The trend towards taking
more legal work in - house may show signs of slowing.
«Efficiency,» he said, «can drive demand, which can then lead to
more legal work.»
Building on the success of the arbitration sector, the SICC will enhance Singapore's position as the leading venue for dispute resolution in Asia and is expected to attract
more legal work to Singapore.
There has been an on - going trend to bring more and
more legal work inside the company in a commitment to ever - increasing efficiency.
It may be no surprise to outside counsel, who have seen corporate clients take
more legal work internally in recent years.
Most CPAs do
more legal work and do it better than first year law associates.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) GC Michael Shaw argues that banks always encounter
more legal work than other industries and, based on the year RBS had, it is hard to disagree.
Be familiar enough that when they need
more legal work or when someone asks them for a referral, you are the first person they think of.
Should
more legal work deviate away from the billable hour?
As people are able to do
more legal work themselves, the value of full - service legal representation will diminish.
I increasingly find myself performing more and
more legal work on a flat fee basis since starting my own firm.
Lawyers want to achieve good results and also produce satisfied clients who will return for
more legal work in the future and perhaps refer other potential clients to the lawyer.
This leads to the notion that
more legal work will be done by lay administrators who can simply follow the process laid out for them by the automated system.
If the responding spouse contests any of the allegations or claims made in the divorce complaint or if the financial and child related issues are not resolved between the parties by agreement, the process will take more time and require
more legal work.
Do
more legal work in - house and free up legal spend for highly - specialized and bet - the - company type matters.
In some instances firm may decide that it will not perform
any more legal work for that client (assuming of course that if this is a litigation matter, the firm will be allowed to cease work on that client's file).
The decision of many corporate clients to shift
more legal work in - house, the growing willingness of clients to spread work among multiple providers and the growth in market share of nontraditional competitors have all contributed to a more competitive market.
As more and
more legal work filters to law firms through procurement groups, RFPs, and RFIs, I wonder about the use of sales methods in law firms.
A collateral mortgage is registered as a type of lien under the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) of Canada and requires
more legal work to be discharged.
She would bring
more legal work in - house, though that would require hiring of more deputy county attorneys.
The SEC complaint also alleged Blackstone failed to disclose a legal fee arrangement providing it with a much greater discount on its legal fees than the discount received by the funds, which generated significantly
more legal work.
Not exact matches
(He had discovered that the
legal and logistical issues around
working with a bunch of camera companies were
more complicated than just buying and modifying a simple camera.)
As even
more employees download
work - related information and data onto their personal phones, these three factors are conspiring to make company data a potential casualty of biometric technology's
legal protection problem, Bond says.
Deborah Rhode, a Stanford law professor and leading scholar on
legal ethics, argues in her book, Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice (2005), that lawyers bear an ethical duty to ameliorate «their monopoly's deleterious effects» by doing
more pro bono
work for those who are disenfranchised.
In Canada, even if it is found that companies have
worked with the NSA to exploit or create vulnerabilities in software, the higher standard for bringing
legal action could prove a significant hurdle (although he says Quebec has slightly different laws that make such action
more likely to succeed).
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Going in - house (as it's known in
legal circles) at TD also allowed Saguil to do
more for Out on Bay Street, an advocacy network for LGBTQ professionals
working in finance, law and related fields.
In other words, if you ever have a
legal problem, a letter from a prestigious firm is going to be
more intimidating than one from a local attorney who
works out of his or her home.
And it will need to be
more than
legal work.
Take the 1 in 3 Campaign, for example, whose mission is to «start a new conversation about abortion» and to «create a
more enabling cultural environment for the policy and
legal work of the abortion rights movement.»
In
working closely and personally with lawyers, I have come to see that they have been formed — by their
legal education and even
more by their years of professional
work in the law — in a particular way of seeing and thinking that is distinctive to that profession.
It was founded in 1987 by Ted Trief and Barbara E. Olk, who each have
worked more than 30 years in the
legal profession.
Legal changes have given fathers
more rights that can help them balance home and
work, but you've got to educate yourself to reap the benefits.
But this endeavor is about taking all the agencies and entities that are already in place — educational, medical, nutritional, charitable, governmental, commercial, and
legal — and getting them to
work together — better, smarter, and
more effectively.
It's also necessary to continue modernising the civil justice system to
work more effectively for claimants so less money is swallowed up by the
legal process.»
But for the moment, amid a sea of names being floated — New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas among them — lawmakers are still
working out
more thorny
legal questions of a joint session of the Senate and Assembly, which would be required to fill the post.
«This bill would do little
more than transfer to the taxpayers of this state an entirely new obligation to pay for any and all existing expenses related to general defense
legal work, far beyond
legal representation of indigent criminal defendants,» Cuomo wrote.
The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, managed to earn
more than $ 650,000 last year from outside
legal work.
Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The
Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned
more work still needs to be done.
But
more importantly, it suggests Starmer's fine
legal mind has now been put to
work entirely in the service of Corbyn's hard Brexit position.
We also looked at
more draconian
legal approaches, including the one operating in Sweden, which is often celebrated by feminists opposed to sex
work.
You would see clearly that the committee comprises people who have rich knowledge and experience in party organization and
more importantly, on
legal matters since these considerations are very critical to their
work.
One issue for Mr. Avella will be
more directly clarifying the
legal definition of a consultant and consulting
work.
She says especially now, as gays and lesbians gain
more rights, there are related
legal questions involving adoption, child custody and divorce, that still need to be
worked out in the courts.
«Throughout her career, Professor Rivera has
worked to defend the
legal rights of all New Yorkers and make our state a fairer,
more just place to live,» Cuomo said in a statement.
Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a
legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no
more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector
work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.
«The insurance industry looks forward to
working with the CJC to develop a practical and deliverable framework that seeks to make
legal fees
more proportionate and ensure that genuine claimants receive fair compensation in a timely and efficient manner.»
Admit the facts... for many years Flanagan was on the payroll of a law firm for
more than $ 120K while doing no
legal work.
It also warned that
more work was needed to assess exactly how the
legal framework governing the transfer of such operations
works.
In a meeting last week, management promised to reform the system and make it
more transparent, but it also struck a tough note with staff, insisting that its tips policy was
legal and that they could find
work elsewhere if they were unable to accept it.