Sentences with phrase «more work for lawyers»
There will likely be much more work for lawyers, who don't work cheap.
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I see this trend happening with the approach that the bars are taking towards cloud computing — the independent audits and contract negotiation will only make more work for lawyers and consultants.
Re: lawyers practising in association with non-lawyers: - Absolutely necessary because: (1) technology will be the basis of almost all laws, therefore we will have to practice with other experts in that technology; (2) records management law will be a major area of practice because, records are the most frequently used form of evidence and e-records depend for everything on their e-records management systems (ERMSs), and they must be compliant with the National Standards of Canada for e-records management, which standards require legal opinions, and every significant change to an ERMS requires a legal opinion re ability to produce records able to satisfy laws as to e-discovery, admissibility of evidence, privacy & access to information, electronic commerce, tax laws, and compliance with National Standards of Canada for e-records management; (3) all new technologies require a legal framework, which means more work for lawyers; and, (4) otherwise, other professions and service providers who now provide «legal information,» will begin to provide «legal advice» and other services that only lawyers should be providing.
Kubrick, who has been practicing for nearly 30 years, says the negotiations could mean more work for lawyers.
«When the rules change, there's always more work for lawyers... if you have new laws, you have new rules, and they have to be tested to see where they stand.»
Wouldn't it be great if the robots we create wind up creating more work for lawyers, solving legal problems we haven't even been able to think of yet?
As many of the lawyers quoted in the cover story point out, this new and complex world also means more work for lawyers, sometimes in areas no one could have predicted even a decade ago.
Seems like, as ever, it will create more work for lawyers!
More importantly if GW regulations are created it will mean more work for lawyers!
The invitations reminded the clients of matters they wanted done, so simply making those contacts resulted in more work for the lawyer.
Not exact matches
«Likely more litigation work for tax lawyers and a more complicated corporate tax structure with even more shades of gray that will provoke even more tax avoidance techniques,» says Krishna.
It was wonderful to be his lawyer,» said Lesperance, a former Canadian border officer who has worked as an immigration lawyer for more than 25 years.
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.
As a divorce lawyer, she plays the social role of mopping up the messes rather than working for creative social change so that relationships might be more humane and lasting.
The tab for the financial consultants and lawyers and investment bankers working for Tops Markets during its bankruptcy is at more than $ 1.1 million and counting.
In a speech to a group of New York lawyers, a federal judge from Brooklyn assailed the criminal justice system in which he has worked for more than 40 years, saying that the country had to «jettison the madness of mass incarceration» and find an alternative to overly punitive sentencing to address the problem of crime.
But a deal with the Senate, where a number of lawmakers are lawyers who work for law firms that represent clients with interests before state, has been more difficult to reach for Cuomo.
More than 900 young immigrants applying for a renewal of temporary work permits had their applications rejected because of mail problems, a number far greater than immigration lawyers had thought earlier this month.
A Salvadoran immigrant from Brentwood and her lawyer said she was detained by immigration authorities for more than a month in New Jersey as she was falsely accused of being an associate of the violent MS - 13 gang that local and federal law enforcement authorities are working to dismantle.
Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?
Mr. Cuomo met with Republican senators on Tuesday to discuss his proposal for new ethics laws, particularly a measure requiring legislators who work part time as lawyers to reveal more of their clients, which has prompted concerns among the Republicans.
You know you work for the Spinoff King (SK) when the university patent lawyer spends more time in your boss's office than you do.
Dennis goes to court to fight for more time, he tries to get a lawyer to work pro bono.
The actor, who's found a new franchise in «John Wick» and small roles in provocative festival - circuit fare like Nicolas Winding Refn «s «The Neon Demon» and Ana Lily Amirpour «s «The Bad Batch,» has always had more range than he's given credit for — not that this role, a cynical lawyer in Louisiana who knows the system and how to work it, affords him much opportunity to display that range in an overt way.
«Nowhere will a new lawyer be challenged with greater responsibilities and have the opportunity to do more for the public good than working for the federal government.
«Likely more litigation work for tax lawyers and a more complicated corporate tax structure with even more shades of gray that will provoke even more tax avoidance techniques,» says Krishna.
One more very important point, your lawyer works for the bank, not for you.
If you feel more comfortable working with a lawyer then go for it.
Herman Alexander Pope's model — too qualitative M.A.Vukcevic — too obscure Fred H. Haynie — bad premise Oliver K. Manuel — whacko Harry Dale Huffman — double whacko Girma Orssengo — trendology does not make a model Tony (climatereason) Brown — reliance on anecdotal info David Postma — bad physics Arno Arrack — bad writing makes it inscrutable Nasif Nahle — bad experimentation Chief Hydrologist — appeal to authority model Joachim Seifert — if I have to pay for it, it's not worth looking at Stephen Wilde — a lawyer's model Nicola Scafetta — use enough variables and one can fit anything Alexander Biggs — a half - way - there model The SkyDragons — say no more «Joe's World» LaLonde — an idea written with crayons Stefan «TheDenier» Mikitch — a crazed Chewbacca Defense model David Wojick — some sort of anti-model that teaches «controversy» Doug Cotton — a SkyDragon acolyte Paul Vaughn — Pay him some money please so he can work his ideas out
I also realized there has never been a more promising time for the world's lawyers to work with each other across borders in a common effort.
If you're a lawyer looking for work — or a change of scene — you'll be glad to know that 44 per cent of the 60 law firms that participated in this year's survey plan to hire more lawyers in 2011.
If you are a lawyer, having that information tracked may be even more problematic if it is a phone you use for work.
«Lawyers must play a vital role in strategic legal work for the foreseeable future, and use technology to become even more competitive and impactful.»
As new research reveals lawyers are finding their jobs more stressful than ever, Georgina Stanley asks whether law firms are doing enough to combat work - based anxiety and other mental health issues Statistics on mental illness speak for themselves.
Fuelled by Big Data, increased computing power and more effective algorithms (a routine process for solving a program or performing a task), AI has the potential to change the way that legal work is done, the way that law firms conduct business and the way that lawyers deal with clients.
But the broader challenge for many firms is less strategic and more immediate: getting their lawyers to adopt current technological changes and fully integrate new technologies into the daily processes of their working lives.
The American Bar Association today released the results of its 2002 Legal Technology Survey, finding that U.S. lawyers» use of technology is now nearly universal, with more than 98 percent of respondents saying that they use a computer for work - related tasks.
Murphy will be responsible for more than 700 lawyers working for the firm across the country, in five offices located in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
Portfolio working is becoming increasingly popular with lawyers looking for more variety and flexibility in their work.
Around a year ago, when I still had some of my savings from BigLaw, I scoffed at the idea of working as a contract lawyer project for a number of reasons: (1) It didn't pay much, ranging from $ 29 - 40 an hour (which is exactly why it makes sense for firms to do more outsourcing than hiring; (2) it was a full 40 - hour workweek (which I never want to go back to); and (3) it is mind - numbingly boring.
«For lawyers, effective use of technology means new clients, stronger work product, and more efficient use of time; for law students it means better job prospects and a smoother transition into practiFor lawyers, effective use of technology means new clients, stronger work product, and more efficient use of time; for law students it means better job prospects and a smoother transition into practifor law students it means better job prospects and a smoother transition into practice.
«Lawyers are embracing technology that makes them more efficient and less trapped in 100 - hour work weeks but that also reduces the need for them in certain types of cases or turns their counsel into a commodity.»
«Technology that automates tedious tasks, while not a panacea, can free up lawyers» time to perform higher - level, more intellectually satisfying work which clients would be willing to pay for.
And for those lawyers simply experiencing boredom, experts advise that they seek out work they enjoy, either by making court appearances or doing more writing and research on the job, or taking up an exciting hobby — like skydiving — outside of work.
In comments on the story over at WSJ Law Blog, a few participants call for the American Bar Association to take a more protectionist approach and prohibit firms from off - shoring work, while others decry use of Indian lawyers as «unauthorized practice of law» since decisions about whether documents are privileged requires legal judgment.
The largest salary divide between men and women in - house in Canada exists in the most senior roles for equivalent work and diversity remains a challenge, but as more young lawyers make the switch from private practice sooner in their career that gap should close, according to a recent survey.
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's bankruptcy lawyers asked the court to approve more than $ 2.6 million in fees and expenses for 7,200 billable hours of work over ten months — the equivalent of working 24 hours a day over the course 300 straight days.
This is where many legal services are heading, especially those for which the outcome is a document or other tangible output: lawyers will help create processes and algorithms by which clients can take on more of the work, corresponding to clients» growing readiness to assume more responsibility for their legal affairs.
«Technology that automates tedious tasks... can free up lawyers» time to perform higher - level, more intellectually satisfying work which clients would be willing to pay for.»
As the economic model of law firms changes with the rise of alternative billing structures to the billable hour, there may be more room for creativity in providing flexibile work arrangements for lawyers.