legal Foundation notes that the Morocco National Communication «lends some support [to the Agoumi reference], saying that by 2020 during drought conditions cereal yields would decline up to 50 %» but that «the data apply to cereal yields only, not crops in general as is implied by the IPCC.»

According to research by strategic communications consultancy the Madano Partnership, 12 % of the elected new MPs at the 2010 general election have a legal background.

«The general rule is that executed documents, even those prepared by legal counsel, are not privileged because they exist independently of any prior privileged communication between a client and legal counsel.

Chicago - Kent College of Law, for example, has been experimenting with digital casebooks since the 1990s.160 Other professors argue that reading in digital format is inevitable.161 In general, those who call for more integration of technology into legal education suggest, besides digital textbooks, the use of online course management; use of listservs, blogs, and email to facilitate collaboration and communication outside of class; and the use of video - based instruction and electronic legal research aids.

The Third Circuit in In re Bevill Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corp., developed a five - part test (the Bevill test) to examine the merits of such an assertion by an individual employee against company counsel.50 Under this test, employees must show that (1) they approached corporate counsel for the purpose of seeking legal advice; (2) they made it clear that they were seeking advice in their individual capacity; (3) counsel sought to communicate with the employee in this individual capacity, mindful of the conflicts with its representation of the company; (4) the communications were confidential; and (5) the communications did not concern the employee's official duties or the general affairs of the company.51 The Bevill test has been recognised by other jurisdictions as a means of assessing whether a company employee may assert attorney — client privilege in an individual capacity arising out of communications with corporate counsel.52 (See also Chapter 13 on employee rights.)

To name just a few: Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Mark Cavanagh; Ron Friedmann, senior vice president for marketing at Integreon and author of the blog Strategic Legal Technology; Marquette University Law School Prof. Jay E. Grenig; Linda A. Klein, partner with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and past president of the State Bar of Georgia; Shannon Capone Kirk, e-discovery counsel at Ropes & Gray in Boston; Tom O'Connor, CEO of the Legal Electronic Document Institute; Patrick Oot, director of e-discovery at Verizon Communications; and Joseph C. Scott, general manager of CompuLawDeadlines on Demand.

And surely the meanness and the mischief of prying into a man's confidential consultations with his legal adviser, the general evil of infusing reserve and dissimulation, easiness, and suspicion and fear, into those communications which must take place, and which, unless in a condition of perfect security, must take place uselessly or worse, are too great a price to pay for truth itself.»

In testimony before a House subcommittee on Tuesday, Elana Tyrangiel, acting assistant attorney general at the DoJ's Office of Legal Policy, affirmed the Obama administration's support for an overhaul of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to provide stronger privacy protections for Webmail, documents stored online and other cloud services.

Author: Darryl L. DePriest is the director of Legal & Regulatory Communications at Hill & Knowlton and a former General Counsel of the American Bar Association.

Randy Milch, former General Counsel and Executive Vice President and Strategic Policy Advisor, Verizon Communications Inc., shares why pro bono service is important and speaks about the tremendous need for attorneys to volunteer and become evangelists for pro legal services.

Our philosophy is to provide outstanding and creative legal services in the area of general family law in an atmosphere in which client service and communication is our first priority.

The following will not be protected by EU legal professional privilege: legal advice of a general nature (ie, not connected to the client's rights of defence or the subject matter of the investigation), internal company communications with an in - house lawyer, communications between a company and its external lawyer qualified only in the US, internal reports or documents that were sent to a lawyer but that were not created for the exclusive purpose of seeking legal advice and file notes of meetings with lawyers, unless those notes record advice received from an EEA qualified external lawyer, and documents created during an internal investigation (where the client's rights of defence are not engaged).

Therefore, litigation privilege will only attach if the communications are made because of existing or contemplated litigation, and not just to provide general legal advice.

Practical skills training focuses on general legal skills, including problem - solving, communication and presentation, contract interpretation, writing and editing, and ethics and professionalism.

His work in this arena involves all aspects of environmental and general legal counseling, including performing due diligence, securing permits, interfacing with potential investors, the general public, and political stakeholders, coordinating public communications strategies, and developing regulatory compliance strategies.

TAGS: Legal social networks; Legal social media; Lawyers» social networks; African - American lawyers» social networks; Corporate lawyers» social networks; General counsel's social networks; Legal publishing; Legal publishers; Legal self - publishing; Legal communication; Legal information sharing; Web 2.0 and law.

TAGS: Legal social networks; Legal social media; Lawyers» social networks; Corporate lawyers» social networks; General counsel's social networks; Law students» social networks; Legal publishing; Legal publishers; Legal self - publishing; Legal communication; Legal information sharing; Web 2.0 and law.

Previously: SVP of Corporate Development, Verio; VP of Intentional Operations / Legal and Asst. General Counsel, Excel Communications; Attorney, Gardere & Wynne LLP

One way in which the communication gap can be closed at a more general level is for the in - house legal team to train key internal groups on how to use a legal team effectively.

GWB e-alerts, newsletters, and other electronic communication are intended to provide general information about legal developments and should not be construed as legal advice on any specific facts and circumstances, nor should they be construed as advertisements for legal services.

(iii) Moreover, «privileged communication» is defined in the set of regulations of the Dubai Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA), the regulator of financial services in DIFC, as «a privilege arising from the provision of professional legal advice and any other like privilege properly applicable at law to the communication in question, but does not include a general duty of confidentiality».

As General Counsel, I am a resource which my clients call on when they need guidance in these areas which, unlike most outside legal counsel, means frequent communication, almost daily.

The intent of the Electronic Commerce Act is how to give legal effect to electronic communications (documents and signatures), especially in the light of legal rules that appear to assume the use of paper,» says Brendan Crawley, a spokesman for Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General.

Serving alongside Piasentin on the chapter board will be Joel Guralnick, general counsel at Vision Critical Communications (vice president); J. Dean Readman, director, legal services and corporate secretary, legal services, Port Metro Vancouver (treasurer); and Nicole Chen, legal counsel, AMEC (secretary).

However, a discussion of capital voir dire must begin with a review of the general communication and comprehension gaps between jurors and legal professionals.

In the first exercise, we surveyed over 50 law firms, in - house legal departments, businesses and members of the public to create the first shortlist of problems that we categorized into six streams: access to justice, collaboration and communication, data analysis, document management, productivity and general (i.e., miscellaneous issues).

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Performed general secretary duties for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division; maintained assigned case files and diary system; scheduled mediation conference; inputted statistical data and typed notices, awards, orders and other documents with a high degree of accuracy; communicated with case parties and the general public in a service - oriented and professional manner; assisted other legal secretaries in the section and the Trial Division; performed copying; screened and processed telephone calls and written communications; performed other duties to assist the Division Director, Administrative Law Judges, Staff attorneys / Mediators, and others as assigned.

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