Sentences with phrase «into legal technology companies»

While the traditional career path inside a large law firm will remain, and the drudgery of some tasks will decline given technology, new paths into legal technology companies are opening up.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In the DVD space, for example, DRM systems like the Content Scramble System (CSS) have become the legal «hook» that forces technology companies to enter into license agreements before they build products that can play movies.22 Those license agreements, in turn, define what the devices can and can't do, thereby protecting Hollywood business models from disruptive innovation.

On January 6, 2010 the company announced that, subject to shareholder approval, it intended to restructure itself into two distinct legal entities through the distribution to shareholders of all the common shares of its industrial plant technology, equipment and service company, KHD Humboldt Wedag (Deutschland) AG («KID»).

The most recent is In The House, which I wrote about last May, and one of the first was Legal OnRamp, which launched in 2007 but eventually evolved into a technology company and was acquired earlier this year by Elevate Services.

Represented a biotechnology company focused on novel pharmaceutical therapies that seek to exploit RNA editing and DNA editing enzymes, in negotiating a license into the company relating to its core technology, and represent the company with regard to the creation and maintenance of its stock option plan and other general legal matters.

Evolving out of the early legal matter and spend management tools that formed the bedrock of law department technology, ELM today must incorporate an expansive set of integrated software technology and services that provides full visibility into a company's legal and compliance functions.

In 2007, Mr. Rowe and Out of the Box Developers partner, Mr. McNeill, merged all their respective companies into OTB Consulting, through which they provide legal technology consulting services to law firms and businesses throughout the United States, and many foreign countries.

In addition to financial services, our sector experience covers energy, pharmaceutical, technology and FMCGs, and we have successfully placed candidates into positions including General Counsel, Head of Legal, Company Secretary, Transaction Manager and Senior In - House Lawyer.

Although there is no shortage of tech firms seeking to break into the legal industry, law firms will have to exercise caution deciding in which companies / technologies to invest their time and money, since many companies and technologies will not be long - term survivors.

The sales cycle for technology companies into legal is notoriously slow.

In 2012, investors put $ 66 million dollars into legal service technology companies.

There is a large push from a significant number of companies to introduce technology into the provision of legal services over widely different areas.

Instead, she grew with the company into international markets by focusing on electronic message recordkeeping and supervision through technology and compliance for legal and audit purposes.

Both are technology companies adapted to legal service that are taking a bite out of the access to justice crisis by introducing vast numbers of otherwise disenfranchised customers into the market, And in doing so, these providers are prospering and redefining the public's perception of legal services.

Both Lexis and Westlaw have done their usual slew of Joint Ventures, Mergers and Buyouts in the world of legal technology to boost ever decreasing revenues and as late as mid March press departments at both companies were in silent mode as the number crunchers and management run around furiously creating end of Q. 1 figures for boards, MD's and investors that are designed to ensure that their jobs last into quarters 2 & 3 of 2013.

«While it's implausible to anticipate every possible risk presented by the use of the cloud and BYOD, companies that have integrated these technologies into their corporate policies, IT security, and risk management plans will be much better prepared to fulfill their legal obligations.

The Open Technology Institute also denounced the CLOUD Act's provision to «allow qualifying foreign governments to enter into an executive agreement to bypass the human rights protective Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) process when seeking data in criminal investigations and to seek data directly from U.S. technology companiTechnology Institute also denounced the CLOUD Act's provision to «allow qualifying foreign governments to enter into an executive agreement to bypass the human rights protective Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) process when seeking data in criminal investigations and to seek data directly from U.S. technology companitechnology companies.»

Long permission agreements written in legalese are often peppered with double negatives, privacy buttons are designed to lure people into feeling secure, and it's all completely legal because there are so few protection laws governing how technology companies use people's data, Hartzog argues.

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