Sentences with phrase «house counsel gave»

When it came to hiring law firms, in - house counsel gave a range of reasons for the choices they make reflecting a need for specialist expertise as well as a propensity to spend their budget with the firms they like and feel represent good value.

But in - house counsel gave firms a much lower grade of C + / B -.

In - house counsel gave outside counsel their lowest grades concerning offering timely and realistic budgets and discounted fees / fixed fees / alternative arrangements when requested.

Having worked as in - house counsel gives Bob an inside track on how corporate clients operate, what corporations need, and how best to satisfy them.

Not exact matches

The speaker has not given a reason for his decision to oust the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, who offers the opening prayer and serves as pastoral counsel to the House community.

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office will additionally fund the Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, up to $ 40 million, given the number of distressed homeowners still in need of the free housing counseling and legal services the program provides.

Another conservative House lawmaker — Rep. Trent Franks of Arkansas — is calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign...» The reason given is that the special council is a democratic partisan.

Last Wednesday, Sept. 9, the same day that Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr gave the House a 445 - page report on what he deemed possible impeachable offenses by Mr. Clinton, the chief executive visited schools in Orlando, Fla., and released a study...

Anyone joining after 5 A.M. never got in - except those given special seating, including such notables as Senator Edward Kennedy, Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson, and former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray.

Self - Counsel Press is giving away a copy of Greening Your Pet Care to one lucky My House Rabbit fan.

As you note, outside counsel are in a different position to in - house, and it may affect the advice they give.

If the firm decides to publish all the reviews, Martindale will issue a press release, mention it in their e-newsletter to 25,000 in - house counsel, send announcements to any 10 corporate counsel, and give it featured status in a Top 10 list of newly reviewed law firms on martindale.com.

There are potential problems for in - house lawyers here, given the tendency for in - house counsel to mix legal and commercial roles in their day - to - day activities.

The duality embodied in the term glocalization is an integral part of the international, continental or regional practice of law engaged in by the modern in - house counsel irrespective of the size or geographic scope of the business he or she serves, given the realities of globalization.

He gave it up, he explained at the time, to take a job that made it impossible for him to continue blogging, as counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, working on OSHA - related matters.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top lawyer, overruled the opinions of his own lawyers within the Office of Legal Counsel on the question of the constitutionality of giving the District of Columbia voting rights in the House of Representatives, reports The Washington Post.

Successful completion of the program will give graduates the designation of Certified In - House Counsel — Canada (CIC.C).

When the American Bar Association in 2006 called for a right to counsel in basic human needs civil cases, it gave five examples of what those might be, and housing was one of them.

The new ecosystem is giving buyers more options, and presents the opportunity to use technology - enabled services to meet client demands for cost - effective solutions, to unbundle services so clients get what they want, and to increase collaboration among law firms, in - house counsel and alternative legal services providers.

With plenty of experience behind you, what advice would you give future potential lawyers wanting to begin a career of in - house legal counsel?

Conference co-chair Fernando Garcia said they demonstrate the different ways both corporations and individual in - house counsel can give back to their communities.

Over at the In - House Counsel blog, Melanie Hatton writes about a recent interview she gave on Twitter (yes, such a thing exists) in which she was asked what advice she had for people just now going off to law school.

As I read the statement of claim, he alleges that this in turn has been construed by Department counsel to mean that, with respect to a statutory provision, «no advice is given to the Minister that he or she... has a duty to report to the House...» so long as:

About a month ago, I gave up my private practice to accept a position as in - house counsel.

Recently, I've been giving a series of CLE presentations to in - house counsel on the lawyer's duty to encourage settlement of legal disputes and to recommend alternative dispute resolution — Rule 3.2 - 4 of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada Model Code of Professional Conduct.

Meet Nathan P. Moore, one of 15 different GCs recently given awards described by The Wired GC in «General Counsel and In - House Awards.»

This will also give you a good opportunity to work with clients — learning to understand your clients» needs and to be responsive to clients is very important for in - house counsel.

Thomas Graves had an extensive background in the operation of companies, having spent the first fifteen years of his legal career as in - house counsel for three different exploration and production companies, giving him first - hand understanding of how businesses work.

Some companies will do more work in - house and give less to outside counsel.

Moreover, consideration should be given to the potential involvement of in - house counsel in any interviews of the client, including the risk that the client's statements and any notes, memoranda or other records prepared as a result of the interview may be subject to discovery.

98 F.R.D. 442, 444 (D. Del. 1982), the court held that the privilege protects communications with French in - house counsel because, although they are not licensed in the United States, they are the «functional» equivalent of US attorneys and are able to give legal advice.

Twelve months ago, when I wrote my first article for Canadian Lawyer InHouse, I questioned how much information / advice or support I could give to other fellow in - house counsel.

For an annual fee of $ 95, in - house counsel can purchase a full membership, which gives them access to the site, free attendance at live events, and other members - only materials.

In - house counsel play a key role in structuring and implementing ESOPs given the need to involve and co-ordinate the advice of in - house and external financial, legal, and human resource experts as well as interacting with the board of directors.

Careful boards will want the concurrence of both, but because time is of the essence, the likelihood is that the recommendation of in - house counsel, which has a better understanding of the firm's practices, the industry, the individuals, and organizations involved, will be given great weight.

We note that you have called no expert evidence to contradict the evidence given by Mr. Jewett (and corroborated by every witness we have called) as to how corporate lawyers identify and manage conflict issues as professionals and approach judgments they must make as counsel in situations comparable to those at issue in our case having regard to, among other things, the important role performed by independent directors deliberating separately and by in - house counsel.

It used to be that alternative or «appropriate» fee arrangements were the common subject matter of in - house counsel conference seminars, but over the last few years the mechanics around the various AFAs out there have given way, it seems, to a more hefty discussion on more thought - out budgets and project management.

The Court of Justice reached this decision, which was highly controversial, after conducting a review of the scope of the protection afforded to communications with in - house counsel across the member states of the EU, and finding there not to be a sufficiently broad consensus on this point to justify the extension of the privilege, given that it was identified as being one of the fundamental principles of law common to the constitutional traditions of the member states.

Depending on the circumstances, LAWPRO's in - house counsel may simply give you some guidance and in some instances may agree that you personally handle the motion to set aside the dismissal.

found that this system disadvantages minorities for two reasons: (1) they are less likely than whites to have relationships with in - house counsel who can give them business; and (2) the internal market is built on reciprocity, so other lawyers may be less inclined to give work to minorities who typically have less access to well - paying clients.

We help in - house lawyers identify top outside counsel, and give those outside counsel an incentive to excel: they earn more work from our entire GC group through our performance feedback system.

However, the protection of legal privilege will not apply to advice given by in - house counsel in the context of European Commission related investigations [34] and it may be necessary in those circumstances to engage an external lawyer.

Privilege also applies to communications with in - house counsel, so long as the communications are for the purpose of giving legal advice (Alfred Crompton Amusement Machines Ltd v Customs & Excise Comms (No. 2)[1972] 2 QB 102).

Given the breadth of the CPR Arbitration Committee's membership and the invaluable feedback from several in - house counsel, I believe we have succeeded.

Major, Lindsey & Africa is giving general counsel and in - house legal departments another tool for their cost - savings arsenals.

Her thirteen years as in - house corporate counsel for junior exploration companies has given a broad commercial and financial perspective to her legal practice and has enhanced her knowledge of the specifics of running oil operations internationally.

In all of my consulting work with in - house lawyers, every single attorney I've encountered has offered some variation of this complaint: «I asked outside counsel for X, and they gave me A — Z.» What they don't always realize is that their internal clients (Sales, Procurement, whoever) are saying exactly the same thing about them.

Paula's got a great background for this, given that she was a commercial real estate attorney for seven years (in a large law firm and as in - house counsel for a Fortune 500 company) AND she's one of the first 200 people in the world to have completed the master's program in applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

In the meantime, however, companies are forced to do without the expertise and independence that in - house counsel would give them, but they are still spending a small fortune on lawyers: Are their legal fees too high?

In line with a growing trend reflected in decisions from state supreme courts (those in Georgia, Massachusetts and Oregon), as well as from several federal trial courts, the New York intermediate appeals court recognized that «attorneys who have sought the advice of their law firm's in - house general counsel on their ethical obligations in representing a firm client may [properly] invoke [the] attorney - client privilege to resist the client's demand for the disclosure of communications seeking or giving such advice.»