Sentences with phrase «held by lawyers»

There is an interesting misconception about mediation that is held by lawyers and couples alike.

One of the principal objections raised by the legal profession from the outset has been a concern about the lack of adequate protection for solicitor - client privilege and solicitor - client confidentiality given the potential under the Act and regulations for information held by lawyers to be shared with state agencies.

Inside the «lawyer bias» can be found another bias, this one held by lawyers who generate revenue against lawyers who don't («You're not a real lawyer,» etc.), which could continue to limit the degree to which partners take these issues seriously.

While both the ethical duty of confidentiality and the evidentiary principle of the attorney - client privilege relate to information held by a lawyer, they are distinct concepts with separate parameters.

This may mean that you have to pay some of your settlement to a third party, or that part of your settlement payment may be held by your lawyer while questions about payment are resolved.

Here, the Barreau du Quebec went to the superior court to seek freezing orders in respect of accounts held by a lawyer who was under investigation.

The Connecticut RPC specifically recognize such a «letter of protection» as among the lien - like instruments that are «directly related to the property held by the lawyer» and which thereby trigger the lawyer's obligation to segregate and hold any recovery at which the protection letter is targeted.8

Not exact matches

Salesmanship is practically the only skill set needed in the C - suite that doesn't have its own professional designation, like those held by accountants and lawyers.

A lawyer by training, he's held various roles at the company including one in operations before taking on his current position six months ago.

By requiring retirement advisers to either meet a «fiduciary» standard or put other safeguards into place, the rule holds financial advisers to the same benchmark already required of doctors and lawyers — that they act in their clients» best interests.

Mr. Kushner has consulted with at least one lawyer and believes that by forgoing a salary and putting his investment fund, his real estate holdings and The New York Observer into a blind trust, he would not be bound by federal nepotism rules, according to one of the people briefed.

It's important to note that Trump's lawyers have repeatedly told him not to mention Mueller by name, and Trump held off for almost a year after Mueller started his investigation in early 2017.

A paper co-authored by University of Ottawa Professor Michael Wolfson, one of Canada's top researchers on income and equality issues, said there was much debate of Ottawa's new program this year allowing some income splitting for couples with children, but most people don't realize income splitting has long existed for thousands of professionals such as doctors and lawyers who have been able to funnel their incomes through private companies they create to hold their income.

Zachary Cruz, brother of Parkland school shooter Nickolas Cruz, is being harassed by law enforcement — accused of terrorizing the community, arrested for a trivial infraction, held in jail after posting bond, and all but forced to take a conviction to avoid being unfairly jailed, according to his new lawyers.

Browder said that to protect the vast amounts of money, some of which he said was in American banks, Putin launched a campaign to repeal the Magnitsky Act, a U.S. law that imposed sanctions on Russian officials whom the U.S. held responsible for the 2009 death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Russian jail after being retained by Browder to investigate corruption.

It's a key factor in many of the dozen lawsuits filed by San Francisco - based lawyer Christopher Dolan — he argues Uber should be held accountable for the misdeeds of its drivers, while Uber counters it's not to blame because the drivers are independent contractors.

The Anglo - American idea... means that the party who does not abide by certain specific decrees emanating from a judicial body is a contumacious person and may, as a rule, be held in contempt of court, fined and jailed... Now, this very concept of contempt simply does not belong to the world of ideas of a Latin lawyer.

As Andrea Williams of the Christian Lawyers» fellowship commented «Whilst Christian groups have been clear from the outset that they would not wish in any way to deny the provision of basic goods and services to homosexuals, the Government have refused all calls that the Regulations should contain a simple clause that «no - one should be forced by this law to promote or actively condone any sexual practices which are contrary to their deeply held religious belief.

Bruno first held a brief press conference, telling reporters that he is «very unhappy with the result here,» and «very optimistic, as most lawyers in the United States are» that the theft of honest services law under which he was charged will be overturned by the US Supreme Court.

At the same time as he held those two government jobs, he was the lawyer for the Industrial Development Agency (whose leadership was appointed by Mangano) and worked for Mangano's former law firm.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

A lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, viewed open letters as a means of expressing criticisms and suggestions to the government by the citizens, adding that they were a good way of holding the government accountable.

You spend years as a Naval Officer, tough Federal Prosecutor, and as a lawyer who took on Wall Street on behalf of thousands of defrauded investors, holding company officers accountable by making them pay out of their own pockets.

the legal firm of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the lawyers for former President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member of the law firm as well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former President as Chairman of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure of office and also holds himself out as the personal lawyer of the former President,» Martin Amidu noted.

Meanwhile a Steering Committee is being held by the NPP and Afoko's lawyers say they may cite the persons attending the meeting for contempt.

He said usually only around 20 Afghans were being held at any one time, but blamed British lawyers for raising question - marks about the way the detainees would be treated by the Afghan authorities.

Moreover, the lawyers argue that the defendants all live and work in the Buffalo area and that they will be calling numerous defense witnesses from Western New York, whose travel expenses, to be paid for by the defense, will soar if the trial is held in Manhattan.

«New Yorkers deserve an attorney general who is unwavering in her fight to uphold and defend their most basic rights,» Ms. James said in a brief speech at the Brooklyn Historical Society, where she was surrounded by cheering supporters holding signs calling her «the people's lawyer.»

It was formed by a group of lawyers including Robert Haig and Mark Zauderer, many of whom currently or previously have held appointments to advisory committees in the court system.

The Accra High Court put on hold proceedings following an application by defense lawyers seeking to have the prosecution make known all witnesses they will be relying on, and also make available all the documents it intends to tender as evidence.

Bruno noted that New York's lawmakers are allowed to hold outside jobs, and said Silver was employed by the «trial lawyers» for something between $ 40 - 60,000 a month.

Alliance executive director Tom Stebbins said trial lawyers have profited handsomely while driving up the cost of doing business in New York by blocking needed reforms to provisions such as the «scaffold law,» which holds contractors and property owners fully liable no matter what if workers are hurt in falls from heights under unsafe conditions.

The lawyers, represented by the Public Employees Federation union, are protesting the demand, which would make public some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outside jobs.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has reacted to the White Paper issued by Governor Ayodele Fayose barring a former governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from holding public officesin the state.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has reacted to the White Paper issued by Governor Ayodele Fayose barring a former governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from holding...

It could be women and disabled people, according to a summit of scientists, ethicists and lawyers held in Paris last week by the Committee on Human Gene Editing, part of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

But Deer's investigation - nominated in February 2011 for two British Press Awards - discovered that, while Wakefield held himself out to be a dispassionate scientist, two years before the Lancet paper was published - and before any of the 12 children were even referred to the hospital - he had been hired to attack MMR by a lawyer, Richard Barr: a jobbing solicitor in the small eastern English town of King's Lynn, who hoped to raise a speculative class action lawsuit against drug companies which manufactured the triple shot.

Navy Cmdr. Harmon «Harm» Rabb (David James Elliott), an ace pilot turned lawyer, and Marine Lt. Col. Sarah «Mac» MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), a beautiful by - the - book officer, are colleagues who hold the same high standards but find themselves clashing when they choose different routes to get to the same place.

A criminal attorney (Michael Jeter at his wormiest)-- Donnie's lawyer — gets a courtroom on his side by demonstrating her inability to guess how many fingers he's holding up, driving her alleged fraudulence home by asking why she didn't or couldn't predict the accident that killed her own husband.

almost impossible for citizens who are not trained labor lawyers, which is why hearings on the New York City contract held by New York City councilwoman Eva Moskowitz were so important.

Even then, however, making sense of these mammoth documents is almost impossible for citizens who are not trained labor lawyers, which is why hearings on the New York City contract held by New York City councilwoman Eva Moskowitz were so important.

The money is held by the real estate representative or your lawyer / notary, and is paid to the vendor when the sale is closed.

Small business owners, along with incorporated doctors, lawyers and other professionals, breathed a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday night as they started to parse through the government's entirely new approach to dealing with passive investment assets held by Canadian controlled private corporations (CCPCs).

A sum of money deposited in trust by the purchaser when making an offer to be held in trust by the vendor's agent, broker, lawyer or notary until the closing of the transaction.

And if brokers were held to the same standard as doctors or lawyers, critics say, fewer would be cleared of wrongdoing by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, an industry - funded group that oversees arbitrations and can impose fines and other penalties.

The money, held in trust, would be managed by a trustee — a responsible family member or friend who could hire financial advisors, lawyers and accountants to advise on the money in the meantime.

The DC Bar Foundation offers a forgiveness program to increase the number of experienced, skilled lawyers working for low - income individuals, while providing assistance to the education debt held by public interest lawyers.

So for years veterinarians have been told by lawyers and insurance executives that going to «the back» and have more people hold the pet to prevent the veterinarian from being injured was the way to do things.

According to the Associated Press (AP), however, the Trump Organization's lawyers said Panamanian courts had made no determination on the underlying dispute — a management contract held by the Trump group that it claims is still valid — and had only appointed an interim management until an international arbitration panel rules on the issue.

The Iowa men, accused of making online threats of violence against the World Pokemon Championships competition in Boston, were ordered held without bail Tuesday after Judge Thomas Horgan rejected arguments by their lawyers that their comments amounted to idle online bravado.