Sentences with phrase «of the abs debate»

Unfortunately, however, this possibility is not presently part of the ABS debate.

So why in the context of the ABS debate are the same lawyers now saying all is well within the personal injury bar where access to justice isn't a problem?

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He has not addressed even ONE of the issues involved with AB debate, not theological, not legal, not scientific.

The Ab debate will NOT go away, because in a world which the fundies perceive as a morass of «moral relativism», it's the one issue they see as «absolute», and can hang their Anal Retentive hats upon.

Half a decade before opening his eponymous gallery, Castelli — who was a member of the famous Club, the heady discussion group where the leading Abstract Expressionists of the day debated artistic ideas — concluded that the Ab Exers had not been sufficiently embraced by American collectors and institutions and decided to organize a show promoting their work.

The Law Society of Upper Canada released its discussion paper on ABS last September; meetings and townhalls are going on across the province as lawyers debate the issue.

The debate around ABS focuses on their risks and rewards, with opponents suggesting that ABS pose significant risks to lawyers» integrity and their provision of services to clients, while creating few real benefits to access to justice.

The greatest conflict of interest in this whole debate is borne by those among the ABS supporters who can't wait to sell all or significant parts of their firms to the investors.

So, as usual, the devil will be more in the details of ABS than in the threshold debate of ABS v Not - ABS.

A noteworthy aspect of the Canadian debate on whether to introduce alternative business structures into the legal services sector is the emphasis being given to the potential of ABS to improve access to justice.

In Part 2, we'll look at some of the recent news stories surrounding ABS, and outline steps you can take, regardless of which side of the debate you support.

The debate over ABS clouds the fact all firms should be innovating to remain competitive and better serve the interests of their clients.

Mitch Nice post I am reading this on the ABS side of the pond, so I thought I might add to the debate.

The ABS debate is shaping up to be a generational one, so the words of David Bowie seem most appropriate:

What hasn't been emphasized sufficiently in the ABS debate is, the independence of the legal profession is essential to the independence of the judiciary — judges make decisions only on what evidence and argument that is provided by lawyers.

The vigorous debate around ABS actually comprises of a voluntary public service to ensure that if these structures are launched in Canada they are done so with the public interest in the forefront, and without any compromise to the values of the profession.

There is plenty of discussion about the future of the profession, including the CBA Futures Report and debates over Alternative Business Structures (ABS).

I see remarkable similarities between the ABS debate and those surrounding MDPs at the turn of the century «when that evil Donahue & Partners and Ernst & Young got together to destroy the legal profession» (sarcasm)-- and I foresee that ABS will suffer a similar fate.

In watching that debate, it became even more clear to us the importance of not polluting our project of law firm regulation with the politics of ABS.

On 12 June Hans Stråberg (Investor AB), Christofer Fjellner (Member of the European Parliament) and Håkan Svenneling (Member of the Swedish Parliament) will meet for a panel debate on ISDS and its significance from an economic perspective.

On one hand, it's unsurprising that the ABS models of non-lawyer ownership occupy the centre of the debate because that's precisely the point of the consultation.

In the present debate, ABS seems to be taking on the role of the earth, and much of the conversation presupposes that its locus is it at the centre of the universe.

I hope this is only temporary and a consequence of the fact that the impetus for the present debate (at least in Ontario) is the September 2014 Law Society of Upper Canada consultation document that introduced a few possible ABS models and offered an indication why it was being considered: