Sentences with phrase «led approach law»

Let me first declare an interest, so that you can put what I am about to say in context: I edited The Legal 500 in 1996 and 1997 and am responsible for the thematic (as opposed to alphabetical) construction of the editorial of that publication, an innovation I am proud to say remains intact to this day, and which I believe better reflects the interconnected nature of the sector - led approach law has increasingly taken.

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While other firms play catchup with a reactive approach, Hagens Berman has become a proactive pioneer — testing vehicles, effecting scientific evidence of new fraud and leading the pack against automakers who violate the law.

Our lawyers take a hands - on, accessible approach in representing leading national and international financial institutions, investors, landowners, tenants and developers in relation to all aspects of real estate and municipal law.

«We'd talked to them about proportional representation, and Andrew Adonis was leading our approach with David Laws for the Lib Dems, and we'd worked out our policy on all these things.

Intimate partner abuse brought to the attention of law enforcement or health professionals — batterers rarely volunteer for treatment — often leads to support programs for victims and punitive approaches to perpetrators.

There were law firms who approached me two years ago, because they saw this coming, and they wanted me to be the lead complainant because I've been talking about this thing since like 1993 — 1994.

Many cosmologists now believe there are other universes hidden from our view — as many as 10500, according to string theory, a leading approach to unifying all the universe's physical laws into one elegant solution.

Though South Africa opened its borders and welcomed refugees fleeing persecutions, the current approach towards treatment of refugees shows a sign of a fatigue of hosting refugees.45 It becomes a metaphysical question as to whether Rwandan refugees should blame South Africa for having laws that protect the human rights and interests of its citizens or whether they blame the superpowers foreign policies that led to the negation of the principles of human and refugee rights, resulting in their current sufferings and predicament or whether they blame the oppressive regime installed in Rwanda, a regime only interested in tracking them down for assassination.

Rep. George Miller, a leading architect of the No Child Left Behind legislation, says he never anticipated that the landmark education law would ignite the testing obsession that engulfed the nation's schools, leading to what some have charged is a simplistic «drill and kill» approach that subverts real instruction.

It is clear that more than 13 years after being signed into law, the NCLB's approach to accountability is too prescriptive, has led to too many schools identified as failing, and has prescribed the same remedies for all schools regardless of their actual challenges.

The passive house standard may be acceptable as an alternative method of compliance with Ireland's stringent energy efficiency regulations, according to a leading expert in energy and construction law, leaving the door open to a similar approach in the UK.

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

It's an approach that we're committed to and demonstrate when we partner with our law firm clients to strategically integrate the right marketing options for their business needs: Internet, TV Advertising, Lead Generation, Mobile, Online Chat, Paid Search, etc..

While a strong, narrowly focused law firm branding strategy can distinguish your practice from the increasing legal noise, an unfocused, catch - all approach can lead to invisibility.

Does law school and «the profession» make many of us so risk - averse, passive and routinely academic in our approach to life that it knocks the will and energy to lead out of us?

I get approached on a regular basis with this question by small law firms that want to have the advantages of the larger firms, by lawyers or librarians who want to become part of an existing KM team in a larger firm, or by individuals hired into firms to lead KM initiatives.

On a more fundamental level, each contract may have different governing law and jurisdiction clauses, leading to situations where different approaches to policy coverage are likely to occur in the separate jurisdictions that govern the reinsurance and underlying insurance.

In short, employing a more sophisticated approach to lead tracking can help law firms better understand which are their most successful marketing vehicles.

«There are a lot of different views and not a lot of common law decisions that take a united approach to the issue, which means there is a lot of wiggle room for parties to argue one way or another, and that leads to uncertainty in the law,» he says.

That is leading to a shift in how law firms are structured, with many taking a sectoral approach to their client matters rather than the traditional practice group set up.

In this episode, Katrina Leung talks about her «Goldilocks» approach to law practice, which eventually led her to start her own practice, Intuos Law, then move into Clio headquarters for her office spalaw practice, which eventually led her to start her own practice, Intuos Law, then move into Clio headquarters for her office spaLaw, then move into Clio headquarters for her office space.

Mr Creighton briefly outlined the approach taken in the successful judicial review of that decision brought by leading prison law bodies, the Howard League for Penal Reform and The Prisoners» Advice Service.

It's clearly a sensitive subject: of the 12 leading Canadian firms The Am Law Daily approached in relation to international mergers, only two others — Blake; and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg — would comment.

Led by the Association of Corporate Counsel's «ACC Value Challenge,» corporate America is increasingly demanding that their outside law firms abandon the entrenched, historic, «cost - plus,» «billable hour» economic pricing model in favor of «Alternative Fee Arrangements» («AFAs») and other «value billing» approaches (e.g., non-hourly pricing arrangements such as «fixed fee,» «contingency,» or «hybrid» fee arrangements).

Many leading cases on divorce procedure are decades old, a consequence of the cost of litigation and perhaps also a more «relaxed» approach to the law by the courts, but the decision in Owens v Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182, [2017] All ER (D) 23 (Apr) highlighted that the generally accepted practice of «mild» particulars in unreasonable behavior petitions does not in fact comply with the law.

The UK's top law firms need to follow the lead of investment banks and take a more brutal approach to underperformance as they fight to maintain market position in the face of growing competition from US firms and legal services providers.

While our attorneys have the expertise, experience and relationships to lead lobbying efforts on life sciences and health care regulation on both the executive and legislative levels, we have found that our strategic approach to legal matters — which is based in a long Foley Hoag tradition of public sector representation and administrative law — has been well suited for collaboration with our clients» internal and external lobbyists.

Ed has reshaped the offerings of ForLawFirms Only to focus on growing law firms through a holistic approach to digital marketing evident in the reformulated lead generation processes now in place.

While Lord Carnwath in Marks and Spencer considered that Lord Hoffmann's approach had not diluted the requirements for an implied term, Lord Neuberger's concern that Belize Telecom could be interpreted in that way was well - founded: as Lord Neuberger pointed out, both academic lawyers and judges had treated Belize Telecom as changing the law; and the tenant in Marks and Spencer contended that it had led to a more liberal approach.

The Vancouver Sun recently described the issue of insufficient access to justice in British Columbia as a «fast - approaching cliff» and urged the Law Society of British Columbia to lead efforts to address the problem.

«While some flexibility is important... the current open - ended approach to the good character inquiry could lead to subjective analyses that provide little concrete guidance to applicants and adjudicators on the standard to be met,» the law society said in a written response to a consultation paper.

The approach to such questions at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), which has tended to lead world thinking on the subject, is to seek a «functional equivalent» of what satisfies the requirement on paper.

John Croft shares insights from Elevate's work helping leading Canadian law firm Gowlings to implement a lean approach to legal project management.

Texas again led the collaborative world when it developed a unique team approach to the practice — an interdisciplinary version of collaborative law involving neutral mental health professionals and neutral financial professionals.

Hone in on who is attracted to the law firm's website in the «audience» selection with a simple map display, or focus on the age and gender of the site's leads to get a better approach to what categories are generating the most clicks.

Mark Tamminga and Rick Kathuria of leading Canadian law firm Gowlings join Pratik Patel and Kevin Colangelo of Elevate to examine the firm's journey to implement a «just enough» approach to legal project management.

«Acuity is the go - to managed document review offering for leading corporations and law firms because it is a smarter approach to document review,» said Sophie Ross, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting Technology practice.

«Mark Brealey QC «leads in competition law damages claims» and «demonstrates an intelligent and balanced approach that attracts both judges and clients»» — Legal 500, 2011

Leading experts from academic, practice and arbitration institutions and international organisation discussed different approaches in common and civil law systems, the emergence of group actions in commercial arbitration and the experience with similar cases in investment arbitration.

We have taken a fresh and innovative approach to training to give our students an exciting insight into the business of law, as well as the practical side of law, and offer them an opportunity to work within our market - leading practice and sector groups and truly experience life at CMS».

That principled approach did lead Lennox into the practice of criminal law.

Currently co-head of the real estate commercial division and head of the rural services team, Ed Whittington is recognised by Chambers as a «leading individual» who is «respected for his specialist knowledge of land law and hands - on approach.»

The lead articles in Issue 19 of Management Solutions, «True or False: You Are What You Bill» and «New Approaches to Time and Performance» were reprinted in the August 2007 edition of Law Practice Today.

Concern for the rule of law is leading some Supreme Court Justices to push back against the presumption of deference and return to more of a «functional and pragmatic» approach to standard of review.

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It is also the result of specific encouragement from a visit to the team behind the reincarnation of the Rechtwijzer which has offers a continuation of its world - leading approach; attendance at a globally focused conference but on by the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL — one of the three institutions behind the Rechtwijzer); and an inspiring conference from the US Legal Services Commission.

American Lawyer brass: Executive Editor Gina Passarella; Managing Editor Emily Barker; Global Managing Editor and Head of the Litigation Desk Melissa Hoffmann; and Deputy Editor for the Business of Law Brian Baxter were a great panel, leading us into American Lawyer's newest ideas, how to approach them with stories, what NOT to do on a pitch, and plans for the year ahead.

Richardson: Actually, I think innovation is taking the lead and progressive clients and law firms are willing to try new approaches that work.

Osborne Clarke, a leading international law firm, is implementing BigHand Now and BigHand Capacity Manager as part of an initiative to increase efficiency across the business and foster a «right work to the right place» approach.

Discovia, a leading global provider of eDiscovery services to corporations, law firms and government entities, announced it has leveraged Brainspace to implement a technology - based managed services solution for clean energy leader SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) to help optimize the way the San Mateo, California - based company approaches internal and government investigations, labor and employment matters, and antitrust -LSB-...] READ MORE»