Sentences with phrase «liability practice in»

Bowman and Brooke LLP is a nationally recognized trial firm with one of the largest product liability practices in the country.

Perkins Coie has one of the longest - standing product liability practices in the nation and the largest practice with a focus in aviation and satellite litigation.

Not exact matches

The firm, billed as a national plaintiffs» practice with offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., marks a return to the career where Edwards made his fortune by winning multimillion - dollar verdicts in personal injury and product liability cases before entering politics.

Statutory capital and surplus represents the excess of an insurance company's admitted assets over its liabilities, including loss reserves, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

In an economy where more and more companies are laying off employees, employment - practice liability insurance makes sense even for the most employee - friendly company.

He is a Certified Specialist both in Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) admitted to practice law in California, Hawai'i and Arizona (inactive), specializing in Federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters and tax litigation, including tax - related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

Legalistic cultures may be corrosive of creating or maintaining a values - based corporate culture — one in which a company's norms and practices reflect a commitment to ethical values greater than merely avoiding legal liability or punishment.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

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.

In January, The New York Times interviewed Uber's C.E.O., Travis Kalanick, about the ride - sharing company's business practices, including liability in accidentIn January, The New York Times interviewed Uber's C.E.O., Travis Kalanick, about the ride - sharing company's business practices, including liability in accidentin accidents.

Concern about the risk of entanglement of secular courts in the business of regulating religious beliefs and practices, insofar as it relates to tort liability on the part of destructive cults, is misplaced.

Otherwise its liability to the Gospel in India can hardly justify its continued practice.

This is always an option every time you hang a number but a more prevalent practice in the finals to eliminate futures liability if necessary.

The policy provides immunity from liability for those evaluating a student athlete during practice or an athletic competition, other than in acts or omission constituting gross negligence or wilful, wanton misconduct.

Under this policy members are covered while acting in their capacity as administrators in youth sports activities if they become legally obligated to pay for claims arising out of wrongful acts in the running of the league or team, employment practices, person injury or publishers liability.

Mr. Lally's past practice has included successfully representing President George W. Bush before the Miami - Dade and Orange County Boards of Election at the 2000 Florida Recounts; handling numerous complex corporate reorganizations involving multi-jurisdictional assets; recovering priceless stolen art from an international auction house; restructuring of clients» business affairs to reduce their tax and liability exposure; successfully litigating major elections cases and appeals; representing media groups in domestic and international litigation; handling complex domestic relations, divorce, and custody matters; serving as general counsel to numerous corporations in the health care, media, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; and representing parties in multi-national litigation.

S&P cited the County's «strong budgetary flexibility that has remained consistent over time,» «very strong liquidity, with strong access to external liquidity,» «strong management, with good financial policies and practices in place,» and the County's «strong debt and contingent liability profile, with limited exposure to fixed costs associated with pension and other postemployment benefit libation (OPEB) liabilities.»

By using this website and / or practicing any yoga postures, foam rolling exercises or other physical movements contained herein, you are agreeing that you are in good health, cleared by your healthcare professional to participate in physical activities and you release The Body Window from any liability involved in the practice.

Perhaps not by statute, but in terms of the standard of coaching practice and tort liability.

But, in practice, the great risk to this approach is that it leads both sides to understate the cost of these liabilities by overstating the anticipated rate of return on the assets — often at a ludicrous eight percent — which are set aside to fund the program.

By practicing preventative law, educators and their governing boards should be able to limit, if not eliminate, liability because courts recognise that teachers and administrators can not be liable for all incidents in which students are injured, particularly if accidents occur spontaneously.

There is almost no regulation by the government for the unethical practices that BASIS seems to employ, as «salary and travel transparency disappeared in 2009 when the Blocks, managers of two BASIS schools, opened a private, for - profit limited liability company, BASIS Educational Group, LLC» (Burris, 2017).

Nothing in this title shall be deemed to exempt or relieve any person from any liability, duty, penalty, or punishment provided by any present or future law of any State or political subdivision of a State, other than any such law which purports to require or permit the doing of any act which would be an unlawful employment practice under this title.

Those compact dimensions are a liability when it's time to haul sheets of plywood or a gaggle of kids to soccer practice, but they pay off handsomely in other areas, namely the fun - to - drive, fuel - economy and parkability departments.

In practice, a mentorship is a division of a broad liability that a senior most nurse carries out.

The method that you mentioned (debit expense then credit it back to liability) is an acceptable practice, but the method is only used when you accidentially debited your expense accounts without knowing that it is for someone else (or in the case of split transactions).

In practice, it's possible to be stuck with AMT liability because of a large capital gain.

A common practice of real estate investing and business in general is the use of Limited Liability Company (abbreviated «LLC») for protection against litigation.

In other words, because home inspector licensing designates specific duties and responsibilities to individuals who practice as home inspection professionals, licensing also potentially subjects inspectors to increased liability because, similar to doctors, lawyers or accountants, licensed inspectors have «duties specifically imposed by law» which they are bound to as individuals.

While federal laws and industry practices can limit your liability if you become a victim of identity theft, it can take a very long time, even years, to repair the damage if you don't catch it in time.

However, the change in practice to cease paying for the iShares Funds» GST liability will result in an iShares Fund's respective management expense ratio (which includes GST) increasing slightly, by between 0.01 % and 0.03 %.

(c) As to transactions entered into after May 20, 1996, a creditor shall have no liability under this chapter for any act or practice done or omitted in conformity with any (i) regulation of the administrator, or (ii) any rule, regulation, interpretation, or approval of any applicable Alabama or federal agency or any opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that after such act or omission has occurred, the regulation, rule, interpretation, opinion, or approval is amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason; provided, however, that any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, shall not have any effect on any litigation pending on May 20, 1996, nor shall any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, have any effect on litigation if issued subsequent to filing of the litigation.

Regarding hedging of risks associated with recognized assets and liabilities, in practice these are generally either commodity inventories and financial instruments (e.g., fixed rate loans).

In addition to the standards of practice, an inspection contract must reflect that state's position on things like arbitration, limit of liability and other defensive clauses found in most inspection contractIn addition to the standards of practice, an inspection contract must reflect that state's position on things like arbitration, limit of liability and other defensive clauses found in most inspection contractin most inspection contracts.

Of course, in practice an individual's itemized deductions themselves tend to rise with income (i.e., higher - income individuals tend to have more itemized deductions for mortgages and charitable giving, as well as more miscellaneous itemized deductions, not to mention that state income tax liabilities also tend to rise with income).

In my practice as a lawyer I am frequently confronted with many dog bite cases where the dog owners have no liability insurance whatsoever.

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This 195 - page book is a fresh, practical guide to improving client communication skills to drive better compliance and reduce the risk of liability in practice.

In another example of governmental third party liability, a court found that Volusia County, Florida's practice of allowing vehicular driving on its beaches was causing a take of endangered turtles.

And in practice, every major card issuer has a $ 0 liability policy.

ATTP: Well, apart from the slightly derogatory «responsible professionals» This is a legal term used in the US that codifies the potential civil and criminal liability for the licensed practice of science and engineering that effects the environment and public safety.

«Current legislation and practice in France does not require the owner or op - erators of nuclear power plants to cover the entire risk of severe accident, but limits their liability.

Current practice in France limits the liability of the owner / operator to below 10 % of the current internationally agreed liability limitations.

John has written before about how manure lagoons may become a liability in a warming climate, but even now the practice of storing vast amounts of animal waste in anaerobic lagoons is causing major environmental concerns.

The revised claim was filed in the New York Bankruptcy Court last month (25 February), with Prudential Assurance Company, which owns the No. 1 Minster Court building which housed the failed firm's London practice, arguing the figure represents the firm's contractual liability under leases on the space.

He works in law firm Wiggin & Dana's litigation department with a practice focused on product liability and aviation litigation, amusement / leisure counseling and litigation, and general business litigation.