Sentences with phrase «hiring outside law firms»

Typically, a Wall Street firm hires an outside law firm to conduct an internal review after an episode such as this.

PBS has suspended distribution of «Tavis Smiley» amid «troubling allegations» against the news show's namesake host, and hired an outside law firm to handle an investigation into the matter.

The Niagara County Community College Board of Trustees has hired an outside law firm to help investigate allegations that the bidding was tainted on construction of the college's Culinary Institute in Niagara Falls.

The county restarted foreclosure actions against suburban properties in 2012 by hiring an outside law firm to do that work.

She said, «I always wanted when we hired an outside law firm to work with us that they would have a sense of humour.»

Before joining the legal profession, Adam hired outside law firms as a high technology executive for Adobe Systems, Electronics for Imaging, Inc., and several start - up companies undefined two of which went public.

Not exact matches

The owner of Legal Marketing Maven — a firm that helps law firms streamline their practices through outsourcing — Sparks practiced what she preached from the start, hiring an outside bookkeeper and slowly adding to her virtual team of contractors.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

The initial investigation was conducted in the summer of 2016, where members of the committee, along with an outside law firm hired by the Assembly, interviewed 10 witnesses and looked at texts and emails.

Antonacci has been critical of the county law department's decision to hire six outside firms to defend against his pay raise lawsuit.

He says while the million dollars in private law firm fees are listed on the legislature's expenditure reports, there is not explanation listed for why the outside counsel was hired and paid.

The Clarkstown Taxpayers are not accusing Mr. Savino of any wrong doings, but rather are asking the town board why they were willing to hire a law firm from outside of Rockland with no tax cert experience that had a past association with politicians of dubious backgrounds.

The county hired six outside law firms to defend against the suit.

The agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the state Gaming Commission in Boston includes a number of administrative matters, including the election of a secretary and treasurer, the hiring of staff and the choosing of a law firm and outside gaming consultant.

The county hired six outside law firms to defend against the suit, which cost more than $ 500,000.

Experts say that law firms can give themselves the best protection by first hiring outside companies to perform vulnerability assessments.

With law firms increasing both their hourly rates and the number of billable hours they expect their associates to work, it is no surprise that the clients holding the outsized bills and expecting to pay for all this growth are pushing back with tools like billing guidelines, outside and internal auditors, and more competitive hiring practices.

Because outside support would only be needed during times of high sales volume, Adam was not interested in hiring an additional in - house lawyer or engaging a traditional law firm at budget - busting rates.

Many law firms and companies now hire outside coaches to help lawyers improve performance.

But corporate legal departments are so understaffed these days they can't even hire reinforcements or outsource the work because they don't have the time to manage outside firms, reports The National Law Journal.

In the survey, the IADC asked 689 attorneys, about evenly split between corporate counsel (386) and law firms (303), about shifts in legal spending, relationships, and motivations for hiring outside counsel, among others.

Our legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week looks at Diversity in Law, discussing whether progress has been made since 1999, when the chief legal officers of 500 large corporations agreed to push their outside law firms to hire more minorities and womLaw, discussing whether progress has been made since 1999, when the chief legal officers of 500 large corporations agreed to push their outside law firms to hire more minorities and womlaw firms to hire more minorities and women.

Because that's «when the chief legal officers of 500 large corporations agreed to push their outside law firms to hire more minorities and women,» writes Ambrogi.

Directories and rankings were named as the sixth most influential factor by clients when asked to indicate the importance of different ways in helping to research outside lawyers and law firms for potential hire in a new survey of in - house counsel trends.

From the law firm perspective, the low level of new outside counsel hiring represents a challenge to firms hoping to acquire business from new clients.

«General counsel are hiring corporate counsel, patent attorneys and contract managers to take on more work in - house and reduce their spending on outside law firms,» said Charles Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal in an announcement on the survey results.

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Elsewhere on the insolvency beat, Bloomberg reports that a Manhattan bankruptcy judge has approved a request by the trustee for MF Global Holdings to hire six outside law firms.

In it, the author recounted the views of several in - house counsels as they reflected on how law a firm's blog could affect the hiring of an outside firm.

Mentors, sponsors and supervisors might all act as coaches when they help someone improve performance or set career goals, but if the issue involves adopting new behaviors or changing problematic behaviors, law firms and individual lawyers usually hire outside coaches.

The survey, Global Trends in Hiring Outside Counsel, commissioned by Globality and conducted by The Lawyer Research Service, revealed levels of dissatisfaction to be three times higher with larger law firms (19 %) than smaller rivals (6 %).

A recent study by Steve Nelson of The McCormick Group, published at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Midsize Firms Are Touting Efficiency, But They're Not Hiring Efficiency Experts, found that firms outside the top tier invest less in these two areas than firms in the top Firms Are Touting Efficiency, But They're Not Hiring Efficiency Experts, found that firms outside the top tier invest less in these two areas than firms in the top firms outside the top tier invest less in these two areas than firms in the top firms in the top tier.

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A recent survey in January entitled «Global Trends in Hiring Outside Counsel» found respondents were dissatisfied with larger law firms 19 per cent of the time.

Those who fail to be hired by a firm will have the option of opening their own shop or are be more marketable for jobs outside of law.

What's happening in in - house departments around the country and internationally is we are hiring more senior and more high - priced in - house counsel and we're doing that because we don't want to rely on outside counsel, so it's incumbent on law firms to come up with a way to provide services to us at rates that don't make it prohibitive,» she said.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

Because a company's HR professional could be screening the resume of an applicant who could be his or her boss, consider hiring an outside agency or law firm «to prevent HR from being put in an awkward situation if something negative is found,» Rosen said.

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