Sentences with phrase «of legal segments»

There are various kinds of legal segments in laws that are international law, criminal law, tort law, contract and property law, and constitutional and administrative law.

Being a thought leader, you also write a monthly vaccine injury newsletter and vaccine injury blog; what is the scope of these and how do they help you push the boundaries of this legal segment?

Having recently trained in Competition Law, what have you found to be the most challenging considerations of this legal segment?

Not exact matches

The GFC and new technology have put increasing pressure on law firms, but local firm HHG Legal Group is taking the opportunity to tailor a new service for the middle segment of the market.

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.

Very generally, among our forerunners in all segments of the Christian peace movement, the policy was to use all legal avenues for protesting war and expenditures for war (and to speak much more respectfully of government than we are inclined to do).

He also says the company is «excited to continue the development of our Dixie Elixirs and Edibles brand as we look to capitalize on this growing market segment in other states that have approved the use of legal cannabis products.»

The bridge would be designated as the only legal way for pedestrians to cross a mile - long segment of the railroad tracks.

During his weekly «Ask the Mayor» segment, WNYC's Brian Lehrer highlighted several of de Blasio's left - wing headaches, including the language City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito inserted into the city budget requiring the $ 26 million program to provide legal services to undocumented immigrants facing deportation not exclude those found guilty of violent crimes — in defiance of de Blasio's declaration that foreign nationals convicted of rape, murder or terrorism should not benefit from city funds.

Shobowale said legitimate legal concerns have been raised over whether the bill amounted to a minimum wage for a small segment of the economy.

If you're looking to explore the online sugar daddy dating segment but aren't sure of whether or not it is a legal affair, this article strives to clear the air and give a better idea of what this has in store for you.

As part of Kia's drive to increase sales in the large sedan segment, the new Cadenza will be manufactured with a total of three gasoline engines - with different engines being available around the world to best suit local legal requirements.

Under the «Nationwide California Law Class» segment of this case, the Plaintiff's legal counsel states that «One of the chief architects of the unlawful conspiracy, Steve Jobs, is a resident of California and the CEO of Apple computers.»

Here it's clear it is less of a legal issue than with the bank account, and it doesn't matter that the technical features of the phone line may be identical for the basic product offerings within each segment.

The above article is intended to provide generalized financial information designed to educate a broad segment of the public; it does not give personalized tax, investment, legal, or other business and professional advice.

Although many of our articles will have a legal slant to them, many others will simply reflect our impressions and other segments of the industry that the IE Law Group team finds unique and worth sharing.

-- Scale — Award & Dinner Programs / Hotel / Convention Center — Scope — Conferences / Trade Shows / Domestic and International Events — Complexity — Pipe & Drape / Full Install & Dismantle Custom Booths / Building Out Temporary Facilities Held senior roles in the acquisition, divestiture and asset disposition of business segments, possesses an in depth knowledge of legal contract execution and management, has firsthand knowledge of operating in a bankruptcy environment which all speak to the above average expertise, business acumen and overall skill set.

The first segment of Zhu's exhibition shows, for the first time, ten of the artist's restored Apartment Art installations from the mid-1990s, including his well - known pieces The Ward, Clock, Temporary House, and Landscape Legal Case.

But at the same time, in a very pragmatic approach, we understand that we're going to need the petroleum products at least for the foreseeable future, and certain segments of the Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea have been opened up for leases, and the companies that are up there have been doing things under a legal process and with strict review by the Department of Interior and the United States Coast Guard, and that is proceeding.

EPA's legal brief, submitted in conjunction with several other federal agencies as part of a 2001 lawsuit, said that «valley fill,» a term used to describe the mining debris, can cause «adverse environmental effects, as it eliminates aquatic life that inhabits those stream segments.»

The reason my site is so popular with the intellectual segment of our population that has some background in the law is that, unlike every other site that has since popped up, we use actual legal principles to create results, and we have that precedent bank that ensures each result is the same time after time.

One segment of ALF, which has recently gained significant attention is consumer legal funding (CLF).

But TR Legal will be the first to release a product that has Watson «under the hood,» according to Eric Laughlin, managing director, Legal Managed Services and Corporate Segment, and head of the Watson Initiative.

That is, I believe that in regards to legal publishing, know - how and techniques can often be learned from the more traditional segments of the industry, whereas innovation can come from anywhere: government agencies, commercial publishers or from academia and those practicing some form of free access publishing.

The problem, however, is that this segment of legal consumers both research and hire attorneys differently than the generations that preceded them.

Earlier this week, I spoke with Nitin Gupta, the former lawyer who is director of the professional services group at Box, who said that Box is working towards the goal of providing a strong cloud - collaboration platform that will serve all segments of the legal profession — large firms, small firms and corporate counsel.

If your firm hasn't considered integrating social media as part of a broader marketing plan, you're missing out on a growing segment of legal consumers.

The centrepiece of the launch was in two parts, the first being demos from two legal start - ups, the second being a panel discussion involving six key players in the segment.

Second, and now as a matter of practical policy - making reality, at a time when governments seem unwilling to devote more attention or expenditure to public provision of legal services for people living on low income, exploring ways to harness private sector innovations may be the most realistic avenue for improving access to justice for that segment of the population.

This post was written by Rob Thomas, vice president of marketing for the Corporate segment of Thomson Reuters On the first day of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting, one of the better attended early sessions was Exposing Legal Project Management Myths: The Truth Behind What Works and What Doesn't.

Although 77 % of lawyers working in companies with an annual turnover in excess of $ 25 billion say they used «legal - specific technology capable of addressing multiple areas of legal process and integrating with other technology applications throughout the business», that falls to 30 % among the companies in the $ 5 - $ 25 billion segment).

Electronic discovery, also called «e-discovery,» is one of the fastest growing segments of the legal industry.

The most obvious arena in which non-lawyers will drive the success or failure of law firms is in response to the macro-level trends influencing the more sophisticated segments of the legal industry.

You previously worked as assistant judge at the Court of Piraeus for 20 months; how did this contribute towards your thought leadership in this legal segment?

The session took place on the afternoon of May 16 and featured: Steve Matthews, Slaw publisher and contributor and founder of Stem Legal Web Enterprises; Ivan Makonov, Executive Director at Lexum; Eric Laughlin, Managing Director of the Corporate Segment, Thomson Reuters; and Nate Russell, liaison lawyer with Courthouse Libraries B.C., Slaw contributor, and manages Clicklaw.

Nobody enjoys the dire effects of food poisoning and the mere thought of consuming contaminated food, rings several bells with health officials; as a consequence, this can result in a far more complex legal segment in which expert witnesses, such as our next guest, are challenged to investigate in the most intricate of scenarios.

Steve Harber: After we sold DiscoverReady in 2014, we were looking for another market segment in the legal arena where there were high volumes of documents that required review and analysis in a tight time frame.

In my sample, the attorneys in the 1 to 5 lawyers firms are the segment most likely to provide personal legal services; they also make up 52.3 % of the private practice respondents.

In addition to the benefits that unbundling provides for attorneys, it also increases access to justice by making affordable legal services available to a larger segment of the public who are actively seeking such assistance online.

[1] The argument is that if the civil legal aid system [2] is viewed by the middle class as a program that could benefit them if they encounter trouble, rather than being only for the poor, a wider segment of the public will have a stake in access to justice and they will support higher levels of public funding.

Now, we are seeing the first true signs of a battle within one segment of the legal market where the key ingredient is not the lateral hiring of top partners, or the opening of foreign offices, but the development of legal technology.

This creates demand for highly specialized legal services targeted to specific segments of the new technologies market.

Q: How will the Act affect different segments of the legal market?

Each of us had put up some sort of a segmented legal portal.

Another segment of the legal profession is also taking to Twitter.

So get the practice model canvas and it will help you think through what your firm might need to look like going forward and you might want to listen to the podcast with Alex Devendra if you haven't done that and actually understanding the shape of the legal market right now will be easier after this brief sponsored segment with Jack Newton from Clio and then we'll hear from Professor Barton.

Being a thought leader, after founding the American Bankruptcy Institute's ADR Committee, you co-authored a guide surrounding Mediation on US bankruptcy matters and you also were the lead mediation trainer for the Thailand Judiciary for several years — what impact did this have in the legal sphere and how important do you believe awareness of ADR in this segment is?

I have been with Thomson Reuters Legal since 2006 and currently manage a team of Technical Client Managers for both the Large Law and Government segments.

Lori Berman, Director of Professional Development, Hogan Lovells US LLP; Research Affiliate, Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, Georgetown Law (no segment video available)

First, I believe that the «buzz» about the death of the hourly invoice has not and will not extend to a very important segment of the legal profession — litigation specifically, of which insurance litigation defense is a very large component.