Sentences with phrase «of whether a lawyer»

Last week, Bloomberg Law produced an interesting video debating the issue of whether lawyer social media is nothing more than marketing hype.

A regulator can't and shouldn't make a moral assessment of whether a lawyer is a good person, but it can pursue a lawyer for misdirecting funds or misleading a client as to the status of its case.

My previous Slaw column looked at the question of whether lawyers are «hijacking» mediation and arbitration.

Andrew Perlman at Legal Ethics Forum also weigh in on the question, addressing the broader issue of whether lawyers are morally accountable for the clients they choose to represent:

Lawyers, says O'Keefe, «are foolishly getting sucked into a discussion of whether lawyer blogs should be regulated as lawyer advertising.»

The issue of whether lawyers should be treated as effective executives is not a knowledge worker issue, in fact, it is a non issue.

Did you ever hear about the case of the lawyer and judge who went to court over the issue of whether the lawyer could run an ad claiming that the judge thought he was a great lawyer?

As to the question of whether lawyers, as a general proposition, should learn to code, I feel like I have very strong mixed feelings about that.

The case called Doré v. Barreau du Québec involved the specific issue of whether lawyers should be at liberty to criticize judges.

Lawford lets you request to connect with virtually any lawyer, regardless of whether the lawyer is registered with the site.

In many states, for instance, it is considered illegal to practice law until a lawyer has been admitted to practice within the state — regardless of whether the lawyer is admitted to practice law elsewhere.

The conversation then focuses on an analysis of whether lawyers should use the cloud and how, in certain instances, it could be more secure for law firms to do so.

Many of the changes occurring in the legal services arena will happen regardless of whether lawyers want them to or not.

[4] When lawyers have been associated within a firm but then end their association, the question of whether a lawyer should undertake representation is more complicated.

It is embarrassing to read how much public money is thrown away without an anxious examination of whether the lawyers claiming the fees really did earn it.

I think the lawyer's biggest moral (as opposed to «ethical» re the rules) conundrum is the question of whether the lawyer is lying to himself that what's good for the lawyer is good for the client.

«I'm not aware of a client ever being able to conduct the first review of whether a lawyer's files are privileged.

Not exact matches

Judge Michelle T. Friedland, who was appointed by President Barack Obama and was one of three judges from the Ninth Circuit presiding over the immigration - ban case, asked Flentje, the DOJ lawyer, whether the government had any evidence connecting the seven nations targeted by the order to terrorism.

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.

Consider whether the person's services are «an integral part of the organization's activities» and whether the relationship is «permanent or indefinite, rather than for a determinable time,» suggests employment lawyer John Thompson on the Wage and Hour Laws.

To help you figure out whether some of your employer's sketchy, annoying, or unethical actions are legal, we spoke with employment lawyers from The Ottinger Firm.

Regardless of whether you have a pass - through entity such as an LLC or a corporation, it is important to understand that your entity structure has tax - planning opportunities, and it is always prudent to seek the advice of a tax lawyer or accountant on the best way to pay the lowest legal tax.

So they listened as a dozen lawyers debated whether records of conversations the two men had had with another group of lawyers years earlier could be used against them at their looming fraud trial.

And lawyers say it raises questions about whether Yelp violated Senigaglia's right to privacy or gave her grounds to accuse the company of defamation.

Emails sent between the opposing sides» lawyers ahead of the trial were published online, and it shows that Malofiy asked whether Page would agree to perform part of «Stairway to Heaven» during the trial.

President Donald Trump's fury over the raid of his lawyer Michael Cohen's office has initiated a new round of discussion about whether the president will finally fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in an effort to halt investigations into himself and his associates.

Lawyers are calling on the Law Society of Ontario to confirm whether it considers systemic factors when determining whether Indigenous candidates meet the «good character» requirement to become a lawyer.

Whether or not that amount is actually owed is something only those tax payers can tell you, but all of them should look into getting tax lawyers.

Michael Cohen will be in court Monday — along with President Trump's lawyer and even porn star Stormy Daniels — as a judge weighs whether to halt the government's review of materials seized from Cohen's office and hotel room a week ago.

Likewise, Mr. Trump has to worry about whether his brusque treatment of his longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, might come back to hurt him.

We've already seen that with niche spaces of all kinds popping up, whether for architects or lawyers or musicians or women.

CANTON, Mass. (AP)-- A battery of lawyers argued in court Tuesday over whether media mogul Sumner Redstone had the mental competence to remove two trustees of entities that control Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp..

Meanwhile, the interim auditor general has mused again that, in regards to the use of border infrastructure funds for G8 Legacy projects, «lawyers could have an interesting debate as to whether any laws were broken.»

On Friday, federal Judge Kimba Wood, who is presiding over Cohen's lawsuit, told Cohen's lawyers that she wanted a list of Cohen's clients to make a decision on whether to stop the FBI from reviewing the seized materials.

Part of that process of getting up to speed on deal terms is gaining a fundamental understanding of whether equity or debt investment is right for the individual investor, lawyers say.

Heather Dietrick, Gawker's president and general counsel, says that the company's lawyers plan to review all of the documents released by the F.B.I. to see what Hogan told the F.B.I. during the extortion investigation and whether that matches the testimony he's given in his state court case again Gawker.

Michael Avenatti, Ms. Clifford's lawyer, said Wednesday night on Twitter that Mr. Giuliani's comments amounted to an admission that the president had lied to the American people about whether he was aware of the hush payment.

A battery of lawyers has argued before a judge about whether media mogul Sumner Redstone is mentally competent.

The legal ethos that is emerging is bound to be very different from a world in which most lawyers, most of the time, were at least oriented toward visions of lawyering that demanded a considerable degree of self - subordination — whether of the raider or trader variety.

Maybe justice and the good society are brought about precisely by lawyers and judges sending the jury out of the courtroom while they decide whether to admit the testimony of an old black woman who has been listening in on the whole trial of her son.

Legal decisions, whether by local lawyers or the high council in Jerusalem, were in fact interpretations of God's will as found in the Scriptures.

His daughter, Scout, now in her mid-twenties and visiting home from her erstwhile and vaguely described life in New York, finds Atticus at a meeting where a professional scaremonger warns the sympathetic audience that their concern is «not the question of whether snot - nosed niggers will go to school with your children or ride in the front of the bus... it's whether... we will be slaves of the Communists» and «nigger lawyers.»

Either way you get to court, you are going to go to court, you are going to have lawyer whether or not you assign a lawyer or a public defender is appointed for your child and the court process will then occur the charges will be brought and they will either go to trial on these charges or there will be some sort of a disposition.

In the meantime, lawyers for the state, the City of Chicago and the Park District will argue in legal briefs whether a long - term delay should be imposed while the Appellate Court considers a full appeal of a Cook County Circuit Court decision rejecting Edgar's attempts to take over Meigs.

If a savvy lawyer informs a woman that her ex could get equal custody, thus putting the kabosh on her plans, and then asks if she ever feared him, whether he ever cursed at her, called her names, raised his voice or screamed in a fit of rage, «I'm so angry at you, I could kill you» — and what marriage doesn't have some sort of anger, yelling or threats?

A number of other senior lawyers have also expressed doubt whether the Localism Act does, as Mr Pickles claims, make the inclusion of prayers in local authority meetings lawful.

Jan Komarek, a lecturer at the London School of Economics» European Institute and Department of Law, says that, as Article 50 is «silent» on whether a withdrawing member state could change its mind during the negotiation period, lawyers would have to look for other examples in international law.

Lawyers of the accused use the documentary evidence to defend their client and to establish whether, for instance, the accusers have produced bogus or offensive evidence and to guide them in preparing their rebuttals.

While international lawyers will no doubt argue over whether this is true, accusations of unilateralism will likely ring hollow given that regional players were asking for French involvement, and the UN was claiming that the situation in Mali constituted «a direct threat to international peace and security» (as the current President of the Security Council confirmed today).

Leaving aside the (still interesting but tangential) issues of whether rule 40b can be amended prior to convention; OR lawyering of its language to benefit specific candidates; the question I have is: