Sentences with phrase «legal fiduciary obligations»

Even without legal fiduciary obligations, it is unrealistic to think that a real estate licensee can adequately represent himself and the other party to a transaction because of the inherent conflicts of interest.

Not exact matches

It's worth noting that the question relates to creating an «advisory board» which is very different than a board of directors or fiduciary board, which involves legal obligations.

The realities of the 21st century require fiduciaries to be concerned with the impact of financial, social and environmental factors on the performance of their company to fulfill their legal obligations and maximize shareholder value.

Most funds with share classes from A to R5 can have some element of revenue - sharing, where fees can be taken from investments to pay commissions for the services of third - party providers — some of which may not have a fiduciary responsibility or legal obligation to act in the participants» best interests.

But «a Personal Capital adviser, a fiduciary, has the legal obligation to do what's in the client's best interest and does not take back - end fees or anything else.»

A fiduciary, on the other hand, has a legal obligation to put your financial interests first and disclose or eliminate all potential conflicts of interest when giving advice.

He often has conducted and coordinated employment related investigations and has frequently advised clients with regard to federal and state legal and regulatory requirements, the fiduciary responsibilities of corporate and governmental governing boards and general legal obligations.

A lawyer has a fiduciary duty (legal obligation) to look out for your best interests.

A fair and reasonable fee must be consonant with legal professionals» fiduciary obligation to not take advantage of superior knowledge to enrich themselves at clients» expense.

Since then, he has authored or co-authored a number of legal publications and is a frequent speaker on corporate governance, director and officer liability, fiduciary obligations, corporate investigations, financial statement fraud and presentation issues, whistleblower allegations, and insider trading.

The Specific Claims Tribunal determined Williams Lake had established the validity of the claim against the federal Crown: there were pre-emptive purchases of the lands by settlers, in contravention of colonial policy and law; such contraventions constituted a breach of a legal obligation, pursuant to colonial legislation pertaining to reserved lands; B.C. failed to act honourably and was in breach of its fiduciary duties at common law, by failing to put the Indian interest in settlement lands ahead of settlers» interests; Canada was liable for B.C.'s pre-Confederation breaches of legislation and fiduciary duty, pursuant to the Act; and Canada also breached its post-Confederation fiduciary duties by failing to provide reserve lands to Williams Lake.

Clients using a law firm for document review can rely on, in addition to the benefit of LawPRO insurance coverage, a number of key legal protections including fiduciary obligations and solicitor - client privilege.

When I left Lawyer Metrics in late 2016, and before I started Legal Evolution, I resigned from Qualmet's Board, as I viewed fiduciary obligations to any legal industry business as incompatible with my role as edLegal Evolution, I resigned from Qualmet's Board, as I viewed fiduciary obligations to any legal industry business as incompatible with my role as edlegal industry business as incompatible with my role as editor.

The applicants sought the Federal Court to consider whether communal title in traditional ritual knowledge, as expressed through artwork, could be recognised and protected by the Australian legal system as an incidence of native title, and alternatively whether a fiduciary obligation could be found to be owed by the artist back to the community and whether the common law is capable of recognising some form of traditional community ownership of copyright in equity.