Sentences with phrase «of the largest business law»

In 2005 DLA Piper became one of the largest business law firms in the world through a merger of unprecedented scope.

Not exact matches

Family patriarch Albert Latner died in 2015 at the age of 88, having built his father - in - law's construction business into one of Toronto's largest real estate developers.

Businesses large and small have been making the case that they can't afford paying more for labour going back to when laws were first proposed to curb the use of seven year - olds in coal mines or put an end to 16 - hour workdays.

Through LinkedIn, I've met approximately 20 business professionals in person, including business owners, managing partners of large law firms, and executives of well - known companies.

«The larger exemption provides a lot of planning opportunities for people who own businesses or other assets that they expect to go up in value,» said Michelle Canerday, head of the private client group in Chicago for law firm Nixon Peabody.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

In that same study, small businesses were more enthusiastic about the law than large ones, perhaps because without state - mandated paid leave, they would have a hard time matching the paid - leave benefits of the more generous larger companies.

The most important office law business in America such as the law business incidental to banking, insurance, trust - company operation, investment work, railroading, patents, admiralty, and large corporation matters in general is in the hands of non-Jewish firms many of which, even though they have numerous Jewish clients, have no Jewish partners.

When the bulk of our immigration laws were revised in the early 1990s, the intention was to accommodate more highly skilled immigrants who worked in large, conventionally structured businesses.

Lawyers, consultants and businesses preparing for the privacy laws said that reining in the large technology companies was not the primary goal of the European legislation.

A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

This impressive milestone marks a long journey from a one - man operation providing small businesses with consistency in their marketing efforts, to a fully staffed hybrid agency model serving clients large and small in a wide variety of fields, including healthcare, law, software, retail and other B2B business, as well as non-profits.

Emails WEDC released to the Wisconsin State Journal under the state open records law show that WMC, the state's largest business lobby, alerted WEDC in June that other states were seeking to lure Kraft Heinz facilities out of Wisconsin.

Eventually, even the most successful business models must face the law of large numbers - all markets are of finite size (even Coca - Cola's despite it's mid-90's slogan: «The closer we get to infinity, the better it looks!»).

In some cases, where ownership is dispersed among a number of different owners — such as a large law firm or medical group, for instance — the bank will consider and sometimes accept a limited guarantee shared by all business partners, says Battles.

Not only that, the federal RFRA does not protect against state laws that infringe upon religious liberty, and state religious protections are now vociferously opposed by progressive political adherents and large corporations — as Indiana discovered recently when it was threatened with economic ruin for attempting to pass an RFRA that extended to the operation of businesses.

introducing legislation to establish an «effects test» in national competition law to protect small businesses from the impact of anti-competitive conduct by large, counterparty businesses

Competition policy (SME focus; need for equity; treat SMEs as «consumers» when dealing with larger businesses - extend unfair terms contracts to small business; need «legal precedents or statutory definitions» as part of unconscionable conduct framework); competition laws (focus on unfair terms and unconscionable behaviour; mention of MMP but not in context of s 46; access - call for broader access; price signalling (not clear)-RRB-; administration

The operators of Brooklyn's Barclays Center are preparing a pitch to bring the Islanders back to the recently renovated Nassau Coliseum, according to Kevin Law, the president and chief executive of Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

To ensure «we don't lose any momentum with the third track, East Side Access tunnel and the new Penn Station projects,» Cuomo should nominate someone with commuter rail experience «in addition to the traditional urban bus and subway management experience,» said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group, said the investment in the Coliseum and bringing the Islanders back «keeps momentum going toward the effort to develop the Nassau HUB.»

«Ed was handed a lemon when the Islanders left,» said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a separate civil rights lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the Weinstein companies at large for «egregious violations of New York's civil rights, human rights, and business laws» earlier this year, his office said in a statement.

Those employers, primarily large businesses and law firms, provide much of the school's financial resources which in turn enables the school to modify tuition based on financial need and students pay as little as $ 100 per month.

«Once one of the largest producers of beer in the country, New York continues to lower the costs of business by modernizing laws and rolling back red tape to restore the Empire State as the standing leader in the craft beer manufacturing industry,» Cuomo said.

The top priority for the state's largest nurses» union — what supporters call a «safe staffing» law — is facing new pressure from a coalition of business groups, hospitals and some nurses who say staffing ratios are the wrong prescription for New York hospitals.

The operators of Barclays Center, meanwhile, are expected to pitch a plan for the Islanders to return to their former home at the Nassau Coliseum, which reopened last month after a $ 165 - million renovation, according to Kevin Law, president and chief executive of Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

«Good stewardship of the airport leads to more airlines, which leads to more revenues, which will have a positive cyclical effect of attracting more users,» said Kevin Law, president and chief executive of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

«Adam is one of the top municipal, city and state budget experts,» said Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group.

But Kevin Law, president and CEO of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business organization, said a bridge or tunnel to the New York or Connecticut mainland would stimulate the island's economy and create jobs, attracting businesses turned off by the time and expense of getting products to and from the area.

Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association, the region's largest business group, warned that a new Belmont arena would cannibalize show opportunities and put the Coliseum project at risk of failure.

As in past large statewide campaigns, Cuomo's top donors form a Who's Who of leaders in business, law, health care, labor and entertainment who are backing him to take over from Gov. David A. Paterson.

The largest town in America is proposing a law that would prohibit it from doing business with companies and individuals that are part of the «Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions» movement against Israel.

At Central Fairmount School in Cincinnati, Ohio, assistant principal Bonita Henderson shared a handful of ways in which businesses — large businesses such as Cincinnati Bell, Proctor & Gamble, General Motors, and countless small businesses such as stores, banks, and law firms — are actively involved.

Over the years, our graduates have made impressive contributions in the fields of law, medicine, government and business, and assumed leadership positions in corporations large and small.

Elsewhere, similar solutions are likely in the near future, as the trend of hiring leaders with backgrounds in business, law, politics, the media or the military to run large urban school districts has shown little sign of abating.

And even if their publishing resume is short, most young people who enter the field today come in extremely well educated — a large percentage have advanced degrees in business or creative writing, and some have a law degree on top of that — so they have a head start.

The machinations that led to the April 2012 U.S. Department of Justice anti-trust action against Apple and five of the six largest U.S. publishers will provide case study fodder both for law school and business school students for decades to come.

Severla states have usory laws, however some do not and banks such as First Premier, the largest offender of taking advantage of people in our opinion conduct their business.

Marc stepped forward, and began to discourse on competitive dynamics in the P&C business, particularly the short tail areas where they focused, and where the Law of Large Numbers could apply.

The new law increases the bureaucratic compliance obligations and shortens the deadline for Chapter 11 reorganizations involving small businesses, a series of new requirements not applicable to larger businesses.

As non-profit organizations, shelters are exempt from many of the laws that regulate pet businesses, a dangerous loophole that allows them to import and sell large numbers of stray dogs and cats from places as distant as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan without appropriate oversight.

The organizers of Gen Con, Indiana's largest convention with over $ 50 million worth of economic impact, will take their business elsewhere if Gov. Mike Pence signs in a very controversial law.

A number of states and several business groups prepare to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the rules to cut carbon emissions, which is expected to set off a large number of law suits.

The 2010 healthcare law imposes financial burdens — some of them large, and others difficult to calculate — on the nation's employers, resulting in some business owners deciding not to expand or hire new employees.

About two years ago, in late September 2006, Brazil's largest city approved a law to eliminate all types of outdoor advertising and signs in taxis, buses and bicycles; and established regulations to those signs that indicate a business activity.

Posts cover breaking news about large law firm mergers, significant partner moves and leadership changes, law firm bankruptcies, insights into how technology is changing the delivery of legal services, how in - house counsel are approaching their work and the ways in which litigation and new regulations are changing the legal business landscape.

Unfortunately, whilst a great idea in principle a truly «liquid workforce» would be difficult to implement for a large proportion of UK businesses in my opinion without changes to the law on employment status, as well as perhaps a profound change in attitude of all concerned.

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The legal profession and the practice of law — like many other professions and businesses — are undergoing profound transformative changes driven, in large measure, by rapid technology changes.