Sentences with phrase «lawyers say the law»

His lawyers say the law on public nudity is too broad and call the restrictions a violation of freedom of expression.

Some lawyers say the law society should do more to tackle the articling crisis before approving a new law school.

In their statement of the claim, the lawyers said the law society had enough evidence after its investigation to conclude that they had not acted in a conflict of interest and that they had not breached the Rules of Professional Conduct, and yet the regulator pursued a hearing that the lawyers said was «entirely unnecessary.»

It's funny to hear lawyers say the law society has some sort of duty to control the supply of lawyers, lest there be more lawyers than the public demand for them.

Nearly one - quarter (23 percent) of lawyers said their law firm will increase its hiring of partner - or senior - level attorneys in the next two years.

Not exact matches

«The Philippines has found a way to pay tribute to our president,» said Kathleen Clark, a government ethics lawyer and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Saying this could qualify as «willful» disregard of the law, lawyer Robert Barnes wrote for the site LawNewz, and a court would take that into account when assessing the newspaper's right to do so.

But Denise Lash, a lawyer specializing in condo law says that these types of clashes between tenants and condo boards usually come down to a lack of communication and possibly overworked, overwhelmed employees.

«Producers should be excited that about what this means for expanding their business,» says Trina Fraser, a lawyer with law firm BrazeauSeller who has counseled clients applying to be medical marijuana licenced producers.

«It's black - letter law,» says Jason Beeho, a Toronto employment lawyer.

«Unfortunately, laws can be interpreted in so many different ways, and we run into obstacles often where we have one lawyer telling us one thing and another lawyer saying another.

«I'm getting calls from companies asking if they can petition for exemptions [from the metal tariffs],» said Doreen Edelman, a Washington - based trade lawyer with law firm Baker Donelson, told the South China Morning Post in an interview.

Corporate filings are often more legalistic and technical than what executives say during presentations to analysts and investors, when they may sound optimistic about the company's outlook, law professors and private lawyers noted.

The report could hurt GM in legal proceedings and complicate matters for lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, the compensation expert hired by GM to settle some of the many lawsuits, said Carl Tobias, a law professor and product liability specialist at the University of Richmond in Virginia.

«A lot of my clients are in Class 35 for marketing agencies and business consultants, but some also consider themselves business coaches, where Class 41 comes in,» says Rachel Rodgers, a lawyer and the founder of startup law resource Small Business Bodyguard.

«The environment is evolving toward what I would call a highest common denominator,» says Paul Conlin, a lawyer at Norton Rose in Ottawa specializing in bribery law.

Overseas, your company will be subject to unfamiliar regulations and, depending on your agreement with distributors, you may have significant legal exposure, says Brad Peterson, a business lawyer and partner at the law firm Mayer Brown.

Lawyers are fond of saying that hard cases make bad law.

When you call the number, as Breaking Bad fans (myself included) did, actor Bob Odenkirk's recording says, ««Hello, you've reached the law office ofJames M McGill esquire, a lawyer you can trust.»

Savannah Law School professor Andrew Wright, former associate counsel in the Obama White House, said it is unusual for a president to turn to lawyers like Ekonomou who are untested on the national scene and not part of the elite white - collar bar.

Matt said career options can range from working directly with animals to less hands - on — but still very important — endeavors, including lawyers and lobbyists who help animals by writing animal protection laws and lobbying their legislators to get them passed.

Prosecutors say Edwards broke federal law by accepting about $ 725,000 from Mellon and more than $ 200,000 from Fred Baron, a now - deceased Texas lawyer who was his finance chairman.

If both businesses and law enforcement give prompt, upfront disclosure of what technology is being used and in what manner, it will make it easier for startups to do business and help ease people's concerns, says Tamir Israel, a staff lawyer with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

Lewis Cohen, a lawyer at the law firm Hogan Lovells who advises many virtual currency projects, said the document, because of the careful way it was phrased, did not prove that the Tether coins are backed by dollars.

Lawyers, consultants and businesses preparing for the privacy laws said that reining in the large technology companies was not the primary goal of the European legislation.

Governance expert Richard Leblanc, who teaches law, governance, and ethics at York University, echoes this and says that while people like Curran come with the appropriate transactional experience a board would be interested in, many in - house lawyers do not.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada says he continues to support the idea that Canadians could pursue the removal of online information about themselves in some circumstances, even though some lawyers have pointed out hurdles may exist in Canadian law.

That said, if you're personally involved a volume of virtual currency that the IRS would even want to tax, I would check with a lawyer who has expertise in finance and business finance law

A long - awaited bill will bring federal corporate governance laws up to speed with standards already expected by the country's securities exchanges and regulators, lawyers say.

Philip Bartz, a partner at Bryan Cave and a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer, said during his arguments that DOL's rule embodies «overreach» by DOL to «do things that Congress never intended» and that it's «at odds» with state insurance law.

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.

Ethan Dettmer, a partner in the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and one of the lawyers representing the man, Daniel Ramirez Medina, said he is not aware of any other DACA recipient who has been arrested.

Lawyers who specialize in Committee on Foreign Investment law say the deal structure was unusual: The size of the stake walked the line of where the panel has investigated in the past, and the agreement had a clause that allowed either side to call it off if the panel became involved.

LawRato is aligned to our thoughts and has a user - friendly interface that helps law seekers connect with the right lawyer and get legal advice,» Mittal said.

In his statement, Tu, a lawyer with the Los Angeles law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said that Dauman and Abrams had also been removed as directors of National Amusements Inc., the holding company that owns the controlling shares of cable giant Viacom and CBS.

«Law Scout was created by a team of lawyers and developers working together to improve the legal experience,» said Shane Murphy, Co-Founder, Law Scout.

Rudolph W. Giuliani's media blitz to convince the public that neither Donald Trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said.

«The fact that we have the Canada-U.S. free - trade agreement as a fall back gives us greater leverage in a negotiation,» said trade lawyer Matthew Kronby, a former Canadian trade negotiator who is now a partner at law firm Bennett Jones in Toronto.

A lawyer representing the group said Islamic Sharia law, which views apostasy as a criminal offence, makes no provision for those wanting to leave the faith.

«In effect, recognition of Christians in the laws of Iran has now become basically recognition of an ethnicity rather than faith,» said Hussein Jadidi, a human rights lawyer who recently fled Iran after he became a target in a Christmas sweep that caught 70 other Christians.

In Luke, Jesus turns the question back to the lawyer, saying «What is written in the law?

And no, I do not believe there had to be a «lawyer» to create said laws.

«The President's order makes clear that all federal agencies and lawyers must obey the law and respect religious liberty,» said Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at Becket, the firm that represents the Little Sisters and others challenging the HHS Mandate.

«I don't watch a lot of football for fun,» Hochuli would say the next morning behind his desk at the Phoenix law firm of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, where he works 50 hours per week as a trial lawyer.

Shoop's father, a lawyer, might've said, «We didn't send you to Yale to be a coach,» but befriending rivals is something coaching has in common with practicing law.

A lawyer for BPI, Erik Connolly of the law firm Winston & Strawn, said the plaintiffs would oppose the dismissal motion.

The district made a good - faith offer to the owners before the Prospect Heights Park District sued and was committed to keeping the land as a public golf course, said Kathleen Field Orr, a Chicago lawyer who specializes in municipal law.

A well - known divorce lawyer once said: «Prenuptial agreements serve only to deny a woman the rights she has under the law, to property accumulated during her marriage.

Before you speak to a lawyer, find out if he has ever appeared in the media, say, in a celebrity case or on a news channel to explain a point of law.

If I'd said, «You say you're a lawyer,» you could have (correctly) come back with «No, I didn't, I said I was in class at law school when my wife was in labor.»