Sentences with phrase «on regulating law firms»

For 2017, law societies should place an emphasis on regulating law firms.

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... any county with a population of 200,000 or more may regulate or prohibit the running at large of dogs within said county, and cause such dogs as may be running at large to be impounded... Any person, firm or corporation who violates any rule or regulation... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the laws of this state in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that in the case of continuing offenses, each day on which the offense occurs shall constitute a separate offense.

there would be little expansion of regulator responsibilities, as law firms would take on a self - regulating responsibility per rules and for risk management purposes,

The law firm was merely an agent of the litigants and Parliament can't rely on the General Trade and Commerce power to regulate private litigation in this context.

It launched a consultation last week proposing that CILEx - regulated law firms be required to publish information on price, including the charging model, such as fixed fee, and any additional costs; service, including a description of the work included in the price, and how long it will take; consumer redress options; and how the firm is regulated, including professional indemnity cover and availability of CILEx Regulation's compensation arrangements.

Accordingly, Friedmann proposed the concept of regulating law firms to break their stronghold on the market.

F. Joseph Warin, chair of the litigation department at corporate law firm Gibson Dunn, said, «On balance is what we're seeing is this vehicle has become an alternative to a plea of guilty for businesses that are in a regulated industry.»

Private law firms, too, must comply not only with institutions with whom they have chosen to ally, but also with an every - growing list of authorities that regulate taxes, social security, employment, civil rights, ecology, safety, health benefits, and so on.

As for Wolters Kluwer, it is increasingly focusing its products on the larger - firm market and on highly regulated and specialized areas of law such as corporate finance, securities, tax, banking and health.

The firm recognizes that the highly regulated and complex nature of the industry demands the attention of a team of attorneys who, as a group, monitor constantly evolving laws and regulations and their impact on our health care clients.

But in an increasingly regulated environment where dollars are stretched thin and technology is always evolving, how can we make sure that we are setting our law firm on the right course?

The insistence of the General Legal Council on registration of legal firms is basically to ensure that the activities of lawyers are regulated in terms of the law.

Businesses keen on using blockchain and governments looking to regulate it should find a middle ground such as making regulatory sandboxes to reach mutually satisfactory agreements, a research on blockchain cybersecurity by Microsoft, Chamber of Digital Commerce, and a law firm Covington and Burling suggested.

The FCRA is the federal law that regulates background checks of job applicants by third party background screening firms on behalf of employers.