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.
§ Do your due diligence and make sure the
company offering the ICO is a going concern, has a recognised
legal entity and that the project you want to invest
in has the required
research and staffing behind it
Dissolving the
company greatly reduces the
legal and financial liabilities associated with its data mishandling practices
in the future,» said Albright,
research director a Columbia's Tow Center for Digital Journalism.
Sustainability Reporting: Final chart
in this session looks at the proportion of
companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field of ESG
research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful
in filtering out
companies that are at risk of brand impairment,
legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.
Major alcohol
companies will likely see sales squeezed by
legal cannabis
in the coming years, according to Wall Street
research firm CFRA R
research firm CFRA
ResearchResearch.
Both books also tackle the resulting shift
in ethical, aspirational, and
legal landscapes
in biomedical
research as molecular scientists rushed to form industrial ties, universities accelerated patenting and licensing activities, and entrepreneurs created biotechnology
companies.
In 2005 and 2004, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded economic
research on alternative corporate governance models, namely the principal / agent and team production models, and their ability to explain both the
legal and economic behaviors of public
companies.
In a recently published paper in the Washington and Lee Law Review, Kesan and co-authors Carol M. Hayes, a research associate in the College of Law, and Masooda N. Bashir, the assistant director of the Social Trust Initiatives at the U. of I.'s Information Trust Institute, propose creating a legal framework that would require companies to provide baseline protections for personal information while also taking steps to enhance users» control over their own dat
In a recently published paper
in the Washington and Lee Law Review, Kesan and co-authors Carol M. Hayes, a research associate in the College of Law, and Masooda N. Bashir, the assistant director of the Social Trust Initiatives at the U. of I.'s Information Trust Institute, propose creating a legal framework that would require companies to provide baseline protections for personal information while also taking steps to enhance users» control over their own dat
in the Washington and Lee Law Review, Kesan and co-authors Carol M. Hayes, a
research associate
in the College of Law, and Masooda N. Bashir, the assistant director of the Social Trust Initiatives at the U. of I.'s Information Trust Institute, propose creating a legal framework that would require companies to provide baseline protections for personal information while also taking steps to enhance users» control over their own dat
in the College of Law, and Masooda N. Bashir, the assistant director of the Social Trust Initiatives at the U. of I.'s Information Trust Institute, propose creating a
legal framework that would require
companies to provide baseline protections for personal information while also taking steps to enhance users» control over their own data.
In the USA, it is not possible to do such
research with Federal funding (e.g. NIH), and although some States have rules that would forbid it irrespective of funding source, it would be
legal with non-federal funds (charities, foundations,
companies, private, etc).
(AP)-- Struggling BlackBerry - maker
Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief
legal officer is retiring from the
company after 12 years.
His
company, based
in Fresh Meadows, New York, near John F. Kennedy International, works
in textbooks,
legal and
research references, and periodicals.
The
Company has
in - house acquisition, leasing,
legal, credit
research, real estate
research, portfolio management and capital markets expertise.
ESA offers a wide range of services to interactive entertainment software
companies, including conducting business and consumer
research; providing
legal and policy analysis and advocacy on First Amendment, intellectual property, and technology / e-commerce issues; managing a global content protection program; owning and operating E3; and representing video game industry interests
in federal and state government relations.
By both outsourcing the misinformation campaign and allowing their scientists to publish
research in peer - reviewed journals — where it was available to but largely unseen by the public — the oil
companies tried to buffer themselves against the
legal liability that took down the tobacco industry.
As I reported last month, Canadian
legal publisher Maritime Law Book Ltd. is launching the
research suite
in partnership with two other
legal publishers: vLex, a Barcelona and Miami - based
legal publisher that claims to have one of the world's largest collections of
legal information, and Justia, the California - based
legal information
company that is among the world's largest providers and supporters of free access to
legal information.
I summed up my sense of this
in a recent post, where I wrote, «We live
in a time when two guys
in law school who think they have a better idea for a
legal research site can run with it and create the
company Ravel Law by the time they graduate.
Legal research company Fastcase yesterday filed a motion asking for summary judgment
in its lawsuit against rival Casemaker over copyright
in Georgia state regulations.
The
legal research company Casetext has introduced a feature that monitors an attorney's litigation dockets for briefs and memoranda from opposing counsel and then automatically delivers a report of case law that is relevant but not included
in the document.
Legal research company Fastcase will announce a new utility tomorrow that enables one - click printing of any case from any source on the Web or
in any Microsoft Word document.
Carl Malamud's nonprofit organization Public.Resource.Org and the
legal research company Fastcase today announced an agreement that will allow Public.Resource.Org to publish 1.8 million pages of federal case law
in the public domain.
Using IBM's Watson — the computer most famous for winning Jeopardy!
In 2011 — as their platform, they launched ROSS Intelligence, an AI system that they say can answer lawyers» natural - language
legal -
research questions, such as, «Can a bankrupt
company still conduct business?»
I reported here
in November that 1.8 million pages of federal case law would go public early
in 2008 through an agreement between Carl Malamud's nonprofit organization Public.Resource.Org and the
legal research company Fastcase.
Now, Compass has announced plans to launch a major new
legal research suite for Canada, backed by strategic investments from two leading
companies in legal information publishing, vLex, a Barcelona and Miami - based
legal publisher that claims to have one of the world's largest collections of
legal information, and Justia, the California - based
legal information
company run by the original founders of FindLaw, CEO Tim Stanley and President Stacy Stern.
The
legal research service Casemaker has partnered with the international
legal research service vLex
in a joint licensing agreement that gives clients of both
companies access to more of the world's laws.
Legal I.T. (www.legalit.ie) is an Irish company that specialise in the research, development and implementation of I.T. solutions, primarily focused on the legal indu
Legal I.T. (www.legalit.ie) is an Irish
company that specialise
in the
research, development and implementation of I.T. solutions, primarily focused on the
legal indu
legal industry.
Technology
companies in the
legal research space add millions of documents to their repositories every day.
Wolters Kluwer is a close third place, and
in some jurisdictions is the main
legal research company (they're about 50/50 EU and North America).
Companies in the U.S. spend nearly triple the amount on
legal services for every dollar of revenue than counterparts around the globe according to
legal research company Acritas....
FindLaw's new Missouri Revised Statutes and Constitution section is made possible through our partnership with Thomson Reuters Westlaw, FindLaw's sister
company and the industry leader
in online
legal research.
In an interview with AALL Spectrum, Jeff Pfeifer, vice president of product management for the North American
Research Solutions business of LexisNexis
Legal & Professional, reminisced about where the
company came from and how they arrived at where they are today.
It is our honor to recognize the life and work of Mr. James McSwiney, former CEO of the Mead Corporation who was at the helm of the online
legal research company that later became LexisNexis after it was purchased
in 1968.
By providing a cross-disciplinary mix of design,
legal, and strategic advice at an early stage
in the product development process, John helps
companies avoid spending
research and development money needlessly on «false starts» that ultimately can not be commercialized.
The point -
in - time technology is licensed from Propylon, a
company that develops software to enhance legislative and
legal research.
The survey was developed by Robert Half
Legal, conducted by an independent
research firm and is based on 200 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms and
companies in the United States.
The
company also plans to launch a citator product to flag whether cases
in its
legal research database remain good law.
In the second post, we took a closer look at how legal research and ediscovery are being impacted by AI; and in this final installment, we'll take a look at other AI tools and companies at work in areas of law toda
In the second post, we took a closer look at how
legal research and ediscovery are being impacted by AI; and
in this final installment, we'll take a look at other AI tools and companies at work in areas of law toda
in this final installment, we'll take a look at other AI tools and
companies at work
in areas of law toda
in areas of law today.
In earlier posts I've argued that lawyers are not yet adopting (in material percentages at least) the AI - based tools that can supplement attorneys» traditional, people - intensive — «manual» — ways of reviewing documents for litigation discovery, automating aspects of due diligence in deals, performing contract management of thousands of a company's agreements, or conducting legal research (see here and here
In earlier posts I've argued that lawyers are not yet adopting (
in material percentages at least) the AI - based tools that can supplement attorneys» traditional, people - intensive — «manual» — ways of reviewing documents for litigation discovery, automating aspects of due diligence in deals, performing contract management of thousands of a company's agreements, or conducting legal research (see here and here
in material percentages at least) the AI - based tools that can supplement attorneys» traditional, people - intensive — «manual» — ways of reviewing documents for litigation discovery, automating aspects of due diligence
in deals, performing contract management of thousands of a company's agreements, or conducting legal research (see here and here
in deals, performing contract management of thousands of a
company's agreements, or conducting
legal research (see here and here).
The new Web site, which serves the U.S.
legal market, reflects the
company's growth from a
research provider to now offering a full range of products and services that help law firms succeed
in all areas of their practice, an approach called Total Practice Solutions.
In many respects, the legal research companies are reacting to the increasing freedom of information in much the same way that music and video distributors are reacting to file - sharing — except the legal - research companies have no real legitimate proprietary claims to the information at all: they're just accustomed to being the only game in tow
In many respects, the
legal research companies are reacting to the increasing freedom of information
in much the same way that music and video distributors are reacting to file - sharing — except the legal - research companies have no real legitimate proprietary claims to the information at all: they're just accustomed to being the only game in tow
in much the same way that music and video distributors are reacting to file - sharing — except the
legal -
research companies have no real legitimate proprietary claims to the information at all: they're just accustomed to being the only game
in tow
in town.
By 1973, however, I.B.M., the government and the university had withdrawn support for the project, and Lawford and von Briesen had established their own
company, «QL Systems,» to pursue what they feared someone else would pursue — the commercial computerization of the lawBill Rogers, «Quicklaw founder a trailblazer
in online
legal research — Hugh Lawford's on - line
research database turns 25» The Lawyers Weekly 18:24 (30 October 1998)..
Last year's Best
Legal Advisers research generated responses from 1,000 GCs, in - house lawyers and senior executives from top UK and international companies, resulting in a list of the top 20 best legal advi
Legal Advisers
research generated responses from 1,000 GCs,
in - house lawyers and senior executives from top UK and international
companies, resulting
in a list of the top 20 best
legal advi
legal advisers.
As law students
in 1998, they created Sidebar Software, a
company that markets the
legal -
research software tool CiteIt!.
The
company has three main offerings: Anvi Insight, which is the doc review tool and is
in Beta testing; Anvi Intelligence, which is its
legal research tool based at present on local case law; and the third service line, Anvi Robot, which is a machine learning document generation tool.
Foreign law firms are prohibited from practicing on the ground
in India, but RSG conducted
research with 400 Indian and international
companies and Indian law firms to see which foreign firms have built the best reputations and won the best India - related
legal work.
And, (as of August 2017), a
legal tech
company called BestOne Information & Technology Co., Ltd has gained some attention
in the field of
legal research and is understood to be using AI technology.
Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading
legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products
company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.
Iceberg was initially developed after it was announced last May that the Barcelona and Miami - based
legal publisher vLex and California - based
legal information
company Justia would partner with and invest
in Compass to launch a major Canadian
legal research suite.
Given good high - speed Internet, secure communications and a body of qualified lawyers
in India, the
company is able to offer a variety of
legal services as agents to North American lawyers at a much cheaper cost (the obvious examples are document review or analysis, large drafting projects or
legal research or client bulletins that do not require specific «local» knowledge).
A few weeks ago,
in a post here about Fastcase's addition of blog commentary from the LexBlog Network, I wrote that for any
legal research company aiming to compete
in the big leagues against the likes of Westlaw and LexisNexis, «secondary content is the Holy Grail.»
Every year since 2011, the
legal research company Fastcase has honored the «Fastcase 50,» a selection of individuals it considers to be the «smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders
in the law.»