Sentences with phrase «of the legal work for»

The real estate crowdfunding portals do a lot of the legal work for you but that doesn't exempt you from doing your own homework.

In a recent article Professor Neil Hamilton summarized various empirical studies showing that legal employers rank «integrity, honesty and trustworthiness» as a crucial quality in a prospective lawyer hire, regardless of the type of legal work for which the lawyer is being hired.

It is possible that the financial markets — one of the key drivers of complex legal work — will look quite different in coming years, and generate a lower volume of legal work for lawyers.

Trump had said Cohen did only a «tiny, tiny little fraction» of legal work for him.

The access - to - justice issue in Canada is twofold: First, sole practitioners, small firms and legal clinics do most of the legal work for low - and middle - income people and they do not have the resources to provide articling opportunities.

M&A transactions are the most expensive category of legal work for corporate counsel.

The real estate crowdfunding portals do a lot of the legal work for you but that doesn't exempt you from doing your own homework.

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Interviewing noted legal thinkers like Michelle Alexander (author of The New Jim Crow), the documentary argues that this «loophole» — allowing forced labor for criminals — enabled resentful white society to imprison black citizens on minor charges and put them to work.

The order is likely to grant legal status to nearly half of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., giving many access for the first time to legitimate work visas, or protection from deportation.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

The reason is that whether the lawyer works for a business or runs one, questions arise regarding the intersection of, and perhaps conflict between, legal ethics on one hand and business ethics on the other.

He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.

A prime reason they do this is that they don't really have to hire anyone, instead they use an army of so - called 1099 employees, who work for an hourly wage, with no benefits and very few of the legal protections that full - time employees typically get.

As Aaron Wright, chair of the alliance's Legal Industry Working Group, told Coin Telegraph, «Lawyers are poised to serve as the catalysts for blockchain technology, and the Legal Working Group will serve as a neutral space to explore blockchain - based legal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.&rLegal Industry Working Group, told Coin Telegraph, «Lawyers are poised to serve as the catalysts for blockchain technology, and the Legal Working Group will serve as a neutral space to explore blockchain - based legal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.&rLegal Working Group will serve as a neutral space to explore blockchain - based legal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.&rlegal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.&rlegal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.»

That program, instituted under President Obama, makes certain undocumented people who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 low - level priorities for deportation while also granting them legal, three - year work permits.

McGuire, however, projects it could take much of this year for the state to evaluate and hire a company to do the work, making it questionable if a functioning system could be in place when legal sales launch in January.

Eventually, a smaller publisher took my book and after going through six months of work with them, they decided my book wasn't working for them for «legal» reasons and canceled the contract.

Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.

However, for that schedule to work out, Congress will need to make a legal change that allows the Treasury Department to hold prepayments from the big carriers ahead of the auction — according to Pai, banks are not willing to do this anymore due to their capitalization requirements.

Legal precedent, meanwhile, tends to define sexual harassment as occurring either when a supervisor requests sex in exchange for a subordinate being promoted or not being fired, or when an employee is subject to behavior of a sexual nature that's so pervasive it creates a hostile work environment.

Flynn's son also recently drew focus in the Russia investigation because of work he did for his father's lobbying firm, Flynn Intel Group, and legal analysts have said that Mueller's focus on Flynn Jr. could be an attempt to coerce his father's cooperation in the investigation.

Tony focuses on whether or not the numbers make sense, takes care of the legal work, patents, contracts, professional business plans and often helps secure funding for many of their projects.

Being legal means you can come out of hiding, move away from squalor, and search for work across the country without fear of arrest.

Former Philadelphia real estate broker turned developer David Dinenberg (he worked with David Grasso on the Valley Square center in Bucks) says he has raised $ 2 million, from investors including Lindy Snider, daughter of Comcast Spectacor chairman Ed Snider, for his firm Kind Financial, a Los Angeles company that bills itself «the financial solutions platform provider for the quickly - growing legal cannabis industry.»

The company claims it was not, however, people protested Uber by deleting their accounts and its app, despite the creation of a legal defense fund for affected drivers that would also pay them even if they're unable to work.

Today, the opportunities for contingent, project - based work are exploding, as is the development of tools that allow people to work independently across industries like software, design, marketing, legal services, architecture, healthcare, and engineering.

While these are positive steps, the feedback provided to the industry this summer after our review of the 2013 resolution plans for the largest firms suggested that quite a bit of work remains ahead on rationalizing legal entity structures, as well as in other areas, particularly:

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) works in conjunction with sections of the Internal Revenue Code to make Rollovers for Business Start - ups a perfectly legal, IRS - acknowledged form of utilizing your retirement funds.

Fox & Friends hosts pointed out that Cohen was Trump's personal attorney for years, and Trump responded that he has many attorneys and that Cohen only performed «a tiny, tiny fraction» of his overall legal work.

During her time in DC, Nicole worked at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform, where she helped lead research and communications initiatives to address the litigation challenges faced by businesses across all industries.

Instead, the U.S. government's opposition appears to center on a belief that legal settlements that pave the way for a merger — yet include lengthy rules policing the behavior of two companies — tend not to work.

Cohen, a 51 - year - old father of two, faces potential criminal charges and enormous legal fees because of his involvement with the president; there is widespread speculation that he «could end up cooperating with federal officials who are investigating him for activity that could relate, at least in part, to work he did for Mr. Trump,» the Times reported.

The EU has invested five million euros to set up a centre that provides knowledge (in - depth sector market reports, guidelines, and case studies); tailored export advice extending to legal and regulatory requirements; rules on market access and competitor and market analysis; assistance with due diligence; training programs adapted for the needs of individual companies; and hot - desks and work spaces in China.

The embattled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced yesterday that it would cease most operations and file for bankruptcy amid growing legal and political scrutiny of its business practices and work for Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, the New York Times reported.

His success in the crowdfunding realm is a product of his legal and marketing experience, his passion for helping companies grow, and his common sense approach to his work.

The Solicitor's Office performs the legal work for the United States Department of the Interior.

A search of commercial property filings showed that Mr. Glassman had also done legal work for an affiliate of Mr. Wang's company, China Rilin Construction Group.

As in years past, recipients of Donors Trust cash include the biggest players in conservative politics today: the David Koch - chaired Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Cato Institute, the FreedomWorks Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, and the influential State Policy Network.

Listen, I think we all know that the legal system in both countries, this will take a long time to work through, but we are committed to seeking redress for the benefit of our shareholders.

With nearly 500 claims against pharmaceutical companies, distributors and pharmacies consolidated in Ohio alone, Denton said that the volume of work involved is daunting for insurance, risk and legal professionals.

This work included representing two First Nations in a successful legal challenge to the federal government's approval of Northern Gateway, as well as advocating for a strong federal oil tanker ban law on BC's north coast.

While describing Cohen's allegedly limited work for him — a «tiny fraction» of his legal work, Trump assured — Trump confirmed to «Fox and Friends» that Cohen «represented» him in the Daniels case.

Monitoring employment law requirements in all states where GFI has employees, managing state legal notices in Namely, working with director of operations and general counsel to ensure overall compliance, and ensuring all state filing requirements are met for new employees.

GFI is expanding its work to Israel and is looking for an independent contractor to assist in incorporating a new legal entity and to help lay the groundwork for the expansion of our programs into Israel.

British supermarket chain Tesco is facing legal claims that it is paying women less than men for work of equal value, in a case that lawyers estimate could ultimately cost it as much as 4 billion pounds ($ 5.6 billion) in compensation payments.

Sopnendu Mohanty, the Monetary Authority of Singapore's chief fintech officer, won the market reform award for his work promoting fintech infrastructure and Yvette Rodriguez, Hong Kong's head of legal at Deutsche Bank, picked up the in - house contribution award.

From 2002 to 2004, Maxim Sokov worked as a lawyer for the Moscow Representative Office of Herbert Smith CIS Legal Services.

With an emphasis on high ethical standards, excellence in public service and the delivery of quality legal services, our Office performs the legal work for the United States Department of the Interior, manages the Department's Ethics Office and resolves FOIA Appeals.

Legal education in the United States still purports to be a foundation for all types of legal Legal education in the United States still purports to be a foundation for all types of legal legal work.

Believing he has been blackballed for his controversial on - the - field protests against police violence and systemic racism, Kaepernick's legal team has filed a grievance against the NFL, accusing league owners of colluding to prevent him from working in football anymore.